Well, things have been a bit
hectic and different lately. I am sorry that I have not been able to write
for the blog recently.
Christmas came, I was able to skype with the family.
That was a great experience for me. It meant a lot to be able to see the people
I love for once and not be limited only to typing or writing. However, it was very weird at the same time.
The weather out here has been up and down, trying
to decide if it wants to cool down or heat up. I still don't think that it
knows what it wants yet. We had a "red dot" day last week since there was suppose
to be a bad storm coming in. The day we were red dotted nothing happened. It
came that night, so we had a total of 9 missionaries staying over since some of
them didn't have heat at their apartments. It was fun. The next day it was
a steady 5 degrees and at night got in the negatives around -15 F, from what we
heard.
Elder Mortenson, our Zone Leader, left us last week as well since he just
finished his mission. It was sad to see him leave, but now he is off to the
next step in life; looking for that special some one and going to college. So,
it turned out pretty good.
We went to where one of Taylor Swift's houses is
last P-day since one of the Elders here has had a huge crush on her.
There were a whole lot of guards there... so we were thinking about maybe, just
maybe doing a blitz with all of our zone, to see who the lucky one would be
that got past the guards, since we outnumbered them. Don't worry though. We
used our heads and didn't do it =D.
The work is finally starting to pick up
again as it is getting back to normal. Our investigator family is doing good.
The grandmother is not really interested in being baptized since she is
content with her religion right now. But, Ramona has a good strong desire to be,
but doesn't want to be somebody who joins the church and then later leaves it to
go to another. Her son Brandon wants to be baptized as well. He actually
brought up baptism that night as we were there.
We are having a family home
evening tonight at a less active members house, who invited her less active
family over and we will also have Ramona and her family there as well. It
should be a lot of fun.
After Christmas we had yet another musical
fireside. It was great! We got the members pumped for it and so they brought
friends from work and we had Ramona and her family come as well. It was a great
turn out. The Spirit was so strong as well. It is amazing to me to see more and
more in my life, as time goes by, that truly, before and after great spiritual
experiences, Satan will try to do everything in his power to hinder that experience
from happening. It seemed like everything was coming at us. The weather that
day was horrible, so if it got just a little bit worse we probably
would have had to cancel it again like last time. But, the Lord was merciful and
blessed us with a great turn out and a great night.
I know that this truly is the work of God. That this is His
true church restored on the earth today and that Jesus Christ is truly at the
head of it. There may be times in our lives where we might think everything seems
to be dumping on us and hitting us with everything its got; making our knees
feel weak and soon to collapse. But, I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and
Redeemer and that truly his grace, his enabling power, will enable us to do
what we otherwise could not do if left to our own strength.
For those of you
who may be feeling weighed down, beaten and battered from the many things life
has to throw at you, I invite you to turn to your Savior Jesus Christ and
pray. You can always pray and talk to a loving Father in Heaven who wants to
hear from you and help you. For those of you whose knees gave way at the heavy
burden placed upon you, I invite you as well to turn to Jesus Christ, that he
may help you up, and embrace you with his loving arms.
I leave you with my
testimony that I do know that Jesus Christ lives, that he is a merciful,
loving, understanding and forgiving God. He loves each and every one of us more
than we can ever come close to comprehend. Repent, or in other words, turn back
to Him or to Him for the first time. He is waiting to embrace you with a
love and support you will not forget. I leave you with these things in His
name, even the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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