This week has been great.. Haha i am in a huuge hurry! So sorry..
Ha
i heard a cool analogy this week from a district leader in the zone..
He said.. "our testimonies have to be like our bones.. They have to be
so imbedded under our skin, that without them, we would have no
purpose!" Our bones gives our body purpose, just like when we get a
testimony of the church, it gives our lives purpose! :)
Anyways.. I want to share with you a cool experience! So our mission
President came out and visited people with us and it was such an
awesome night! We are teaching this girl named Chelsea.. And she has
been one of the greatest people to teach. She is so prepared by God, she
is facing opposition from her family and blowing through it like its
nothing! We taught her the plan of salvation with our mission president,
and the spirit was so strong.. It answered so many questions that she
had. It brought so much peace to her to know these simple truths which
most of us reading this email have been so lucky to have for our whole
lives! She wants to be baptized at the end of this month and so we're
pretty excited for that! Its going to be awesome! I loved it..
I've come to the realization that there are 2 types of churches
really.. Churches that will adapt to what the people want and what the
people like, and then there is the church that will make the people
change so they can improve the quality of their life.. Haha Christ asked
us to "come unto him and be transformed." I love it so much. We all are
being changed and transformed by this church so we can become what God
needs us to be.
I'm sorry this is so short.. We've got things that we've got to do today. I love you all! :)
Bishop Shields thanks for the email last week! I appreciate them very much!
Love Elder Russell
Elder Madison Russell
Des Moines Iowa February 2nd 2011-2013
Monday, April 30, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Week 60
Hello Family!
This week has been one of those rough ones that we all have to go through every once in a while.. Haha but it was still a great week and i learned a bunch!
We had a total of 14 appointments bail on us this week, and that was rough.. But we still did some teaching and we had some sweet lessons!
On Wednesday night, we were going to check up on a potential investigator in the area because our appointment didn't go through.. We knocked on his door and he was pretty reluctant to see us.. We started talking, and he told us his life story and it was the saddest thing. I won't go into details.. But just take my word for it when i say that he had some rough things happen to him in his life.. He questioned the existence of God. The part of him that wanted to believe in God was angry with God because of the things that he has been through. He couldn't believe that the things that he'd been through were part of "God's plan" for him. We talked a lot about faith, and how he can gain faith.. We talked about how Jesus Christ can help take away the anger that's inside him, and how he can make these trials in his life shape him to who God wants him to be. It was sweet..
He started talking about his mom, who had died about 2 years ago.. He started crying because he missed her so much. He talked about how smart his mother was and how much he helped her in his life. He said that his mom always made him do things as a little kid that he never wanted to do. Like reading books, going to church, cleaning his room, doing chores, and being nice to his sister. He said when he was younger that he despised his mom for making him do these things that he didn't want to do. But now 30 years later, a little more wise and much more mature, he feels as if he will never be able to repay his mother for the priceless lessons that she taught him as a boy.
While he was telling this story, I had a awesome spiritual confirmation come to me. I knew that this relationship(which almost every young boy has with his mom) was almost identical to our relationship with God. God asks us to do very specific things here upon this earth, and I'm sure we are all guilty at some point of saying "ugh.. I really don't want to do this." or "this is just to much for me to handle" or "i can't take this anymore.." But one day, when we know more about this life, and more about ourselves, and when we become more wise and mature, we will have the same feelings that this man had towards his mother. We will never be able to repay God for the things that he's taught us here upon the Earth. It made me especially grateful for the challenges which God gives us! Through them we have the opportunity to grow and to become who God wants us to become.
I think i told you guys about a Less-Active member that we were working with maybe a month or 2 ago who was an alcoholic! Well we had a huge miracle take place with him. So one day we went over to his house, and there he was sitting in his car, with a pint of beer in his hand. We talked for a little and he was just trashed. We asked him if we could take his beer and throw it away for him. He really didn't want to give it to us. Haha when he went to hand us the bottle, his knuckles were white because he was hanging onto it so tight. He let go and I dumped the beer out and we went on our way.. We knew he most likely had more in his car, but we decided to not to be to pushy. Later in the week probably 6 days later, we went back and visited him and when we got there he gave us a big old hug! It was pretty funny actually. But he told us that he hadn't drank since we came over. He said that after we left the last time that we were there, that he reached under his seat and pulled out another pint of beer. He said that the first sip that he took tasted like slimy, hot, mud! Hahahaha! And he got out of his car and broke the beer bottle on the ground, and vowed that he'd never do it again. SOO sweet!! It was awesome and now he's doing great. He's getting back to his normal self again.
