Friday, Saturday, Sunday...Happy Days!

This week was definitely big. We had Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles and ELder Maynes of the 70,came to visit us on Friday. It was an awesome mission conference. Elder Maynes talked about finding those people who really seek the truth and who keep all the commitments we give them and to put those who aren't that interested to the side for now because its just not there time yet. He said to always be sensitive and worthy of the Spirit. He also told us how Christ views the holy ghost as being extremely important. We should ask ourselves "am i in a position where Heavenly Father can use me as an instrument?". After that all 224 missionaries got to shake Elder L. Tom Perry's hand. He wanted us to tell him our names and where we are from when we shook hands with him.
Me: Hi I’m Elder DeMarco and I’m from Schenectady, New York"
Elder L Tom Perry: ohh you are from one of those places. haha, I’m glad you are here.
It was sooooo cool to meet him face to face. He is a really tall apostle. I think he is 6' 3". Anyways he talked about how heavenly father is preparing this whole world and that because Mitt Romney is Mormon more and more people are interested about our religion and we should take advantage of this moment. He told us to be more bold than we ever were before and to not worry about how people think we are different its because we ARE different and to be an example to all.
On Saturday I baptized a 10 year old girl named Telisha and it was great! I took some pictures but I forgot to bring my camera again..Sorry! ( by the way we get 1 hour to email our family every Monday) we got a lot of members to come and see it so she feels supported. She is a super nice girl and she loves to read the book of Mormon, I was like geez i didn't even read that much of the Book of Mormon when I was her age haha. Me and my companion went to McDonalds to celebrate with the other missionaries.
So on Sunday our ward mission leader Brother D. conferred her a member/gave her the holy ghost. I also taught the lesson in Elder quorum's class on lesson 5 which is about the Priesthood. I did a pretty good job even though I had to prepare the night before because President Tanner ( he is the elder quorums president) asked me last minute haha.
Fun Fact about President Tanner….his great great great great grandfather was John Tanner who gave a lot of money to Joseph Smith for the church. Because of it, Joseph Smith promised that his family would always be strong members of the church and his family would never go hungry. And guess what ....it all came true!! How awesome is that!
Next Monday I will be going to Yosemite and I will be taking a lot of pictures. Yes I still would like it if you could send me the general conference CD so we can listen to them in the car and at our house. Send me some short cool stories about the church too. It can be about anything. I love you all and I hope everyone has a great week!
Love,Elder DeMarco