Baptisms and Miracles!

This week has been such a wonderful week! We had the baptism of Ethan and Emily West on Saturday, July 19, 2014 and the confirmation the next day. But it was so awesome!! We had about 20 or so non members come to their baptism and they all loved it. Our whole ward pretty much attended and supported them and it was such a powerful spirit filled baptism. Elder Searle and I and the other sister missionaries, sang: "Come Thou Fount" and that went pretty good! We're thinking of starting a Christian rock band called, "The book is blue, the Gospel is true"..Coming to theaters near you!
 I had the chance to baptize them and that was amazing!!!

 The spirit is so strong! I don't feel worthy to have this amazing authority and power from God. I can't believe God trusts little Nice boy Daniel William Dean with all these different things! When I get the chance to do these different priesthood ordinances I get a little glimpse of how much our Father in Heaven truly loves and is so proud of these beloved people. So that was amazing! We also had their whole family come and support them and we're now going to be teaching them the discussions because they all felt the love at this amazing baptism! So miracles are abound!! After the baptism Ethan and Emily were just telling us how awesome and different they felt. How they felt more peace! So great.

  The gift of the Holy Ghost is so amazing! and the chance we have to always have that member of the Godhead with us!! So cool! God is so good and is so merciful and helps us all so much with everything! But it really is a gift and with it being a gift it's our job to always strive to be receiving it. We're very able to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost and the love and peace he brings but we ourselves have to always be constantly striving to have it with us. And because the Holy Ghost's purpose is the same as the Father's and the Son's, it's like they're with us! Oh man! God is so good!

So that was amazing. I've just continually been working hard and studying and teaching harder! Can I just say how much I really love my studies?? If you pray before and really strive to write down your insights from your reading in a separate notebook and then pray and talk with God thanking and asking if this is what he wanted you to get out of the scriptures... Your studies become so good!!! It's just like when Christ came to the apostles who were fishing and catching absolutely nothing!!! and he told them to switch where they put the net. They listened and they were overflowing with fish!!!!!!

 If we turn our studies to Christ and God and have their hand in helping us study. We will be overflowing with fish!!! Or spiritual insights :). But I have come to the point where I wish I had more then an hour of studies!! Something I would never thought that I would ever say...Before the mission? Reading the scriptures for an hour was out of the question!!! But now that I'm just overwhelmed with God's love for me? Gimme' some more of that blue book baby!

 
Anyways, super spiritual week. Sorry for all the spiritual ventilation. Just had to share how good God is! Anyways I love you all! And things are going so great. I miss everyone so much!! I'm jealous that I can't be dancing with my dear sweet Ashley or swimming in a horse trough with my family and my favorite nieces and nephews!

Save some fun camping trips in the family camper for Elder Dean!
(I'm naming the camper 'Dean Machine', just a by the way)
Love you all!