I love it too much! It's so fun to be a missionary. SO hard sometimes.. But soo much fun. And so rewarding.
MOM, My license expires in January, and that means that i couldn't use it to fly home, and i won't be able to drive the last month that i'm out here.. I talked to the mission President about it and he wants to get it taken care of as soon as possible! He said that there is an option i can get at the DMV that can extend your license for 3 months or something like that and that would be perfect. Let me know if thats possible in the state of Utah. He wasn't sure if it was an option there.Thanks and let me know next week so i can tell him.
I love you all! Thanks for everything!
Love Elder Russell
This week has been one of those rough ones that we all have to go through every once in a while.. Haha but it was still a great week and i learned a bunch!
We had a total of 14 appointments bail on us this week, and that was rough.. But we still did some teaching and we had some sweet lessons!
On Wednesday night, we were going to check up on a potential investigator in the area because our appointment didn't go through.. We knocked on his door and he was pretty reluctant to see us.. We started talking, and he told us his life story and it was the saddest thing. I won't go into details.. But just take my word for it when i say that he had some rough things happen to him in his life.. He questioned the existence of God. The part of him that wanted to believe in God was angry with God because of the things that he has been through. He couldn't believe that the things that he'd been through were part of "God's plan" for him. We talked a lot about faith, and how he can gain faith.. We talked about how Jesus Christ can help take away the anger that's inside him, and how he can make these trials in his life shape him to who God wants him to be. It was sweet..
He started talking about his mom, who had died about 2 years ago.. He started crying because he missed her so much. He talked about how smart his mother was and how much he helped her in his life. He said that his mom always made him do things as a little kid that he never wanted to do. Like reading books, going to church, cleaning his room, doing chores, and being nice to his sister. He said when he was younger that he despised his mom for making him do these things that he didn't want to do. But now 30 years later, a little more wise and much more mature, he feels as if he will never be able to repay his mother for the priceless lessons that she taught him as a boy.
While he was telling this story, I had a awesome spiritual confirmation come to me. I knew that this relationship(which almost every young boy has with his mom) was almost identical to our relationship with God. God asks us to do very specific things here upon this earth, and I'm sure we are all guilty at some point of saying "ugh.. I really don't want to do this." or "this is just to much for me to handle" or "i can't take this anymore.." But one day, when we know more about this life, and more about ourselves, and when we become more wise and mature, we will have the same feelings that this man had towards his mother. We will never be able to repay God for the things that he's taught us here upon the Earth. It made me especially grateful for the challenges which God gives us! Through them we have the opportunity to grow and to become who God wants us to become.
I think i told you guys about a Less-Active member that we were working with maybe a month or 2 ago who was an alcoholic! Well we had a huge miracle take place with him. So one day we went over to his house, and there he was sitting in his car, with a pint of beer in his hand. We talked for a little and he was just trashed. We asked him if we could take his beer and throw it away for him. He really didn't want to give it to us. Haha when he went to hand us the bottle, his knuckles were white because he was hanging onto it so tight. He let go and I dumped the beer out and we went on our way.. We knew he most likely had more in his car, but we decided to not to be to pushy. Later in the week probably 6 days later, we went back and visited him and when we got there he gave us a big old hug! It was pretty funny actually. But he told us that he hadn't drank since we came over. He said that after we left the last time that we were there, that he reached under his seat and pulled out another pint of beer. He said that the first sip that he took tasted like slimy, hot, mud! Hahahaha! And he got out of his car and broke the beer bottle on the ground, and vowed that he'd never do it again. SOO sweet!! It was awesome and now he's doing great. He's getting back to his normal self again.
I love it too much! It's so fun to be a missionary. SO hard sometimes.. But soo much fun. And so rewarding.
MOM, My license expires in January, and that means that i couldn't use it to fly home, and i won't be able to drive the last month that i'm out here.. I talked to the mission President about it and he wants to get it taken care of as soon as possible! He said that there is an option i can get at the DMV that can extend your license for 3 months or something like that and that would be perfect. Let me know if thats possible in the state of Utah. He wasn't sure if it was an option there.Thanks and let me know next week so i can tell him.
I love you all! Thanks for everything!
