Week 28

Yoyoyo Fam! Whats up?


This week has been a blast!

A mission is definitely an emotional roller coaster.. And sometimes its hard for me to remember that people have their agency! Haha..

Anyways.. We went to that Amish Haystack dinner again.. and this time it wasn't too bad! We didn't get as many weird looks.. And the whole place didn't break into quiet whispers.. "the Mormons are here" hahah! It made me happy.

Anyways.. We have had some very solid lesson's this week. We seem to rely much more on the spirit to tell us what to do and we can see a huge difference in the lessons and in the people we teach!

We had a lesson with Jennifer and she expressed a desire to be baptized. She says that she knows its true and she wants a good path for her and her 2 youngest kids. But.. Unfortunately some things have to happen first before she can get baptized. She's living with her boyfriend.. And they have to get married!! But before that she has to divorce the guy that she's still "legally" married too! Haha.. You can only imagine how crazy it was committing her to get married.. And then baptized! But the spirit told her that its something that she needs to do and she has already started the process. They say that divorce takes 90 days to file and complete. So it will be a while! But i know that the Lord will help in this process and help us get this worked out!

I'm so grateful for the opportunity to help people. We are trying to align people's lives with the Savior's teaching so they can be blessed! Its pretty cool!

We have run into a lot of people that wanted to argue about religion with us. And instead of trying to reasonably show them scriptures.. We ask them one question.. We ask them if they would be willing to read the Book of Mormon with real intent and an open heart. And if they say yes that's great(which never happens).. But if they say no.. We tell them sorry but we have people who are! Its been awesome!

Thanks for the emails! I love you all! Things are going great and we are so close with so many people! I know that the Lord will bless us! I pray for you all!

Love Elder Russell