Batman Has Been Baptized

Dear everyone, know that I love and support all of you.  And know that I am so grateful for all of the support that you give me.  :) 

On to this week! 

Alrighty, so on October 14, Brendan Abbott was baptized!  It was a fantastic baptism​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ and a lot of the ward showed up to support him.  It was so cool!  The talks were the perfect length, and really geared towards Brendan and his progress in the gospel.  The joy that he feels and his family feels has been so cool to see and experience in teaching him.  Levi, the 3 year old, was showing everyone how to be baptized the rest of the week.  :)  He would point to his eyes, plug his nose, and then throw his head back.  :)  That night we were watching little Book of Mormon videos with them, and Lexie, the 4 year old, kept asking when she could be baptized.  Then once we got her to understand that it would be in 4 years, she kept asking if daddy could baptize her.  :)  Levi kept pointing at Brendan and saying "baptized," but at the end of the night it started to sound like batman.   So now batman has been baptized. :) 

Also!  This week we had interviews, which is always a blessing to be able to talk to President for a little bit.  This time he changed the drivers.... So I am no longer the driver of our car.... Sister Orro was so excited to get behind the wheel for the first time in about a year.  :)  It was so funny to see her react in an excited way, and then see it turn to a little nervous because she hasn't driven in so long. haha :) 

Aussie terms this week: Skull (chug), Verge (parkstrip), and mint jelly (jelly that you put on like... everything. Sheppard's pie, sausages... etc. )

The spiritual thought this week: Alma 41:9-10. 9 And now behold, my son, do not risk one more offense against your God upon those points of doctrine, which ye have hitherto risked to commit sin.

10 Do not suppose, because it has been spoken concerning restoration, that ye shall be restored from sin to happiness. Behold, I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness. 

I know this one has a little stronger of force than what I usually use, but it really stuck out to me this week.  Guys, let us not risk it.  Our eternal life is too valuable to be risking on simple choices.  Let us choose the right, and show that we love our Heavenly Father for all that he gives us.  When we do what He says, he will immediately bless us. (Mosiah 2:24--And secondly, he doth require that ye should do as he hath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you; and therefore he hath paid you. And ye are still indebted unto him, and are, and will be, forever and ever; therefore, of what have ye to boast?) Test Him out, try it out.  Find those sins that you are 'risking' it with, and turn it around. 

Pictures:

For ten ten tim tam day at 10:10 we ate tim tam cheesecake. :)

District Blitz selfie. :)

Brendan's baptism

Sister Orro wrapped up like a mummy for Sister's P-day last week. :)

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Sister Orro, Sister Talbot and the Abbott Family

Tim Tam Cheesecake on 10/10 at 10:10

Sister's P-day, Sister Orro wrapped up like a mummy

District Blitz Selfie