Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:48 AM
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| Elder Zachary D. Ipson home this week from the West Indies Mission |
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| Tanner and Leighton with Zachary |
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| Zachary with Great-Grandparents Floriene and Layton Barney |
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| Elder Zachary Ipson at home with his family on Sunday L to R: Brittany, Karen, Colby, David, Kady & Zach David spoke with Elder Z because of his HC assignment. Zach says that Kady changed the most while he was away. |
Well it looks like "Champion Ipson" has made his way home. Dang, missions really do end! Lately that's become a reality. I've realized past week that I just need to buckle down. Realizing you have less than a year left is a humbling thing. My conviction now, is to make sure I'm always fulfilling my missionary purpose. Send "Zach" my love. Oh, by the way... Since he is going back to BYU, he might want to look up "Elder" Trevor Whittingham. He is out there right now living the normal life....
Anyways Columbus had a steady week. We got to have a few lessons with Horacio this week. Our first we were able to bring Hermano Harris with us. He is the second counselor in the Branch Presidency here. Right now he is doing medical school at OSU. Just a great guy. Anyways, we went with us to go teach Horacio the Plan of Salvation. Horacio has heard this before, so he already understood The Plan. He questions were on a more philosophical level than your average investigator. It was great to have Hno. Harris to help us out. Horacio is normally sleepy for our lessons, but in the Plan of Salvation he was a lot more attentive!
Our next lesson he wasn't quite as attentive. We read "I Nephi being born of goodly parents...", it wasn't as enthralling to him... However he is reading!
At church; apparently Hna. Lucero announced Horacio's baptismal date! So whether Horacio knows it or not, he's getting baptized on the 3rd of March, the Anniversary of my first full day in the field. We have a few more things to teach Horacio, but we hope to have him prepared by that day.
The rumor is; that Elder Klein is making his way back in a few weeks. March 10 he plans to be here. Evelyn Rivas is getting her endowments that day.
Also on the 10th we are going to hear an apostolic voice! In the Zone Conference last week, President Nilsen announced that we'd be blessed to hear Elder Bednar in New Albany! The whole mission will be making their way up to hear him speak. I'm quite excited to hear him. My first few months in the field he gave one of my favorite talks at General Conference. So, that is the talk right now in the mission. BTW this is supposed to be on the down low. So, don't tell your friends that live in Ohio, or Kentucky!
Just so Mom knows... I found Elder Braunburger (Spelling?) he is in the Scioto ward. I see him basically every Sunday. I don't know the connection, so you'll have to refresh my memory...
Send "Elder" Z my love, and a "job well done".
I love you all, and wish you a happy Daytona 500 day!
Para Siempre,
Elder (A) IpsonThe Great Ohio Columbus Mission
