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Hello Family & Friends!
Hope that you had an amazing week and a great Memorial Day!
Well I'll tell you, Elder Palmer and I have been so busy this past week running to appointment to appointment. I love when the days are filled with teaching appointments... haha, and not full days of tracting on doors - not that it's not fun or anything... but teaching is what I am here to do!
I don't think I have told you about our new zone yet this transfer.. sorry. They are doing things a bit different this transfer and changing some things up in the mission. Now there is only one zone leader who is Elder Powell and the people in my district are: Me and Elder Palmer, Elder Powell & Elder Salinas, Elder Anderson & Elder Snow.
This week we had a Multizone meeting that was really good. We were taught mostly about Charity and love for one another. Sister Reeves gave us each a rubber band to put on our wrists. She read in a book that if we would be able to keep it on one side of our wrists for 21 days that it would form a habbit. But we would have to move the rubber band to the other wrist if we did things that don't show love for one another. This exersize is actually harder than it sounds TRY IT and you will see how much you are moving it back and forth! Love is something that I try and work on everyday. I don't think that I have shown it as much as I have needed to in life - or at least as much as I should have. I just want to let each of you know that I love you!
We have been working a lot with the members - trying to help them do missionary work and to help them know what to say to their friends to help get us referrals. This week we have had great Lessons with the Morris, Jones, & Hampton family. One thing that I love to do when I go into members homes is to see how the family gets along. At each one of their houses you could see the love that everyone had for one another and I believe that it was because of how much they treasured the gospel in their lives! I know that there is never a perfect family - but I want to try my best so that I can be close to one - always going to church, magnifying my callings, reading and studying scriptures and praying sincerly! That my friends is what makes a "good" family!
I even got a couple of surprizes this week. #1 was that my good friend and convert from Riverside Brenda Franklin came up to see and have lunch with me! We went to Red Robin - (haha and didn't eat very much because we talked so much! [which is good Brenda]) The day was so much fun. Goll, I love this lady! She has progressed so much in the gospel and even helps my testimony grow each time I see her! -I'll forward pictures next week- and Surprise #2 was Sister Yokshas came up to visit and see me! Now let me tell ya, one of the rules that I don't like is the no hugging rule! I had to try so hard not to hug both of them! Weird to think that if I didnt' serve a mission that I wouldn't have had these eternal relationships!!
I'm good here! The days are getting hotter for sure but I am surviving! I love you all soo much! Be safe and always choose the right and share the gospel with others - remember you could have eternal relationships too if you but go and do the things the Lord has commanded!
-- Love,