Letter 8-17-09

Dear Family,

So I have to start out by warning everyone. Satan is loose. Last week, he came in the form of a horse. If you remember, last week I talked about several people that are doing well and progressing towards baptism. The first up was Charlie Harper. Charlie had his interview on Sunday and was all set and fired up to get baptized on Saturday. Well, Charlie is 85 years old and is a horse trainer. Thursday rolled around and Charlie was working with his horses and he let one out of the gate. As he was working with it, the horse slipped in some mud and fell right on Charlie's leg. It gave him a compound fracture between his ankle and knee. He went in for surgery that day and we went in and visited him Friday in the hospital. I was quite amazed at his attitude. Even though he had a huge cast on that was very bloody and couldn't walk, he still wanted to get baptized the next day. We told him it would probably be best to wait because we don't want to submerge that cast in the water and we would like to have him be able to stand a little bit. There was a guy in Hobbs, New Mexico who had no legs, but was baptized. If that is possible, we can baptize a guy with a broken leg, but it would be best to wait a few weeks. Charlie said that he thinks the Lord will understand and he will tell him in his prayers, but yet he doesn't want to wait too long because as he says, he may not have a whole lot of time left. So all is well, just a slight setback.

This week though, we do have a baptism. I mentioned Shameka Hill. Since I wrote last we talked about baptism and she committed to be baptized on the 22nd. She had her interview Sunday after church and passed and is very excited and ready. That is a great lesson. It only took her 3 weeks. That is what happens when you take us seriously. She dove into the Book of Mormon. Not just reading it, but studying and pondering about it. She says her prayers everyday and has loved going to church these last 2 days.

All is going well. Marina Cobb and family are doing well. We have taught them almost everything. They are scheduled for sometime early in september or late august. We just have to get a time planned out with her brother-in-law, who is a member that she wants to baptism them. He is always working, but has the first weekend in September off, which works well because that is the weekend before my companion Elder Wheeler goes home. Good way to end a mission for him. Anyways, I am signing off. Take it easy all!

Elder Adam R Droge
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