Week 38

Hello My Family!

This week has been a good, exciting, disappointing, new, fun, not so fun, and crazy week! But nonetheless its been amazing, because each day out here my love for the Savior grows and i know that God is always the same, and that he loves me. I've also learned that if we get down or disappointed that Satan wins twice! And we dont want that! Haha..

This last Friday, we had a jam packed day planned with new investigators and investigators that we were going to set dates with, and members coming to the lessons and it was going to be good.. But as each lesson came around we got calls telling us something had happened and that they would have to re-schedule! Ha.. It was frustrating to say the least.. But the Lord needed us elsewhere and we met some really good people and have some new potential investigators.. So that was good.

Anyways.. Like i said last week we have so many people that are SO close to finding out for themselves that its true. And i've been fasting and praying so hard to see success in this area before i leave. I;m very excited to see what the Lord has in store for me and Elder Wilson.

We had Stake Conference this weekend in Iowa and we got a new stake president! He had been serving for 11 years as the Stake President and you could see how sad he really was to leave his calling. He gave his last talk and he talked about serving with your whole heart and he was proud to say that he gave his all his 10 years.. He admitted that he wasn't perfect but he worked hard. It made me think about my mission and how its only 2 years.. There was a greater desire to work hard and have no regrets at the end of my mission, and to be able to say that "i gave my all" at the end of my 2 years.

I was also reading in Alma 11, 12, 13, 14 this morning for study.. And i decided that NOTHING that we are asked to do as missionaries is too hard. In these chapters Alma and Amulek are amazing missionaries. Then they are bound with chords and brought before the chief judge. People are falsely accusing them and they are beaten and spit upon for days..! And the people who believed what Alma and Amulek were burned at the stake and murdered.Reading these chapters kind of made me feel very lucky. And i think i will look at my challenges a little differently. Because at least im not being held captive and being beaten. i'm a very lucky person to have this gospel!!

I love you family! I'm out of time.
Dad the Ephesians and the D&C 121, 22, 23 was awesome!! I used that a lot.Thank you!


LOve elder russell