Hello world! Mom, I did receive
the packages, and I love the cookies and haven't tried the bread yet, I
am saving it for a special occasion :) Chandler you rock! I'm sorry
everyone is sick! I was feeling a little under the weather too but got
over it quickly. The Spirit quickeneth all things, even the overcoming
of sickness. I'm totes gonna try that pizza recipe. Carson you are a
silly kid! And hang in there Dakota, since your collarbone is broken you can
practice drawing or something!
I loved what you commented on about Kale. I also add this: Kale
has been one of the greatest forces for good in my life. Without his
undying loyalty and amazing spirit, I would never have come as far as I
have. I would be lost without him. The same goes for Jackson and
Taylor as well, we all are the same enough to love each other profoundly
and different enough to keep it interesting hahahahahaha.
Well today for Pday we visited the National Postal Museum (who knew
that the mail could be so EPIC?) and a sliver of the National American
History Museum. I think you can guess what we went right for: the
sunstone from the original Nauvoo temple. I love that museum even
though I've only been to a bit of it so far. I love history. I love
America.
Anyway for my spiritual thought I thought I'd tell everyone that I
finished reading "Jesus the Christ" last night and am two weeks away
from finishing the Book of Mormon a second time. I fell a little behind
on my scheduled reading and now must read 20ish pages a day to catch up
and finish by the end of the transfer. I must testify that the Book of
Mormon was written under the divine guidance of the Holy Spirit, and as
good as "Jesus the Christ" is, it can in no way match the Book of
Mormon in terms of raw spiritual power and testifying witness that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God. By Him, of
Him, and through Him we are redeemed from the chains of hell and the
bands of death, if we will but have faith on His name and repent of our
sins.
Also wanted to share an excerpt from my email to Elder Grandpa Jarvis. Enjoy!
just a quick story to tell you about the mission. way back in my
first transfer we were on exchange with our zone leaders and it was me,
elder c (zl), and elder k (trainer, elder l was with
elder l) anyway we visited a less actives home, in fact the less
active who's daughter we are now teaching and are helping the whole
family reactivate. they weren't there that time around but elder c
suggested and i agreed that we knock on one door. i chose the door
right next to our less actives. a boy answered and his dad was in the
kitchen. elder c spoke spanish to them and set up an appt for the
next day. well that was the last i heard about that family until last
week, when i found out they all were baptized! a family of four that we
ran into was led to Christ, and it made me so happy. 1 nephi 4:6 for
sure! turns out that elder l and elder l also ran into
somebody who later got baptized! wow the Lord works in mysterious ways,
it is a testament to me that the Lord calls who he calls for a reason,
and sometimes just a five minute interaction with somebody can change
their life forever.
I love you Mom, Dad, Amanda, Codie, Autumn, Chandler, Dakota, Carson, and anybody and everybody else who will read this! To the edge, to the edge, to the edge, to the edge, (did you like that echo effect? yeah I did too \,,/('_')\,,/)
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