Hey Everyone!
This week was an amazing one!
This last Sunday was so special. Of course, it's always special because of the Sabbath and the sacrament. But we had Charmaine, Liam, and Z'Nyia's baptism! The Spirit was so strong while we were watching them make that covenant. I asked Liam how he felt afterwards, and he said he felt happy after coming out of the water. I even noticed Charmaine getting emotional as Brother Wilber was saying the prayer and after as well. Even little Elijah was asking if she was crying. It was also so awesome that her mom came and supported her and her kids getting baptized. Maybe it might spark something for her too, but who knows!
The rest of the week was kinda more of the same. We had a lesson with John, in which we marked him off for %100 of principles taught. His baptism is this upcoming Sunday, and he is going to be an amazing member!
We had 2 lessons with Charmaine and the kids to get them all up to %100 taught as well. But after our Friday lesson, the reservation was having a Ring Dance event at Northland college and Charmaine invited us to go. So we went and got to watch some people do little hand drum performances and watched their elders do a prayer circle as well. It was quite interesting, and Charmaine said March is the start to Pow-Wow season. So hopefully we get to experience one of those.
The funny thing of the week definitely goes to Saturday. We had exchanges with the Grand Rapids Elders. Our exchange spot is in Duluth, which is an hour and a half away from both of us. So we got up and were out the door by 7:30. When we got to the spot, we sat there for about 30 mins. We decided to call them to see where they were at, and they weren't even in their car yet! They were still in PJs!!! So we found a new middle spot between G-Raps and Duluth and met them there. After Elder Barton and I made it back to Ashland for the exchange and did our P-Study, we only had 2 hours to do actual missionary work before we had to exchange back. Still, it was a good time. Just a funny circumstance.
Now it's March! How is the time flying so fast! A cool thing for this month is that we were challenged to do the March Madness challenge. Which is reading the whole Book of Mormon front to back in a month. I've already made it to 2 Nephi. It's a little harder for me because I like to read my scriptures out loud, but I've felt the Spirit as I say all those words out loud. 1 Nephi 11 hit me a bit more because of Nephi seeing the life of Christ and what he would go through for all of us. So, although it's a couple days late, I would like to issue the same challenge to all of you. It gives a great reason to read a great book!
I love y'all so much!
Sincerely,
Elder Buchanan
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