November 23, 2015

This week was super amazing! It was a very spiritual week! I would like for all of you to know that God lives and he answers our prayers, when hey are offered in faith! We must do all things with faith! And I know that Christ suffered all things for us!

Monday: so today we had a very productive preparation day! We did some tracting! Tracting in a trio is a lot of fun! So one funny story from it we walked up to a door and Elder Bartok accidentally stumbled into a flour pot and an alarm started going off! Haha we all jumped and looked across the street and there was a house like 2 street over so it wasn't us! Haha

Tuesday: we saw a less active member I have gotten him from 2 packs of smokes a day to 1 pack now! He is trying! He is his old guy and is super funny! We are helping him to work towards getting the priesthood! And we always play a game of trouble with him! It makes his whole day! But to top off the visit elder Duncan stepped in his dogs turds in his kitchen! Haha but then we went out trying people to see and to set up appointments with. We also went out with one of our members brother brown! He is the best! We went home teaching with him!

I get a good laugh everytime I'm with him! Hen we had a good lesson with one of their investigators, it was pretty good he had a lot of questions. Then we went on splits, I went with a member of the bishopric and we saw a recent converts non member wife and had a good lesson with her, then we met with my companions and we met with one of my investigators in that same apartment complex and we had a good reading from the Book of Mormon with her! Then we ended the night with our baptism candidate brother Matt turner! Him and his wife pheodra with the bishop Faulstick there! They are awesome! Bishop Faulstick is awesome to teach with! He has a strong testimony! Had some great laughs then went home.

Wednesday: we woke up it was dumping rain! But we did some area book updating, then we had district meeting! It was great! But Matt had his baptismal interview after district meeting, and we also had a lesson with another girl at the same time, so we used our trio powers! And I went with elder Duncan to the lesson and elder Bartok went with our district leader to matts interview. We had a great lesson, then we went to matts and picked up Bartok and the district Lester and his companion. And dropped them off, then we went and tried some people, then we ended the night with the Hardins they are this super solid recent convert family! They are the best! They had a friend there to learn as well! So tonight I got this phone call from an inactive member and he asked if we could help move him Thursday, we accepted!

Thursday: we got up we helped that member move! He fed us lunch! He is sue or cool! A retired police officer, had some great laughs! But the coolest thing is when we got there he gave me an old restoration pamphlet that the missionaries used to teach with! He said my ancestors founded this area for missionary work! So I will have to look into that! Then we met with one of their investigators and tracted some more, then had dinner at a members she is awesome! Then we went on splits again! I went with Reece barker, he is awesome! He got off his mission a year ago from gauna, we had a great lesson!

While the other two went with brother morry and they saw a less active member, then I went and saw Matt with Reece and had another great lesson! He is the best! Then I tried some potentials with reece, then we went home.

Friday: we woke up did some studying! Then we saw brother Bill linne!

We continued talking to him about quitting smoking! Then played some trouble, then we weekly planned! Weekly planning is so long when you do it for 2 Separate areas in one! I'm basically managing my area by myself, it's fun! Then we went and had another great lesson with Matt!

Told him the time brother kasteler will be there to pick him up tomorrow for his baptism! Then we went ate dinner at the Mathis's They are awesome! Then we went saw a recent convert Teresa nall, she's super awesome! Then we ended the night at the Hardins! They are the best! They are so strong! Love them!

Saturday: today was awesome! So we got up studied, then we went and helped the Mathis's do service! Butchered some chickens! Haha then we ate lunch with them at fantastic four burgers! Then we went and met brother kasteler at the church had correlation, then we filled up the baptismal font, he went picked up Matt and we had a wonderful baptismal service! I had the privilege of baptizing him! He is awesome! Very spiritual! Then the zone leaders, gave us a training on how to help my investigators that are struggling with committing to.

Wing baptized. Then we had dinner at dales! And Karen a recent convert made us pumpkins pies! Then we met with Carmen and had one of the most spiritual lessons I've ever had! Thanks to the inspired training the zone leaders gave us earlier, we were able to read her Mosiah 18:

8-10. Which is the qualifications for baptism, she said yes to all those questions, then I read her the baptismal interview questions she said yes to all of those, then we asked her to pray right now if this is what God wants you to do and when he wants you to do it, she said no, but we pushed alittle bit more, and she said her prayer, asked very direct questions, and the spirit was so strong! She looked up at me and goes he says I need to stop delaying it and get it done! So we reset her date with her then for next Saturday! And we told her she still needed to come to church one more time! So she said she'd be there if we helped her pack and move Monday.

Sunday: we got up, we started off getting investigators to church with rides, the girl we had the lesson with Saturday night, texted me this morning and said I'm not coming to church didn't get enough sleep I had nightmares all night. So our hearts sank! So we headed to her apartment complex and got Austin a recent convert in dales car cause he is giving a talk, and we knocked on her door, and she answered and said I'm not going, so elder Duncan said let's say a prayer right now, I looked a t him and said will you say it? And he went yeah, so he said one of the most heartfelt prayers ever! And the spirit was super strong and we looked at each other like can you feel this? Can she feel this? And she went I'm not going to church but I'll see you at the fireside tonigh, so we mopped to dales down stairs and she called me like 1 minute after being in dales and said hey I'm coming to church! Tell my ride I'm gonna need her! So I got her ride coming and the spirit was so strong! Then we had a great church service and Austin had a great talk on gratitude and trials, he is missing a leg so he had some great personal experiences, then we had a great rest of church, and so then we tried to see some people after church, then we had dinner at the moreys, with the Hardins! And then we hussled to the fireside! We had 13 people there just from our areas! It was awesome!

The fireside was super amazing! Then we came home!

This week taught me that if you do all things in faith and if what you do is focused on what his will is, all things are possible! And my scripture I pondered went well with this! D&C 8:10, which says "

remember that without faith you can do nothing, therefore ask in faith, trifle not with these things, d not ask for that which you ought not." So I know if we do all things in faith they will happen!

My scripture to ponderiz this week is D&C 18:10

I hope you all have a great week! I love you all and miss you a ton!

Keep asking in faith and doing in faith and the lord will bless you!