Week 66

Hello My Family!

 

I heard a awesome quote this week.. It said.. "Faith is not believing that God can, but KNOWING that he will."

I think that most of us know that God can do everything.. But do we really know and believe that he will do things for us? Pretty sweeeeeeet

 

ANyways.. This week has been SO cool. So many miracles. The ward here in Quincy is pretty great. Our Bishop, Bishop Seaman is THE MAN! Holy cow.. So cool.. He's got 9 kids, he's a doctor, and he's just awesome. When I was reading the scriptures this morning I was reading about Moroni in Alma 43&44.. And Bishop is a modern day Moroni. Hah! Pretty sweet!

 

     One thing that is a little overwhelming about this area is the amount of Less-Active or In-Active members here.. And sadly, quite a number of them are Recent Converts too! But as we have been visiting people, and getting to know them and serving them, we are seeing miracles. A Family that has totally ignored the missionaries for the past year invited us to a BBQ next week! And we knew that this In-Active sister LOOVED cheesecake, so we made a homemade Cheesecake with the Bishops family and gave it to her and she was happy and it allowed us to have a lesson with her for the first time in years.. Its been so cool to see progress being made with these people! It feels so good to help people tear down walls that have been up for so long! It's changing them. And There are so many other stories that I just don't have time to tell!

 

  Ha So on Wednesday night... We had a ward party and it was a talent show. It was so much fun. I voluntered my companion and I to cook the hamburgers.. There were about 150-200 people there so as you can tell this would be quite the challenge.. Haha! So we started cooking, and we had like 30 burgers on this big huge grill at once.. And the grease that was dripping down into the fire was creating a flame that was like 2 feet high. It was so high that we couldn't really get in there to flip them till it cooled down. We said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father to please in some way keep the food from burning so everybody could enjoy their night. They were under there for quite some time, and when the fire went down we were amazed to see that the burgers were just fine and ready to go.. It was amazing. Miracle for sure.. A small one. But one that I appreciated SO much. Prayer really works.

 

   Haha also.. They had a ward closet before the talent show, and I got a pair of SWEEET bowling shoes for free..! Haha! So awesome! Love it.

I hope you got my letter in the mail with those pictures.. If not let me know!

And mom.. DId you ever pick up my winter clothes from Sis. Brown's Dad's house?? Please let me know!!

 

I love you family! So much. Good to hear from you! Thanks for all you do!

 

Love Elder Russell