Whats up fam!
Mom you might be doing a procedure right now but I just want
to let you know that your in my prayers. I know that this cancer can't as aggressive
as you are because you I have seen you run bases. I grateful for your
athleticism in everything that you do!
This last week for me has been awesome. I told you about the
Elder Zwick experience. That was one of the highlights of my life! The rest of
this last week Elder Daley and I have been working in out area a lot which has
been great! Members are on fire ever since the member fireside that ELder Zwick
put on. We have 5 or 6 members that have told us since then that they have a
friend they want taught in their home! That right there is the most effective
way to do missionary work. When members invite their friends into their own
homes to be taught by their missionaries. Right now we are in the process of
weeding out the teaching pool and pausing all those who just are not
ready.
Have I told you about our new investigator yet? He is a man we have been teaching for a
few weeks now. He is one that President was with when we taught him and Mark
was having a bad day and was really mad. So President pretty much grabbed his
arm and drug him over to a chair where we gave him a priesthood blessing. After
that blessing he has never been the same! He is awesome. We taught him the word
of wisdom and the only problem he is facing is coffee. He has been drinking
coffee since who knows when and he said he is addicted. So we are working on
him with that. Besides that he is good to get baptized and has a date for the
11th.
Elder Daley is the man! I love serving with the guy. This next week we
have another mission council and Daley and I are going to be doing a couple of
exchanges so it should be fun. Our focus for the mission right now and what we
are going to teach at zone conference is repentance and virtue. So I have been
studying those 2 topics a lot.
Family, thanks for your prayers. Thanks for all
that you do. Its so easy to take for granted the blessing of a close family
until you witness so many broken ones. I would dare say that every temptation
you can find out in the world today is in someway linked to destroying the family.
ONLY the gospel will allow a family to endure and enjoy life. That is one thing
I have seen clearly on my mission. You never have to ask an investigator family
if they have read or prayed together when you go over for an appointment
because you can FEEL it when you walk in. Its s distinct difference when those
kind of things are done. I love you Mom. Thanks for being the Mom that made us
get up in the morning for scripture study and dragging us to family home
evening. Or singing annoying gospel songs when we would fight with each other.
Things like that make all the difference! Good luck.
