January 16, 2012

Well I absolutely love it down here in Carrollton, its so great being
closer to the city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I love being on a bike,
its so much easier to talk to people and everyone gets to see
us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well this week it has been very cold and rainy
which is one of the disadvantages of being on a
bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On tuesday morning it was raining outside and
it was freezing and we went tracting at an apartment complex and we
came home for lunch and Elder Hedberg eneded up getting a really high
fever so we had to stay in for the rest of the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He
ended up throwing up all night long so we couldnt really go out on
wednesday either!!!!!!!!!! On wednesday afternoon we had interviews
with President Durrant so we got to go out of the house for those but
then afterwards we had to go back home because he was still pretty
sick!!!!!!!!!!! I am so thankful for inspired leaders and the counsel
that they give to us!!!!!!!!!!! President Durrant is the best mission
president ever!!!!!!!!!!!! Every time I see him or hear him on the
phone i just feel the spirt times a
million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But on thursday we got to go
back out to work!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so mega great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We
got to meet with a man named marcus and he is so awesome!!!!!!!!! He
got baptized a couple months ago and he is such a great
guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! About a year ago he had a stroke and he cant talk
or swallow anything!!!!!!!!!!! So he carries around an iPad looking
thing with him and he'll type stuff on it and thats how he
talks!!!!!!!!!!! Even though he doesnt say a word, I can see the
spirit radiating from him every time we go over there!!!!!!!!!!!! It
humbles me so much to think that I am so lucky that I dont have to
worry about having problems like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But even if i
did, i wouldnt have to worry because Jesus Christ is with
me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on friday we got to do service at the bishops
storehouse which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love being so close to
it so we can help out there!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on sunday night we got to
meet with the doss family, the rastas from Jamaica, they are so great
and I love them so much!!!!!!!!!!!! They love reading from the book of
mormon and every time we read it with them they really want to
understand what everything means so they always love to go over
everything!!!!!!!!!! They are so sincere and I know that they are
feeling the spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And yesterday at church there
was another miracle!!!!!!!!!!!!! Once of the members brought his
friend to church and his friend wants to meet with us and learn more
about the church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Lord really does place
people in our path!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so lucky to be a
missionary for this great church!!!!!!!! The Lords
church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get to see miracles every single day and
I get to have the spirit guiding me all the time!!!!!!!!!! The gospel
is so simple and it truly is made for everyone here on
earth!!!!!!!!!!!! All we need to do is follow the example of our older
brother Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!!! I love Jesus Christ and I love the
light that He is to us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He never told us that our path
is going to be easy but He did tell us that He is going to be there
with us every step of the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a
great week everyone and stay focused on
Christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!