The last week has been really good i can't believe i have already been out in the field for a week it's crazy! Im in Winthrop, Maine. My appartment is okay it was a mess when I first got there and I have been cleaning everyday when i have had the chance and it's finally getting to the point i can stand it. It smells like smoke when you first walk in I think so many people have smoked it is in beaded in the walls. Thank you for sending the beading it is nice to have my own sheets and blankets it helps me sleep better. Elder packer is a great guy he played basketball for his Highschool in Blackfoot Idaho and has been out for six months. He has been in Winthrop his whole mission which is nice because he knows his way around and know the people here pretty well which is a plus. We were in Manchester all day Tuesday and basically all day Wednesday on Tuesday Elder Packer and I went tracking all day for like five hours, It wasn't as bad as i thought it would be we were able to find eight potential investigators four of which seemed like they were going to be solid investigators for the Elders that serve in the Manchester area. It was lame doing all the work and then not being able to teach them ya know? Thursday was a ruff day we rode our bikes ten miles in the rain because the mileage on the car was low and we needed to save some miles. We had an appointment with a man named Duncan Bond so we went up early and tracked around his house we found people to talk to but no one was interested in what we had to say. We taught Duncan about baptism because he has been an investigator for a long time and for some reason hasn't been able to commit to being baptized quite yet. He told us he wasn't ready and i'm not sure why I think we are going to ask him what he has questions about. His wife is a less active member they fed us spaghetti it was decent but nothing compared to Dads but nothing compares to it. The food is better out here than the MTC for sure! Friday was a ruff day as well we had been tracking for about a hour and a half with people just saying no thank you i'm all set and didn't care about what we had to say. I was getting really discouraged and then we knocked on a door and the guy actually listened to us. We gave him a mormon.org pass a long card and set up a return appointment for this Thursday, The next door we knocked on it was an old lady that listened to us and is a member of a babtist church and loves it because of the program it has for the youth. So we have a good shot cuz our youth program is amazing! She seemed really interested and we are also going back to talk to her on Thursday we gave her a chapter in the Book of Mormon to read and she said she would so i'm excited to go back and she what she learned. On Saturday we went tracking at some appartments right by ours and we were able to find 5 new people to teach! One of the doors we knocked on was a family and the mom said that they have been looking for a church to go to! Perfect! We have the one for them! That was my best door approach so far.
We had a baptism on Saturday for a lady named Loorie Crosby she is a mid aged woman and is awesome she gave up smoking because she knew it was what she needed to do at that point in her life. She had been an investigator for a long time and then one day decided she needed to be baptized sweet right! It was a really nice service I had to talk while they were getting changed after she had been baptized. I talked on the restoration I had planned on some investigators coming but we didn't have any come so i was telling people stuff the already knew it's all good though they all seemed to get something out of it. I was able to confirm her a member and give her the holy ghost yesterday! That was amazing i was worried as to what to say during the blessing but i just opened my mouth and it was filled with things. It was sweet! When i said i say unto you receive the holy ghost i could feel it go through me into her that sounds weird but that's the way i can best explain it. That was by far the coolest experience of my mission up to this point i'm way excited to see what other amazing experiences i'm going to have.
Love you all so much and miss you all!
Love, Elder Colton Todd Ferre
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