Slowby!

Hey all.. this last week went by PRETTY slow and it was a rough week.. not much really happened, but we did meet some cool people, and actually had one of our longer investigators come to church for the first time which was so awesome! This month Elder Jones and I are hoping for at LEAST one baptism! We think we can do it, so long as it is according to the will of the Lord, and we have an awesome guy in mind.. which awesome guy actually let me sit in the driver seat of his 18-wheeler and actually start the engine.. that was pretty awesome.. he is a way good guy! Truckers are actually cool so be nice to them! The work continues always though, whether slowly or swiftly, so that's good.. I don't have a lot to report on.. umm the weather is getting cold cold apparently it wasn't like this at all last year either, so I hear. Those pictures of the kids were awesome, Zach is getting so big! I love and miss you all!

thank you for your emails! oh and please tell g-mom and pop i said
THANKS for the peanut brittle, it is AWESOME!



I got to watch most of the Christmas, First Presidency message last night and it was pretty cool.. it really hit me when President Eyring bore his testimony and said that "this IS the ONLY true Church of Jesus Christ!"... I thought about that and felt overwhelmingly blessed.. how cool a statement!? Not only that but I have been called by our Savior, to teach and share that message with others.. that the exact same church that our Savior, Jesus Christ established(the one spoken of in the Bible), has been brought back to the earth again; that after Christ was killed and His called apostles as well.. that our Savior Jesus Christ, did in 1820, restore His church again on the earth and that it is not a church organized by man, or men.. it is not a church organized by a prophet, it is THE church organized by Him who created it in the first place, our Savior Jesus Christ! What an exciting message to share with the world! The book of Ephesians in the Bible, talks all about how and why Christ established His church.. saying it was for the "perfecting of the saints" and that it was founded upon, "apostles and prophets.. Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone" (these are in Ephesians chapter 2, and chapter 4).. now im not at all saying or attempting to say that our church is the only church with truth (as all christian churches have, at the very least some of them maybe even just a particle of truth), however being a church made or organized by man or men, it simply can not be perfect, and something which is imperfect could never "perfect the saints".. That is why it is such a blessing to know that Christ's PERFECT church has been restored(brought back after the death of the apostles)! Now not one of the members of the Church is perfect, not even the prophet, but that is what makes the message so awesome, the church is not led by a prophet, but by our Savior, Jesus Christ who speaks through His Prophet Thomas S. Monson(Amos 3:7 in the Bible)! But anyway I love you all and miss you all.. I hope I didn't sound TOO preachy I just love the message I get to share everyday!