Week 77: 77 and BAPTIZED

Well I honestly don't feel like writing very much today so here's some highlights:

Wednesday: No one came to our apartment for trick-or-treating  :(
Saturday: The stake had a big old swap and shop that we were asked to help with for a couple of minutes and we snagged a storm trooper! Larry got baptized too!! So happy for him. I haven't been here very long but Larry is the man! His wife died pretty recently and he had a dream that she told him to go to church and then the next day he walked in and met Elder Petrie. Ever since then he's been looking forward to being baptized. He still has a lot of questions but he shows so much faith to press forward without all the answers. Larry is 77 years old so he doesn't bend very well so we were a little concerned about dunking him backwards. Larry asked the bishop to baptize him and we had Elder Palacios in the font to help bring him back up. Worked flawlessly! 
Sunday: Larry's brother-in-law confirmed him and then in Priesthood meeting conferred the Aaronic Priesthood. Elder Palacios wasn't feeling too hot so after church the rest of the day was just a relaxing Sunday spent talking and making sure the bikes were all good for this week.  

I hope everyone is doing well and getting geared up for thanksgiving! 

Love,
Elder Puzey

LARRY
Bike Selfie
 Service at 'The Ghetto Farm'
 Storm Trooper
 We currently have 5 bikes in our apartment for some reason
California

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