Ted and Lisa Hoffman Join the Church

Ted and Lisa Hoffman became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a special service November 2, 2019.  They are excited to join our ward.  They had been familiar with the church before, but only recently sought out the missionaries.  Our ward missionaries, Sisters Graham and Ballantyne,  taught them every day for two weeks and they easily made the decision to join the church.  They were baptized by Eric Fairbanks and confirmed the next day in Sacrament meeting by Loren Perry.

  Left:  Cathy Leonard met with them and told them she was sure they would want to see that their ancestors also had the same opportunity.  She invited each of them to fill out the booklets with their own ancestors name as a head start to working on their family history and getting the work done for their deceased ancestors.  They will be setting up a date this next week to work with them and introduce them to working on their family history.

   Right:  After the baptism Ted and Lisa were greeted by ward friends and a special guest, Sister Hymas, wife of the California Sacramento Mission President.  The evening of their baptism the sister missionaries took them to Sacramento for a tour of the Sacramento temple.

  In addition,  something special happened at this baptism.  Usually two men witness the baptism to make sure the person is totally immersed. Recently the Church began allowing women to be witnesses. Suzanne Fairbanks (left) and Jackie Perry (right) were the first women in our ward to participate in this ordinance.