Letter to Bishop King

Here is a copy of a letter we sent to Bishop King in West Bountiful. We thought you might enjoy it.

We really miss the ward. We love what we are dong, but it is all so different.

Let us tell you about our last baptism. We do our baptisms on Sunday after Sacrament meeting. We arrived at 9:00 a.m. for Priesthood/Relief Society meeting and no one was there. Fifteeen minutes later, our most faithful member comes, Lula. We began to talk and visit. Elder lee gave a combined Priesthood/RS lesson with the three of us. At about 10:00 a.m. Elder Lee left to go pick up the baptismal candiate (Courtney) and her family. This brought a total of seven. Her famil began putting the preparations together for a full meal with fry bread, beans, hot green chille, brisket, corn and cake. (You see they serve a full meal on these occasions.
Sister Lee decided to begin a primary with Courtney while her family prepared the food. They sang together some of the beautiful primary songs. This is an expereience she will never forget. Sister lee was very impressed with Courtne's geneuine love for the gospel. As they sang the song "I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Courtney sang like a little angel. Feeling the spirit, Sister Lee asked her if she would like to sing that song at her baptism. This would tell everyone that now she ws baptized she was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. To Sister Lee's surprise, she said yes.

It was 11:00 and Sacrament meeting should be starting. Elder Lee was the only priesthood bearer there. We panicked realizng that he would have to conduct the meeting, prepare, bless and serve the sacrmaent and there was no speaker. At that moment Sister Lee realized we had forgot to fill the font. It takes two hours. We also needed additional priesthood to complete the baptism. Ina panic she called the Elders from Ruidoso and asked them to come quickly so we would have enough to perform the baptism.
At about 11:20 our presidnet and his family arrived with a few other members bringing our total attendance to ninteen. One of the brethern also helped with the sarament and Sister Lee was the only speaker.
It was a fine sacrament meeting and a very spiritual baptismal service with Courtney singing loud and clear, "I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Tears came into our eyes. A day that began with a lot of stress ended perfectly with everyone feeling the spirit.
We miss you all and our good friends in teh ward. We especailly miss attenidng Priesthood/RS and Sacrament meetings where we could just sit back and enjoy the blessings of the gospel. We love the experiences of teaching and working with the Mescalero Apache Indians. It is very different tyring to teach people who love thier Native traditions more than the gospel of Jesus Christ.
However, we are loving the missionary expereiences we are againing. Last week we had an attendance of thirty six and there were six investigators. What a delight it was to see those investigators walk into the building. Our hearts certainly jumped for joy!
Someone once asked us what it is like being a missionary. It is a joy beyond compre. It is very fulfilling and rewarding. These are expereiencew we will treasure and never forget.
We want you to know that we love the Lord and we love being his servants. WE have a strong testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ and we know that he lives and loves us. We are greatful for this opportunity to serve him.
Thanks for all your love and support.

Elder and Sister Lee