Love Elder Russell
Monday, April 16, 2012
Week 59
Wow it has been a memorable week. I love it SO much. We had a CRAZY rain and wind storm last weekend.. Haha and some area's were flooded pretty bad.. But other area's of the mission got it much worse. Everybody's ok tho..
I received word that i will be staying in Ankeny for 1 more transfer and I'm really excited about it. I've come to love the people here SO much.This ward is so special. I'm already dreading the day that i have to say goodbye. That's probably the hardest part of the mission. Saying goodbye to so many new friends. That means that i'll be calling from here for Mother's Day. I'll probably just call.. No Skype. Sorry.
I have a super funny story to tell you.. Kinda sad.. But pretty funny too..
So we've started to do service at this old folks home, and old people in Iowa are usually really nice.. or reeaaalllly not nice. No where in between.. Ha ha! So we were serving lunch, and these old ladies started to hit on us.. Ha and telling us to come over and sit by them and eat with them, and wondering if we could give them a ride home so they didn't have to ride the bus.. Haha i was blown away.. It was SO awkward!!
At the same old folks home, I sat down next to this old couple and we began talking.. The wife would not look at me straight in the eye and she was acting like she was ashamed to be sitting next to me! I asked her a question and we began talking and she told me that she went to the First Family Baptist church and she had been going there since she was little. She asked me if i was from Utah! And of course i said yes.. So we began talking and she said.. "me and some of my friends travel to Manti UT once a year to witness the truth to you Mormons!" Then i remembered previous in the conversation how she said that she was a member of the First Family Baptist church. They are a BIG church in town that preaches anti over the pulpit and hands out anti pamphlets and stuff. I felt so bad for this old lady. She was so stuck in her ways and wouldn't listen to a thing that I tried to say. She firmly believed that our Church was founded by the devil. She was angry and malicious when she was talking to me. And yet she said "well.. we do what we do because we love you" I didn't know what to say and that point and when i tried to say something she wouldn't even let me get half way through the sentence without interrupting.
It makes no sense really.. That a Church that does this much good in the world would be founded by the Devil. But she was convinced. I learned a valuable lesson that day at the old folks home.. I learned that i cannot ever become close minded. I learned that i have to have a soft heart till the day that i die.. Its amazing what Satan can do. The power he has, the anger he gives. Christ opens our hearts.. And Satan does everything he can to close them.
I have one more story i have to tell you..
We began teaching a young girl who's aunt has been a member her whole life. As we walked into the lesson we could tell that something had gone wrong that day, and we were pretty worried because it needed to be a awesome lesson for her. We started in on the lesson and we taught the Restoration of the Gospel. We told the story of Joseph Smith and as i recited the first vision to her, tears filled her eyes and all she could say was that i know that its true. It was one of the top 3 greatest moments on my mission. I love it so much. It turns out that she had made a mistake the previous night and felt like there was no hope anymore... But after the lesson she said "i am filled with hope". That's what the gospel can do to a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
Of all the places i could be in the world, and all the things i could be doing, i can honestly say that i would rather be no where else than in Ankeny Iowa preaching the gospel to those who are desperately in need of help.
I love you all Family! SO much! Thanks for the encouragement and Dad thanks for that awesome email. I'm going to print that off and use it this week! Lexee! Your an awesome missionary!! Haha keep it up! :) Mom thanks for bein great.. and always emailing me! Hope you had a good week!
Hope all is well!
Love, Elder Russell
"If it is to be, It is up to me"
I received word that i will be staying in Ankeny for 1 more transfer and I'm really excited about it. I've come to love the people here SO much.This ward is so special. I'm already dreading the day that i have to say goodbye. That's probably the hardest part of the mission. Saying goodbye to so many new friends. That means that i'll be calling from here for Mother's Day. I'll probably just call.. No Skype. Sorry.
I have a super funny story to tell you.. Kinda sad.. But pretty funny too..
So we've started to do service at this old folks home, and old people in Iowa are usually really nice.. or reeaaalllly not nice. No where in between.. Ha ha! So we were serving lunch, and these old ladies started to hit on us.. Ha and telling us to come over and sit by them and eat with them, and wondering if we could give them a ride home so they didn't have to ride the bus.. Haha i was blown away.. It was SO awkward!!
