Dan's the cutest!!

Here are some excerpts from Dan's latest mission journals! He's totally loving it and I'm sooo amazed and happy to see how blessed he is for all his hard work!

9/15/10- "Now onto yesterday the 14th! 11 month mark! Yes! So close to the halfway point! We went to district meeting and it went so fantastic! My awesome district was very involved and everything (all my thoughts/presentations) connected great! The Spirit was very strong and I think we all learned something. I even used the stories that dad sent me about the power of testimony! It went perfectly! Thank you! Zone Leader Ainscough sat in and seemed to also really enjoy it... We booked it to out 6pm dinner with Joa and Steve!!! They're the Mackay's neighbors that became investigators last week!! Ok I cannot describe the personalities of these people or how funny they are. What characters! Soooo sincere though! They requested us so it's something they really want in their lives. We had an appetizer of his famous guac and boy was it amazing. Cooking is his absolute passion and he's so hilarious when it comes to food. Oh my gosh though...this guac had bacon, blue cheese, cilantro, lime, onion, etc and it was just fantastic. We all sat around the table and enjoyed that. We had our lesson and it went amazing! We got up to Jesus Christ, finished talking about him and we'll pick up next time at the Great Apostasy. He needed to get cooking our dinner. Man it was so fun over there! The Spirit was very strong and I could tell it touched both of them! So solid! Just amazing people! Steve even said the prayer and started crying. We had amazing, classy pasta, homemade meat sauce, and homemade garlic bread. He is VERY gourmet and VERY proud of his food. It's totally hilarious. Everything has to be perfect for him. THE funniest (most of the time not trying to be funny) dude ever. They even packed up leftovers for us!"

9/19/10- "Catherine came to church with Caylie!!!!!!!!!! :) Yes!!!! We were waiting for this day!!! Sacrament meeting went perfect with GREAT talks, a beautiful piano/singing musical # and topics that all related perfectly to her! I was soooo excited! She was gonna leave after sacrament (even though she was really enjoying it, she felt she had other stuff to do) but her daughter loved learning about God and Jesus and wanted to stay for Primary! So she did and Catherine came to Gospel Principles class!! It went amazing. We talked about Eternal marriage/families and it really hit home with her. It was perfect. It went a lot into the Plan of Salvation as well and she was amazed. She believed those things but never found a church that taught it. She even participated in class by telling stories and commenting/asking questions! I can't describe how perfect everything connected with what we're already talked to Catherine about. She stayed for Relief Society too and absolutely had an incredible time. I couldn't believe how touched she was and it was perfect because the lesson was on faith. That's what she has had the most trouble with- that's why Alma 32 touched her so much. Everything was meant for her at church. God was involved... that's for sure!"