We were teaching the Word of Wisdom to these people who's walls are
yellow because of SOO much smoking that been done in the house the past
10 years. There are 3 of them and they all AT LEAST smoke a pack a
day.. One of them smokes 3 packs a day! hahah! Pretty crazy.. And every
lesson that we have with them we walk out smelling like we've been
smokers for the past 5 years. But anyways.. We taught the Word of
Wisdom, and we started out by reading Moroni 7:16 with them. How
we've ALL been given the Spirit of Christ to teach us right from wrong..
Then we started in teaching, and they had all sorts of excuses and
complaints.. And they all weren't to excited about this commandment. I
asked them to pause a minute and I read another scripture about how our
body is a temple.. Then I asked them to take a step back, pause for a
minute, and listen to what the Spirit of Christ was trying to teach them
at this very minute.. It was silent for close to a minute.. And I
asked.. "Do you really think smoking is something that the Lord wants us
to be doing??" And they all 3 said No.. And they agreed to work towards
quitting. It was such a neat experience to watch someone be taught by
the Spirit of Christ.
We had some extra time and so we decided to knock some doors. We
were in Pella IA. The door on the inside was open and the storm door was
shut. We knocked, and what seemed to be a really nice young mother
strutted down the hallway towards the door to come and talk to us. In my
mind I was excited because it seemed promising and she seemed happy to
see us. Next thing that I knew, that nice young mother wasn't so nice
anymore.. She yelled at us, and even went to the extent of commanding us
in the name of Jesus to get off her porch. She said the worst things
about us as a religion and as people.. It was heartbreaking to think
that this woman was SO decieved. If she just knew any one mormon in that
community, I know that she would change her mind. I am happy that our
religion teaches us to love everyone of every kind. I wouldn't be happy
with myself if I had that type of hatrid for any one person.
We were teaching another lesson.. And the living room had a BIG
window that looked out to the front yard. The lady we were teaching just
commented on how she had just cleaned the window. We complimented her
and told her it looked nice and clean. Haha right in the middle of our
lesson as the spirit was really strong.. We all jumped out of our seats
at the sound of a huge THUD on the window behind us. Haha a bird nailed
the window going full speed. Sadly.. We all laughed for about 10
minutes.. We went outside and the bird was no where to be found. It was
SOO funny. Oh man.. I thought you guys would like that story.
Anyways.. I've gotta go! We've got a lot of stuff to do today! I
get to go back to Ankeny IA this Saturday to witness a baptism. If you
remember Chelsea from Ankeny.. Her mom is now going to be baptized and
President said that I could go back and watch. SO excited. Haha! Love
it!
MOM i'm glad you got my present. Hope you had a good birthday!
OAKLEY FAMILY!! Thank you SOOO much for the package. That made me SO happy. I'll write back sometime here soon! :)
KASH JOHNSON: THanks for the email man.. Your my hero! Keep em coming! SO good to hear from you. I'm glad life is goin good..
I love you all! Thanks for everything!
LOVE ELDER RUSSELL
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