Week #29 - Telephone Wires and Coaxial Cables

Hey Errbody!

I'm a bit pressed for time so this may be short, but life is spectactular. First and foremost, a big giant thanks to the Chief for his left handed letter! It made my month and I showed my companions and they thought it was the coolest thing in the world and they were all jealous that they didn't have as cool of a dad. Also the video that the Vreg sent was absofruitly awesome, and the ol' Lucy can say my name!! I s'pose the video makes up for not talking to me at Christmas. Gracie's also getting crazy big. Pants.

So that's pretty cool that I hit two hundred days. I had no idea. But, to celebrate, I might try and get my camera fixed because some doof dropped it on its lens and now it's jammed. So, pictures will be delayed for a while.

Anywho, I had a crazy awesome experience last week. We ate at an inactive family's house- they're AWESOME and you'd never guess that they didn't go to church. At the end of the meal, the dad says "I don't mean to bombard you or anything...I'd really like it if you elders could give our whole family blessings...it's been so long since I've been to church I don't really feel like I can do it." So, we agreed and he asked me to give him one. It was probably the first time I felt impressed to say such specific things to someone and I was giving advice and direction about different things that I didn't even know about (I'd just met him that night). I actually finished the blessing a little worried because I didn't really know what I had been talking about, and the dad just said thanks a lot and we went on with the rest of the family. After everyone had gotten a blessing, the dad said he wanted to bear us his testimony. He started getting really emotional saying how he knows so much that the power of the priesthood is real and that he knew without a doubt that I was guided by God on what to say in the blessing. He went on to say how I had said things in his blessing that there was no way I could have known to say any other way and he could feel the power in it. It was definitely one of the strongest testimonies I'd ever heard (why don't they come to church??) and the whole experience was pretty incredible. Heavenly Father knows how to speak to His kids. Plus, to top things off, they showed us a Book of Mormon that had been passed down in their family that was published in 1870. That was pretty awesome.

We picked up a pretty good investigator this week. Basically, we're offering her lots of hope which is pretty awesome. We had a good lesson with her and next week she's inviting her friend. Anywho- I'm pretty out of time. Have a good week!

Elder Al