At the same old folks home, I sat down next to this old couple and we began talking.. The wife would not look at me straight in the eye and she was acting like she was ashamed to be sitting next to me! I asked her a question and we began talking and she told me that she went to the First Family Baptist church and she had been going there since she was little. She asked me if i was from Utah! And of course i said yes.. So we began talking and she said.. "me and some of my friends travel to Manti UT once a year to witness the truth to you Mormons!" Then i remembered previous in the conversation how she said that she was a member of the First Family Baptist church. They are a BIG church in town that preaches anti over the pulpit and hands out anti pamphlets and stuff. I felt so bad for this old lady. She was so stuck in her ways and wouldn't listen to a thing that I tried to say. She firmly believed that our Church was founded by the devil. She was angry and malicious when she was talking to me. And yet she said "well.. we do what we do because we love you" I didn't know what to say and that point and when i tried to say something she wouldn't even let me get half way through the sentence without interrupting.
It makes no sense really.. That a Church that does this much good in the world would be founded by the Devil. But she was convinced. I learned a valuable lesson that day at the old folks home.. I learned that i cannot ever become close minded. I learned that i have to have a soft heart till the day that i die.. Its amazing what Satan can do. The power he has, the anger he gives. Christ opens our hearts.. And Satan does everything he can to close them.
I have one more story i have to tell you..
We began teaching a young girl who's aunt has been a member her whole life. As we walked into the lesson we could tell that something had gone wrong that day, and we were pretty worried because it needed to be a awesome lesson for her. We started in on the lesson and we taught the Restoration of the Gospel. We told the story of Joseph Smith and as i recited the first vision to her, tears filled her eyes and all she could say was that i know that its true. It was one of the top 3 greatest moments on my mission. I love it so much. It turns out that she had made a mistake the previous night and felt like there was no hope anymore... But after the lesson she said "i am filled with hope". That's what the gospel can do to a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
Of all the places i could be in the world, and all the things i could be doing, i can honestly say that i would rather be no where else than in Ankeny Iowa preaching the gospel to those who are desperately in need of help.
I love you all Family! SO much! Thanks for the encouragement and Dad thanks for that awesome email. I'm going to print that off and use it this week! Lexee! Your an awesome missionary!! Haha keep it up! :) Mom thanks for bein great.. and always emailing me! Hope you had a good week!
Hope all is well!
Love, Elder Russell
"If it is to be, It is up to me"
Monday, April 9, 2012
Week 58
Wow.. So many life lesson's learned this week! Its been almost too good!
Ha before i start..Thank you G-MA Russell for the package! That was great! :)
We had a lesson this week with an older man who is an Elder in his church. We walked in and he told us how he had a Mormon friend growing up and he was always impressed with him and his family but didn't know to much about our church. He then proceeded to tell us ALL the problems that his church was having.. They had just gotten a new pastor and half of the congregation didn't like him and were threatening to leave if they didn't get a new one. From their previous Pastor, who decided to put an addition onto the church that cost $150,000, they were in debt up to their eyeballs, and couldn't get the congregation and even the leaders of the church to pay their tithing! Then he asked "does your church deal with any of these issues?" We looked at each other.. Then back and him, and said.. "nope.. we don't" You have NOO idea how good it felt to honestly answer him with that reply! Haha! He was amazed and asked a million question's about our church government and how it runs and he was in total shock. Then he said.. "Its a perfect system."
Then we told him how we just got a new Bishop and he was called straight out of the congregation! There was no application or no interview's or no council to vote who it would be..! The new Bishop didn't have a certification from some college saying "congratulations your now certified to lead a church!" Then we began telling him how he was called by God and everybody in our congregation received a spiritual witness that he was the one to be running our church at this point in time. And not one single person left the church because of it.
Friends.. I do not lie when i tell you that his Jaw literally dropped. And it stayed there for probably 5 minutes. We bore strong and fervent testimony of how this was the one and true living church upon the face of the earth and that it was the same exact church that Christ set up while he was on the earth. Then we asked him to join our church. He said that he would join if he knew all the things we were saying were true and we will continue to teach him about the Gospel and Joseph Smith. He will be absolutely ridiculed if he leaves his church he said.. But he says he would have to do what God would have him do! And that is perfect!! :)
I have learned this week that the power of fasting and prayer is SO real.. I have been praying harder than i have ever prayed to find people to teach and this week it came. We taught more that we've ever taught this week and we have a lot of people now learning about the Gospel. It's almost too good! I love it so much! I have learned more in the area of my mission that any other. I have been put to the test and i am now seeing the results of enduring through hard times and disappointment. The blessings will come.. I know that to be true.. Even if its 3 or 4 months down the road they will come if you fast and pray for help.
