Busy at Ft. Sill! 11/3/14

Hey Everybody!

We had a great week! The weather has cooled off a lot, right now it's threatening to rain, which is really good because we need it badly. There are a lot of water shortages going on right now due to the dry season.

Fort Sill was busy this week. We had two baptisms, and we have three scheduled for next week, which is pretty awesome. We have been seeing an increase of success out there. It is amazing how humble and willing many of the Soldiers are as they come through BASIC training. Many come completely prepared for the gospel, and we are able to witness the harvest of some of Heavenly Father's planted crop. 

Chad Bolton is now a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! Two days before his baptism he told his wife he was going to be baptized, and it shocked her pretty hard. It was supposed to be a big surprise for her on the day of Chad's baptism, but I guess it fell through when she demanded where he was going when he was meeting with us to get the lessons. You can't really dodge the demands of your wife so he told her what was going on.

Beau and Monica are doing well, although Beau is fighting a knee infection so it prevents him from walking too far. They came to church on Sunday, which was good but Beau really needed some rest. He went to the ER and got some antibiotics.

Unfortunately my camera is in the apartment right now, so I don't have the ability to send pictures, so y'all are going to have to wait another week for those!



(I asked Elder Holbrook what his P-day schedule was and this is what he wrote...)
Our p-day schedule goes something like this:

Laundry/Study/Write Letters @ 7-10
Shop/Email/Lunch @ 10-2
Sports/Another random activity @ 2-4
Dinner @ 5

The order just depends on what everyone wants to do. Since you have to stay with your companion all the time you have to work out what you want to do and what you're able to do.

I love this gospel so much. My personal growth has increased because of this gospel, and for that I know that it is true. Witnessing the evidences of the atonement in our lives is a sweet experience to enjoy. I would encourage all of you to pray and seek to notice the effect the atonement has had in your life, and then thank Heavenly Father for it.

With Love,

Elder Holbrook