Week 68

Wow!! It sounds like everyone is doing good!

Grandma Russell thanks for the update!! SO good to hear from you!

And mom and dad please let know Scott Standage thanks for the email... And I'll definitely use what he gave me!

And Lexee, tell Sis. Cox thanks for the email! And i'll be waiting for that letter! :)

 

Nauvoo has gotta be one of the greatest places on earth.. Haha the spirit is so strong there, and there is no denying it. Its weird tho because we walk around and ask for refferals from people, and everybody knows who you are, and they are way nice because they are mostly all members! It's just a different way of doing missionary work that i am NOT used to.. Haha! But its definitely enjoyable and its really easy to get used to!

ALso.. Nauvoo just makes you happy to be associated with the Church. Its so cool.. And no other church does it quite like ours does. Its awesome! :)

 

On Saturday night we got to stay in Nauvoo to actually watch the Pageant. Usually we just leave right as the Pageant is starting, but Chelsea and Sis Decker from Ankeny came down and I called President Jergensen and asked if we could stay.. And to my suprise he said yes!! Haha it was SOO awesome. So good to see them. I also saw some people from Fayette! Way fun night!

 

I want to tell you guys about this lady who me and my comp met. She is WAAY awesome.. And i swear she could be my Aunt.. Haha she acts just like my Mom and Aunt Stacey. haha!  We began talking to her, and she was confused why we were stopping her! She kept saying "we're on the same team! I believe in Christ he is my Savior, and you guys need to help someone else!" It was tough.. We tried to help her understand the Restoration.. But it wasn't clicking. We asked her to check it out on Mormon.org and so she did.. Which led her to other sights as well! Some good, some bad.. But something about this peaked her curiosity. We met with her last night, and she asked questions about Polygamy, and the restrictions of the Priesthood, and we answered it and shared with her a scripture in Acts 2 about the "Restitution of ALL things from all the prophets since the world began" and it began to make sense to her! It was SO cool and you could literally see her countenance change. It was amazing. EPIC lesson for sure.. Its going to take her a while to accept it, but it will happen!!

 

We are keeping very busy.. But during summertime people seem to be very busy.. Which is no good.. Haha! We have so many people who keep postponing or just bailing on our appointments and thats pretty frusterating! But we work through it.

 

Dad you asked some questions about the ward here in Quincy. Its pretty big.. There are 220 active a week. And there are actually 4 missionaries in the ward here. So we work the South Side of Quincy. The amount of In-Active or Less-Active people is a little overwhelming.. Haha thats for sure.. But we're workin on them. Haha..

 

I love you Family.. Sorry.. Kind of a boring email.. But I've gotta get heading. I Love YOu All!! Have fun at the Family Re-Union! Sounds like its going to be a blast!!

 

Love Elder Russell