I guess I had better update this blog. I keep waiting for pictures, but Colton doesn't seem to send very many (he keeps forgetting his camera cord, so he says).
I did get one picture of him by a Christmas tree with Elder Goldsmith Yeah!!
We were able to Skype with him on Christmas Day for 2 hours, 6 minutes and 51 seconds, THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT, EVER!!
He shared with us the story of Rebekah and his "White Christmas" I will let their words tell what happened. The following is an excerpt from a Zone Newsletter where Colton is serving....
Usingen (Elders Goldsmith & Weeks) – Well, Rebekah is the daughter of a recently reactivated member. Rebekah saw how happy her mom was, and asked her why she was so happy, and she said it was because of the church! So Rebekah wanted to come to church, and then she started meeting with us, and she’s been making so much progress in feeling the Spirit and reading the in the Book of Mormon. One day we had the feeling to play the song “When I am Baptized” in a lesson with her, and after the song we just kind of sat in silence. And, well, then asked if she would be baptized, and she said yes! We talked about being baptized on Christmas Eve, like, being reborn with Christ, ya know, and she said she was thinking the same thing, too! It was really a lesson to us on the importance of following the Holy Ghost, because we taught her, and not a lesson.