I have like 5 other stories that i want to tell you all but i have gotta get going! I know the Church is true with all of my heart. The saint's of the Church aren't perfect.. Nor do we claim to be.. But the system by which the Lord has given us to run the Church is perfect. That's why it allows us to live life the way we do. I love it soo much! THnaks for the emails and things!! You guys are all just the greatest.
Haha Love Elder Russell
Ha before i start..Thank you G-MA Russell for the package! That was great! :)
We had a lesson this week with an older man who is an Elder in his church. We walked in and he told us how he had a Mormon friend growing up and he was always impressed with him and his family but didn't know to much about our church. He then proceeded to tell us ALL the problems that his church was having.. They had just gotten a new pastor and half of the congregation didn't like him and were threatening to leave if they didn't get a new one. From their previous Pastor, who decided to put an addition onto the church that cost $150,000, they were in debt up to their eyeballs, and couldn't get the congregation and even the leaders of the church to pay their tithing! Then he asked "does your church deal with any of these issues?" We looked at each other.. Then back and him, and said.. "nope.. we don't" You have NOO idea how good it felt to honestly answer him with that reply! Haha! He was amazed and asked a million question's about our church government and how it runs and he was in total shock. Then he said.. "Its a perfect system."
Then we told him how we just got a new Bishop and he was called straight out of the congregation! There was no application or no interview's or no council to vote who it would be..! The new Bishop didn't have a certification from some college saying "congratulations your now certified to lead a church!" Then we began telling him how he was called by God and everybody in our congregation received a spiritual witness that he was the one to be running our church at this point in time. And not one single person left the church because of it.
Friends.. I do not lie when i tell you that his Jaw literally dropped. And it stayed there for probably 5 minutes. We bore strong and fervent testimony of how this was the one and true living church upon the face of the earth and that it was the same exact church that Christ set up while he was on the earth. Then we asked him to join our church. He said that he would join if he knew all the things we were saying were true and we will continue to teach him about the Gospel and Joseph Smith. He will be absolutely ridiculed if he leaves his church he said.. But he says he would have to do what God would have him do! And that is perfect!! :)
I have learned this week that the power of fasting and prayer is SO real.. I have been praying harder than i have ever prayed to find people to teach and this week it came. We taught more that we've ever taught this week and we have a lot of people now learning about the Gospel. It's almost too good! I love it so much! I have learned more in the area of my mission that any other. I have been put to the test and i am now seeing the results of enduring through hard times and disappointment. The blessings will come.. I know that to be true.. Even if its 3 or 4 months down the road they will come if you fast and pray for help.
I have like 5 other stories that i want to tell you all but i have gotta get going! I know the Church is true with all of my heart. The saint's of the Church aren't perfect.. Nor do we claim to be.. But the system by which the Lord has given us to run the Church is perfect. That's why it allows us to live life the way we do. I love it soo much! THnaks for the emails and things!! You guys are all just the greatest.
Haha Love Elder Russell
Monday, April 2, 2012
Week 58
Any week i can sit down for hours at a time and listen to a Prophet and Apostles is a good week...
It was almost too good! Haha
This week has been special. Full of up's and down's as usual!
We have FINALLY found a investigator who is ready to be baptized!! :) And it feels so unbelievably good!! We taught a part member family and the spirit was so strong! The dad of the family(who's a member) was just recently re-activated into the church! He really wanted to watch the Restoration DVD with his family so we brought it over and it was straight up powerful! I love it so much. I had yet another undeniable witness to what happened in the sacred grove was true! The wife(who's not a member) was touched by the spirit. It was wonderful and she accepted the invitation to be baptized! We asked the Dad to pray for us before we left and he offered the most heartfelt prayer in the world. He said this.. "Heavenly Father, if you could, i would just love it if you softened my wife's heart. I want to have an eternal family more than anything in the world, and i know that you can help that happen." Everyone in the room was crying and it was great.
The spirit was so strong. I think my favorite part of my mission has been kneeling down with people in prayer and listening to them give Him everything they have.. There are certain things that only God can provide. And the only way he will provide them is through earnest and truthful asking, in the form of a prayer. Me and my companion were so excited when we walked out of the house! Haha as my companion put it.. "my insides are jumping!! Hahah! it was great.
