From 80 degrees to 29 degrees over night and celebrating Glenda!

Can it really be Christmas in a week?  It was 80 degrees yesterday, but got down to 29 last night. I actually wore my raincoat over a sweater this afternoon. What a week!!  The lesson with the wonderful Allen family last Monday couldn't have gone better.  They were all there plus Ashely's boyfriend, Luke made it!  Two of them were sick and asked for blessings after the lesson.  Sonya is getting baptized on Christmas Eve!!  Her sister said she would be, too, but not yet.  We think that Jaycee, Luke, and Tammy will be next, followed by Sonya's husband, Cheyenne and her boyfriend, and then, finally the Great grandma and pa.  I love them all soo much!
Tuesday was our Christmas Conference.  It was an all day affair, which included talks, special numbers, a slide show with pictures of all of us.  Testimonies of the missionaries about to go home, a wonderful lunch, including a chocolate fountain, a talent show (with everything from Polynesian dances, piano performances, off tune solos, on tune quartets, Irish dancing by an Elder who is ranked for clogging competition nationally, viola, violin, and yes, even bag pipes), a movie (17 Miracles), and lots of fun seeing most of the missionaries we've lost from Cleveland.
We had 3 nonmembers to English class on Wednesday morning!  Awesome Hermana Torres told them how she was converted by coming to the church for English classes.  Elder Quincy got about 2 thirds of the way done with his huge ramp project.  I got to go out with the Sisters a bunch while he worked.  Br. Sneed, recently reactivated, helped Elder Quincy all day Friday.  He said it made him so happy!  He hadn't done a service project for 18 years!  He wants to help him both days he's working on it this week.
The highlight of the week was Glenda's baptism Saturday!!  She is just about the sweetest thing ever! Having James Farmer baptize was icing on the cake! And it happened to be on my sweet grand-daughter's 8th birthday.   Luke committing to being baptized Thursday night was cool, too. The only problem being, its the date that Tessa will be baptized in Colorado.  We're trying to figure out if we can do both of them.  Some firsts for the week, would be going to Livingston for the first time to help the Sisters with their exchanges, finding members from the English ward we've been looking for when we attended the Spanish branch's Christmas party, having a recent convert baptize, and helping a recent convert anoint , first a baby, then his nonmember mom for blessings with Elder Quincy.  The Lord is pouring down blessings on our ward.  Glenda was the 20th baptism for the year, which was the goal the Ward mission leader had set, but there will be 2 more before the end of the year!

 Br. Sneed at Book of Mormon class Tuesday night.

First time we met Br. Sneed in October.

The fall looking trees on the way to Livingston on Wednesday.

Tessa and her scriptures!  Our traditional 8 year old birthday gift

 I brought these guys lunch at the work site.  I even helped them a little.

This is sweet Faith.  She has spina bifida and is a doll!

Glenda and her husband, Roger with the friends who converted her.

Glenda with her daughter, Melissa. 

We are praying that Roger will be baptized, too!

There's a lot of joy in this picture!

Glenda's family

On the way to a FHE with the Jones

This sweet family is moving to Farmington, New Mexico.  We had one last FHE with them before they go.

 Having 8 investigators to church Sunday was awesome; 5 for their first time!