Week 76

The Lord has greatly blessed us this week.. Wow..

 

Today.. I am SO grateful. I'm grateful for my family and friends.. I'm grateful for the knowledge which I have that God loves us! I'm grateful to hear that Zander and Kash are ok.. And that is a miracle that I will never stop giving thanks for.. God was with them.. Thats for sure. Wow.. So happy they are ok.

 

Elder Wally and I have too been blessed this week.. We have seen some great miracles and people have popped into our lives who are ready and who need the Savior in their lives. Its been cool to see..

 

We had another lesson with our investigator Christina, who is AWESOME.. Ahh.. I love her. She has dedicated an hour each morning to a study of the Book of Mormon. Then she goes out and walks her dog.. And she says that ever since she's began her day by reading the Book of Mormon she feels a whole new level of peace as she goes throughout her day. And she's really beginning to have a testimony of it and its changing her life. Its bringing her peace that's she's wanted her whole life. Almost too sweet! :)

 

I've been SO unbelievably tired lately.. I fell asleep writing in my journal the other day and my companion came out later that night and drug me into bed. Haha.. Super funny..

 

We had a great lesson with a less-active Lady this week.. She was baptized a few years back, but slowly has fallen off the face of the earth.. We went to Goodwill on P-Day last week and as we looked at her nametag we knew it sounded familiar. We began talking and she told us she was a member of the church. Pretty cool.. We set up a lesson with her and when we went back she began to tell us how easy it was to not go to church, and how easy it was to rely on coffee to wake her up in the morning, and how easy life is not living the commandments.

I asked her about the day that she was baptized, and she talked for 20 minutes about how she loved that, and how for the first time she felt warmth and comfort in her life.. It was awesome.. Then I asked her If she's experienced those feelings since she's stopped coming to church.. With her tail between her legs, looking down at her feet, she said.. "No I haven't." We asked her if she wanted to have that comfort and warmth once again in her life and she said yes. SO cool.. I told her it wasnt going to be easy.. But it was for sure going to be worth it.

 

One lesson I learned is that we don't do things in this church because they are easy.. Or sometimes even enjoyable.. But we do them because God said so.. We are taught at a very young age to trust in someone who's a little smarter than ourselves. We are taught to live the Gospel, or in other words do the will of the Father. Its that simple. Because its not about this life... ITs about Eternal Life.. Living with God and our family forever.

 

I'm really sorry.. But my computer is going to kick me off..lvoe you guys.. I've gotta go! :) I'm so glad things are ok.

 

Love Elder Russell