Conference was great! We watched the Saturday morning session at the church! And Saturday afternoon we watched it at the Cox Family Home! I love that family too much!! :) They are my other family here in Iowa!
In the Priesthood session Elder Uchtdorf said something that hit me so hard. He said something along the lines of.. Rather than waiting to see if something bad is going to happen, let us go forth now, and prevent bad things from happening!! I loved that. We all know that the world is spiraling down faster and faster! So now its our job to go and do something about it. Grab as many people as you can and bring them to the safe side, let people know and understand that there is much more that life has to offer through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
I'm sitting here and this guy 2 computers away from me is getting SO frustrated because he is trying to sell something on E-Bay and something is not working. He's getting mad and frustrated and slamming his fists on the counter. He is arguing with the person on the other end of the phone and cursing. His is acting like his whole life is crumbling this very second because his pay-pal account has been lost and he can't sell what he needs to on e-bay. We tried to help but he wasn't to fond of that idea. I just keep telling myself that this man is so lost.. If only he had the gospel. I learned from this general conference that nothing else matters in this world besides the gospel. Not tragedy is to tragic, no loss is to big, no pain is to bad to change the fact that the gospel is all that matters in this life. And i'm so grateful that i've learned that.
I'm sorry i'm just rambling now.. But i've gotta go! i hope you all enjoyed your week! :)
I love my emails from my 2 little ladies Berklee and Sayler! I miss you both so much!!
Bro Harris from Fayette! Thank you for the news about Benjamin!! That is SO awesome!! :)
Thanks for the emails Mom and Dad! I love reading them each week!!
Love Elder Russell
It was almost too good! Haha
This week has been special. Full of up's and down's as usual!
We have FINALLY found a investigator who is ready to be baptized!! :) And it feels so unbelievably good!! We taught a part member family and the spirit was so strong! The dad of the family(who's a member) was just recently re-activated into the church! He really wanted to watch the Restoration DVD with his family so we brought it over and it was straight up powerful! I love it so much. I had yet another undeniable witness to what happened in the sacred grove was true! The wife(who's not a member) was touched by the spirit. It was wonderful and she accepted the invitation to be baptized! We asked the Dad to pray for us before we left and he offered the most heartfelt prayer in the world. He said this.. "Heavenly Father, if you could, i would just love it if you softened my wife's heart. I want to have an eternal family more than anything in the world, and i know that you can help that happen." Everyone in the room was crying and it was great.
The spirit was so strong. I think my favorite part of my mission has been kneeling down with people in prayer and listening to them give Him everything they have.. There are certain things that only God can provide. And the only way he will provide them is through earnest and truthful asking, in the form of a prayer. Me and my companion were so excited when we walked out of the house! Haha as my companion put it.. "my insides are jumping!! Hahah! it was great.
Conference was great! We watched the Saturday morning session at the church! And Saturday afternoon we watched it at the Cox Family Home! I love that family too much!! :) They are my other family here in Iowa!
In the Priesthood session Elder Uchtdorf said something that hit me so hard. He said something along the lines of.. Rather than waiting to see if something bad is going to happen, let us go forth now, and prevent bad things from happening!! I loved that. We all know that the world is spiraling down faster and faster! So now its our job to go and do something about it. Grab as many people as you can and bring them to the safe side, let people know and understand that there is much more that life has to offer through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
I'm sitting here and this guy 2 computers away from me is getting SO frustrated because he is trying to sell something on E-Bay and something is not working. He's getting mad and frustrated and slamming his fists on the counter. He is arguing with the person on the other end of the phone and cursing. His is acting like his whole life is crumbling this very second because his pay-pal account has been lost and he can't sell what he needs to on e-bay. We tried to help but he wasn't to fond of that idea. I just keep telling myself that this man is so lost.. If only he had the gospel. I learned from this general conference that nothing else matters in this world besides the gospel. Not tragedy is to tragic, no loss is to big, no pain is to bad to change the fact that the gospel is all that matters in this life. And i'm so grateful that i've learned that.
I'm sorry i'm just rambling now.. But i've gotta go! i hope you all enjoyed your week! :)
I love my emails from my 2 little ladies Berklee and Sayler! I miss you both so much!!
Bro Harris from Fayette! Thank you for the news about Benjamin!! That is SO awesome!! :)
Thanks for the emails Mom and Dad! I love reading them each week!!
Love Elder Russell
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