2 Baptisms In One Week!

Elder Hackleman,

How are you doing? How did the weekend go? I was thinking about your stolen backpack and came to the conclusion that it was probably stolen by the waiter. Do you think it might have been the waiter? Did you ask the owners if they had a "missing backpack" turned in? All and all, I'm sure it is lost and gone forever.  Too bad they got that great camera with all your pictures:(

Other than the missing backpack, how are things going?

We had a good time going to Wayne State college visit. It is a crazy thing trying to figure out what would be the best thing to do. Seth has a lot of big decisions to make in the next 6 months.

Grandma Karen was going to come and visit this weekend, but then ended up not coming after all. Roger has a big appointment on Tuesday to decide about chemo.  Hopefully we will know more of what the next few months are going to be like for him soon.

Grandma Polly is coming out for a long visit. She will be here for a month. We are looking forward to that.

Grant is done with football so little by little things will start to slow down as far as games go. Nathan just has two games left. I don't know what we will do when all of football season is over. It has been such a big part of our lives for so long.

Well, I sure love you!

Love mom


Hey Mamma!

This week was awesome! We had two baptisms. One´s name is xxxxxx. He is 17. His brother in law is a returned missionary who lives in this ward so he got to baptize him which is awesome. The other´s name is xxxxx. He’s 24 and has had a pretty hard core life with troubles of just about every form. But we have been meeting with him and we have seen his progression grow extremely fast. He wants to change everything in his life and turn to the Lord. What better way to start then to clean yourself of all your sins right!

I felt so bad because we thought there was enough water in the font but when we stepped in, the water came up to just below my knees. It was pretty late and we didn´t have time to wait to fill the font up some more, we were also already in the water which was freezing so we just went on with it. The first time, his leg popped up because he didn´t expect that I could put him down that low and bring him back up, So we did it again and the second time, I tried to make sure he went all the way down so I dunked him deeper and accidentally smacked his head on the step!! I felt so bad. He was totally fine though and said you could hear it but it really didn´t hit hard. Anyway, it was still an awesome experience because when we went to the bathroom to change, he started tearing up and told me how surprised he was because not only could he feel something when he went under the water (Spiritually speaking, not just his head haha) but that he couldn´t believe how powerful it was and how good he felt after words. It was so awesome. I pray that he never forgets that feeling and builds off of it to help himself progress in the gospel. I sure do love you all! Have fun with Grandma Polly!!!!

Elder Hackleman