Monday, May 6, 2013

Letter #32 5/6/13 Its a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood!

Hello Family!!
 
This week has been AWESOME!!! We didn't teach as many lessons as last week, but the lessons we had were really good!!
 
I think I mentioned C, but in any case we set a baptismal date for him! They coordinated with family, and they'll all be flying in for his baptism on May 25th!! That's so soon! Like, 2 weeks away! Crazy!! But we're really excited!!
 
We had to drop one of our investigators with baptismal dates. His name was J and he is going to be out of town in Arizona for the next two months. Haha it's pretty crazy... But we'll pick him up as an investigator when he comes back in July :)
 
Brother C is SOLID!! When we come for lessons he basically tells us to pretend that he doesn't know anything. So we teach the lesson as if he is completely fresh. So we do. And afterward he told us that he read through the homework. Twice. Hahaha I love having solid investigators. He is ready :) He really is!! I can't wait for June!! IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING!!!!
 
Elder Stauffer is AWESOME!!! He is funny. He feels kind of sick in the mornings... And I think I know why. He complains because I snore. And I think my snoring keeps him awake. And because he can't fall asleep, he feels sick. So this week we bought ear plugs for him. He feels much better in the mornings. :) haha!! But now I throw things at him before we fall asleep and he can't hear it coming. It's awesome. :) He's sarcastic too!! So we have sarcasm fights. They're really fun :) He's also really hard worker and obedient. I'm starting to worry if President is nervous about me. I've had 2 good companions in a row. Not that I'm complaining, I love it!! Just saying ;) haha!
 
I'm so excited for Sunday!! Mother's day is going to be better than my Birthday!! Really!!! I'm so excited!!! I xan't wait to talk to you all!! Granted, I don't know what I'll say. We'll probably just talk and that will be nice :) I like hearing voices. I think I'll start using the voice recorder more :) I haven't sent many pictures lately. I'll work on that... Videos are good though. i'm glad you liked my videos :)
 
Spiritual thought.... Well. yesterday we taught a lesson on the restoration of the true church in Gospel Principles. The lesson was more focused on qualities of the original church, and then qualities of the restored church. Here were the qualities. 1) Revelation. 2) Authority. 3) Principles and Ordinances of Faith, Repentance, Baptism, and Receiving the Holy Ghost. 4) Organization of Prophets, Apostles, Etc. 5) Spiritual Gifts. Now, we can see that the current restored church of Jesus Christ has EVERY SINGLE ONE of these qualities. Impressive right? And if you think about it, how could the true church not have these qualities? I don't understand how people can believe a church that doesn't belive in Revelation. I could understand, TO AN EXTENT, Authority. I don't understand how people can SOLELY belive that faith alone will save. That doesn't make sense! It doesn't!! Perhaps I'm just ranting in this thought, but what I'm saying is that this is the true church for a reason. The best part about being on a mission is being asked, "How do you know it's true?" Because we get asked that enough that we have to figure that out. I would challenge anyone who doesn't know why this church is true to find out. While receiving a witness of the Book of Mormon is good, find a way to communicate your knowledge to someone else where they too can understand why you believe this church. So, My challnege this week is to figure out what your testimony is :) Should be easy enough. have a fun time with it!!
 
Well I've said enough. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day :) And if not make it a good day. We can choose to be happy. I firmly believe that. So if you aren't happy, make the choice to be happy :) Do something important today!! And yeah. Just smile. Smiling is good :)
 
HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!
 

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