First baptism set!

Hi Mama!

Great news - J..'s getting BAPTIZED!! She is golden. Seriously. Plus she has two cats--so you know she's great, right? :) But she really is so prepared. She always has so many great questions and whenever we teach her something she immediately sees connections and it makes sense to her. She told us that she feels like a sponge, and she wants to soak up as much as she can. Well, we can help with that :) … we have a lot to teach her still but we are SO excited. I keep feeling so much love as we teach her AND learn from her. I feel selfish sometimes because I feel like I'm learning by the Spirit every time we teach her--but I suppose that's how it ought to work. Seriously though...sometimes I feel like I don't know enough to teach her or anyone much of anything. You're a saint for raising me so well--there are so many times that I feel so inadequate and not up to the responsibility of making sure that our investigators learn everything they need to know. How did you ever do it? I'm so impressed and awed of every parent out there.

The rest of this past week was pretty good too--but that was definitely the highlight. Some of my new favorite scriptures are Rev. 21:4, 1 Ne 22:30-31, Moses 7:44, Alma 31:31, and 1 Ne 21:14. So so good. Also, I made a startling connection yesterday when listening to "Be Still My Soul"--I thought of D&C 101:16 which tells us to "be still and know that I am God." And it occurred to me that Be Still My Soul shares the same message--but that we should be still not just in the sense of not being frantic or running faster than we have strength--which is very important--but also that our hearts and souls need to be still. That's a deeper calm and peacefulness than we can find just by not rushing through life--when we allow the Lord to calm our troubled souls, we can become as peaceful and still as the waves when Christ commanded them "peace; be still". I hope that made a little sense--it was really cool in my head. 

How was everyone's Halloween? It was crazy here because a lot of neighborhoods postponed their trick-or-treating nights due to the storm...so there ended up being trick or treating happening on at least 3 different days. And we're not allowed to be out tracting when things like that are going on...so it definitely made things interesting. It reminded me of fun times last year though. Tell Rachel Hastings that I miss making pumpkin fudge with her! :)

This experience is definitely a roller coaster. Sometimes I feel like we're doing so well, and things are going great...and the next minute I feel like I don't know anything. Ha. We pray so much to know what we can do better and where we need to be/who we need to talk to in order to be instruments in the Lord's hands. Sometimes I feel like I get answers or I learn things, but sometimes I am still lost. I guess that's a good thing though...if I knew everything already I'd have nothing do to for the next 16 months! Sometimes I feel like I get confusing or conflicting promptings. I'm trying to be obedient anyways even when I don't understand completely.  I think that's when it's the toughest. But in chapter 6 of PMG it teaches that same principle in regards to obedience--and we are promised that as we are obedient and follow God's commands even when we don't fully understand why, we will be given more light and understanding. Like in John 7:17. If you want to know His will, live His doctrine.

I will hopefully get to play my flute again on Sunday! I'm scheduled to play in sacrament meeting and I'm so excited. Hopefully a lot of investigators will be able to come--and hopefully I can play well enough to help them feel the spirit. I feel like it's cheating a little bit...but it's also an incredible tool that I've been given, and i'm so grateful to be able to use my talents in a way that can bless others (hopefully :) )

Please say hello/thank you/congrats to everyone you've mentioned! Especially Chelsey--I knew about Erica but I'm so excited for both of them now! How wonderful.

...we found a little plastic Christmas tree in our basement yesterday...and we definitely have already set it up. :)  Aren't you proud? :)

We've been absolutely loving our triple up. Sister Ellsworth, Christian, and I have so much fun aaaaall the time. I love it. I'm learning so much from both of them every day. They are both so incredibly charitable. They always always put others' needs first and never complain when anything inconveniences them. I'm working on that. :)

Okay, I have more to say but I'm going to try to send some pictures first. If i don't get back to writing, talk to you next week! Love you!!!!

Love,
Sister Wygant

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Sisters Ellsworth and Wygant

Our house!

Period costume at the Visitors' Center

Triples!