Elder Bridger Hinrichs: Vidalia

Dear Family,

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! I had a pretty good week this week. The work is finally starting to pick up! We finally have a couple of investigators to work with and continue to find more. Hopefully we will have a baptism soon. And I am going fishing today, and I will remember my camera this time. The member who is taking us, Randy, is also frying us some Bass, and I am having collard greens and hushpuppies. So it should be pretty good!

This week none of the less actives showed up at church so that was pretty disappointing. But we have been working with one family named the Vallins and they invited us over and fed us breakfast this week. I have high hopes for them. Also we have been working with another family named the Mixons. The parents are Grady and Elizabeth Mixon and they are really active in the Church. Their son and his wife and kids went less active, but we have been trying to get them back.

In thinking back about our trip to New York, what I remember was the spirit there (the Sacred Grove in Palmyra). It testified to me that what we are learning is true, and that the sacred event of Joseph Smith happened there. I knew that we weren't in the exact spot that he was in, but I knew that it happened. An absolute peace came over me while we prayed on the bench in the forest, and the spirit was very strong.

Love y'all so much!!

Love,

Elder Hinrichs