So this week was a good one. We got to teach a lot again! It's so crazy when we get to teach a lot it's awesome! It's almost like that's what I'm supposed to be doing. We got to find a lot of less-actives up in the mountains that we had been looking for. We went up to Lake Wenatchee to find some and it was gorgeous! I love serving in the mountains. So I hit my 9-month mark this last week. Crazy! I'm already half-way. It feels kind of weird to be on the other side of the half. It hasn't been as hot this week which is super nice. We had two investigators come to church yesterday. One was Chris who is a regular and the other we never thought she'd come. When she, Michelle, walked in Sister Donaldson and I both freaked out. It was awesome! We asked what had happened and she said she just figured she might come. We've been trying for months to get her to come and she finally did.

One of our greatest tools to use when we're contacting is the new church building that is going up in Monitor. We're super excited for it because everyone asks about it and wants to see inside. It's going to be dedicated around September 17 and we get to do tours of it for a couple weeks before hand. I really hope I'm still here because they were still working on the basic foundation when I got here in December and now it's almost done and I got to see it all! The Stake Presidency is expecting over 2,000 people to go through. I sure hope so because that would be great!

Things with Chris are going great. Apparently he's pretty famous. The Stake Presidency googled him. Who knew. He's supposed to be baptized this Saturday, but I'm not sure it's going to happen on that date. We saw him quite a bit last week and he finally admitted that he's just really waiting for a solid answer that he needs to be baptized. We tried to help him recognize that a lot of the experiences he's been having are answers, but it all came together last night. We started talking about baptism and what he feels like he needs to receive in order to feel ready. We were reading in Alma 32 about faith and how it is not to have a perfect knowledge, but that we show our faith by acting first. It really seemed to hit him and our fellowshippers shared how they had wanted to know everything before they joined, but then they realized that they had to show God they were ready first by making promises with him. The spirit was so strong and then we just bore testimony about how we knew he would get baptized because we felt it and how we could feel how much Heavenly Father really loves him. The feeling was overwhelming and Chris actually teared up. We invited him to say the prayer and it was the most sincere heartfelt plea for an answer we have heard him give. We were all rather emotional after it. I know he's truly going to search now. Before he was focusing on not-so-important issues, but now he knows what he needs to ask for. It was so exciting. It's really quite a neat experience being able to see a massive, muscle-man fighter that has spent his whole life fighting, hiding his weaknesses and not show too much emotion give in to the promptings of the spirit and recognize that Heavenly Father really loves him. I know Heavenly Father works through us. We are nothing, but He is everything. He loves us all so much! We can't even comprehend His love. I love this work with all my heart. There is nothing like it.

Sometimes I stop and think of all the incredible people I've met. I have literally met people from all walks of life that have done every heinous crime you could think of and yet now you would never know. In their pasts I probably would have been scared to meet some of these people because of how hardened they were, but who they are now I never could have imagined who they used to be. The Atonement of Jesus Christ truly changes people. It transforms, softens, and enlightens. Repentance is not just admitting you did something wrong, rather it is admitting that we are human, we make mistakes, but through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can change! That's what it is all about is change. If we're not comfortable with change then we can't truly accept the everlasting sacrifice that our Savior made for every single one of us. If we are not looking for changes we can make in our lives than we are not repenting. I have never learned something so clearly as I have now. Every single one of the people I have been teaching has done some major crime or had some horrible lifestyle, but now I would never know. I know Jesus Christ died for us all. He died so that we can live again. I know that we can all feel it's influence in our lives if we just accept it.

Thank you all so much for everything! I love you all and I love this Gospel! Go forth and do good things! Don't be afraid to change :)

Love
Sister Probst