Happy Monday Y’all!

This week was awesome! We have continued teaching the “B” family. They came to church again yesterday, Sunday July 24th. The best part of a Sunday is having our families come to church! It’s awesome to see this family wanting to better their lives.

This week we are planning on inviting them to begin their journey on the Covenant Path by being baptized.

This week we celebrated Pioneer’s Day with the community.  The festivities ranged from games, performances, good food, arts and crafts and Car Show. They had the grocery run , keg barrel race and chicken catch. Also a lot of fun was the money calf run and all sorts of other fun activities. I have decided I am coming back for the 4th and the 24th of July to Snowflake after my mission for sure! We also enjoyed the parade – I rode on a space-themed float with a life-size lunar module and the words: “Pioneers of yesterday took one giant for mankind. Pioneers of today take ‘one small step for man preparing to live in a higher and holier way.’

We also enjoyed a Pioneer program, rodeo and fireworks!  I have never seen anything like it!  Snowflake was flooded with people coming from out of town bringing with them the spirit of Celebration!

I am grateful for my pioneer heritage and freedom of religion. All of us are pioneers in many ways and celebrating these freedoms feels good!   I know for sure it was hard for the pioneers to do what the Lord asked them to do-crossing the plains was a difficult task.  We might not be asked to do the same, but the Lord has asked us to do hard things too.  The Pioneers gave us great examples of obedience and hard work.  They got us to where we are today, and now we can take it from here.  Let’s not disappoint!

I am grateful for family and just like Vin Diesel says “Family is everything”. I experienced a sense of family togetherness during the celebrations and it felt awesome to know that through the Gospel of Jesus Christ families can be together forever. Wouldn’t you want to be with your family forever? I know I would.

Thanks for all the love and support you all have continued to show me!

 I love you all, and good luck this week! Buena Suerte Adios! 👋 ✌️ 😎

Elder Baldwin