A GREAT Week!

Hello Everyone! This week was GREAT! Let me start off my saying that

it rained three different days this week! Along with some hail it was

so great! However that was not the best part of the week! Remember

when i totally sunburned on side of my body? IT WAS WORTH IT! The day

when I burned my left side of my body basically it was because we were

standing in the same spot for two hours talking to someone on the

street that we had basically tracted into. It was great. Well it just

so happens that we got in contact with him again this week and we had

the best lesson ever! He wanted his kids to be there (all 6 of them).

It was so good. We taught the restoration lesson and the spirit was so

so so strong! At the end of the lesson the father When we asked him if

he believed that Joseph Smith was a prophet he looked at us and said

yes I do. I really do. Ahhhh the best words to ever come out of

someone's mouth ever! Then we asked all the kids how they felt and

they said we are curious. We want to know more! The second best thing

to come out of someone's mouth! So we left that lesson spiritually

charged but also with 6 new investigators that we have the amazing

opportunity to help the, understand the importance of Heavenly Father

in their life and help them come closer to him. I feel so blessed.

Then it rained and hailed at the end of the lesson and it was a double

blessing!

The next day we had the opportunity to meet with Elder Jeffrey R.

Holland and President Robbins. That was an amazing experience. Being

in the presence of an apostle and hearing him testify of the

truthfulness of the gospel is something that I will never forget. The

spirit was so strong and so good there. He talked about a lot of

things. The highlight for me was when he was talking about the way

that Christ taught when he was here and he talked about how Christ met

people at the level that they were at and took them to where they

needed to be. (John 3 & 4) I loved that so much. I believe that not

only applies to teaching but it also applies to every single person

that ever lives. Christ will meet us where we are at and he will carry

us to where we need to be but it will only be if we let him. Another

thing that Elder Holland spoke about was about being finishers. He

said that the blue ribbon does not come at the beginning of the race.

It does not come at the middle of the race. It comes at the end of the

race. Heavenly Father wants to give you your blue ribbon but you have

to finish the race. Then he went on talking about not giving up and it

was the best thing ever.

The next day I was reading in Ether 3 where it tells the story of the

Brother of Jared. This chapter really stood out to me and in a

different way than it normally does. Usually I recognize that the

Brother of Jared had this immense amount of faith which is very very

very true but I noticed this time that the Brother of Jared does his

part first and then the Lord does his. He makes stones, he follows the

commandment to pray, he exercises faith in the Lords miracles and then

the Lord shows himself to the brother of Jared and he lights the

stones. I really loved studying that. It just goes to show that we

have to do our part and then The Lord will do his. In the moment that

we don't believe the Lord is nearby helping us is the moment that he

is carrying us to where we need to be.

Man this week was great! I love my mission!