Letter - 3/1/11

We had some interesting stuff happen this week, a lot of which had to do with new investigators. We've been praying a lot for new investigators, and Heavenly Father sure delivered. We had two this past week and have about 3-5 more we'll be contacting soon as well as plenty of member referrals! Good stuff.

One of these new people interested in learning about the Church is named Maxx Brown. We met with him and he asked what he had to do to be baptized right off the bat! When we were talking about the Book of Mormon and told him he could read and pray to know if it was true we said

"You can read and..."

"I'll read the whole thing!"

It was pretty funny that he just busted in and said he'd read it all. We told him that was awesome, but he didn't necessarily have to read all of it before he prayed to know if it was true. We've since seen him again and he's well on the road to conversion.

Another funny thing that happened this last week happened on Thursday night. We had an appointment with Paula Edmonds and JP, her son. We had planned to have the Crawfords - a dad and his son - come with us to the lesson since we can't go in where there's no adult male. About ten minutes before the lesson, they cancel. So we call our Ward Mission leader. He's not home. So we call the other setof missionaries serving in our Stake. They don't answer. About this time, we're desperate because we don't want to give up our appointment. Just then, we drove by the Seminary building at Centennial High and there were lights on. So I hit the brakes, we flipped a U and parked on the side of the road and ran inside.

We get in the classroom and realize it's an Institute class. We walk up to the front of the room and the teacher asks "Elders! What can I do for you?" We explained our situation and asked if anyone would go with us to a lesson. Of course, we thought, we'll get plenty of volunteers. Wrong! No one raised their hand. After a second, a guy in the middle of the room got up and said he's go. His name was Clint.

Clint went with us to our lesson and did an awesome job and saved the day. He lives in a different area off Boise than where we serve, so I doubt we'll ever see him again. So, wherever you are: Thanks Clint!

As a last note, check out this crazy story my companion forwarded me from his parents:

Read The Caption on the first photo ....then look at the second photo

Look at the picture above, and you can see where this driver broke through the guardrail, on the right side of the culvert, where people are standing on the road, pointing.

The pick-up was traveling about 75 mph, from right to left, when it crashed through the guardrail.

It flipped end-over-end, bounced off and across the culvert outlet, and landed right-side-up on the left side of the culvert, facing the opposite direction from which the driver was traveling.

The 22-year-old driver and his 18-year-old passenger were unhurt, except for minor cuts and bruises. Just outside Flagstaff , AZ on U.S. Hwy 100.

Now, look at the second picture below . . .

If this guy didn't believe in God before, do you suppose he believes now?

Thanks for reading and thanks for all your support!

-Elder Hopkins