Hey family I’m on!! I opened my presents and loved
them!!!!!! Thank you so dang much I loved all the gifts, the cards, and the
pictures awwww! Well just for short
everything this week was great we had a ton of success and S came to
church it was the greatest Sunday haha I loved it!!! I loved the pictures so much and the memories,
thank you make sure everyone knows how much I loved them!!:) This week was amazing
and I told my heavenly father all I wanted for my bday was for an investigator
to come to church and sure enough S did and she is wanting to get
baptized...you betcha baby!!!:) I'm still freaking happy and I will fully
enjoy my bday on Wednesday because elder bigler and I are going to stop by
shop-rite on the way home, get some steak, food, everything, then go home,
settle in, email you guys, and then just celebrate. I'm excited for Elder Dube and excited to
email you more about my week...if anything though I just want you to know how
truly blessed I feel to have such a great family!!! I am indeed so thankful for
the gifts and I love you guys so dang much!!!! Know however that I am safe, happy, and just overall feeling way
blessed.
Love you tons!!!
Me-Dowo-Paaa
Elder Duke
Elder Carson
Grandma and Grandpa,
My
companion and I are getting along great!!! We are working hard and doing
what the lord expects out of us and we have already seen so many miracles and
jaw dropping moments!! I think I was working him a little too hard though
he is losing weight, and has been super tired so I will slow down a little this
week, I don't want to kill his spirit! Overall he is a great guy and we
will stay in touch when we go home! This week
though at the beginning we had a ton of distractions, one day it was our water,
the next it was our sink, but now we have everything fixed and the house looks
great so we can just focus on the work I love showers though 4 months of taking
bucket baths was getting old I am so grateful for showers haha. Anyway we
finished the week so strong it was great! We taught a total of 24 lessons
in really just 4 days one day every person we met wanted us to teach
them! We have so many new investigators and we extended two serious dates
and preparing S and I for baptism on the 9 of march! S Came to church it was so neat, we had to take the long way though to dodge her
pastor though haha I'm so proud of her it’s not easy going to a new church but she
has had a ton of courage! As well I have the best relationship with the
branch so I'm going to set up classes after church or on Wednesday to teach
people how to invite friends to church and how to contact so hopefully we can
get Oda into a stake by the end of my mission! This week
though has really strengthened my testimony on being patient and trusting in
the lord!! When we had a ton of distractions at the beginning of the week I
was like Heavenly father help us please finish strong and feel successful and
sure enough he blessed us and this work really isn't our work it’s the lord
work, all I am is a servant and he directs me it’s so neat!!
Something I ate this week was a mars candy bar, it is basically a milky way it
was so good and ate the dried apples Jen sent and my companion and I are eating
these sweet heart things they are so dang good!
I am sorry if this email seems spotty or with no flow but I only had one hour!! Anyway I wanted you to know how much the gifts meant to me I loved them so much! I love the memories and the pictures they are something I will cherish for my entire life!! I love you both so much and I'm so blessed to have the best grandparents in the world! Elder Bigler says he is jealous about our family and the love we have haha we truly have the true love of Christ in our family. I love you both tons!! This week as well I have gained a testimony on how the lord supports, benefits, and carries us as missionaries as we do this work! Investigators ask us all the time how we walk (by the way we walk now, it’s easier) 10 miles a day in this hot sun just sweating all day and still have the energy to teach about the gospel. The only answer I have for them is, it isn't me, this is the lords work, and I love the lord
Love you both tons!!!:)
Elder Duke
Elder Carson
P.S One birthday down, only one more left!!!:)
I am sorry if this email seems spotty or with no flow but I only had one hour!! Anyway I wanted you to know how much the gifts meant to me I loved them so much! I love the memories and the pictures they are something I will cherish for my entire life!! I love you both so much and I'm so blessed to have the best grandparents in the world! Elder Bigler says he is jealous about our family and the love we have haha we truly have the true love of Christ in our family. I love you both tons!! This week as well I have gained a testimony on how the lord supports, benefits, and carries us as missionaries as we do this work! Investigators ask us all the time how we walk (by the way we walk now, it’s easier) 10 miles a day in this hot sun just sweating all day and still have the energy to teach about the gospel. The only answer I have for them is, it isn't me, this is the lords work, and I love the lord
Love you both tons!!!:)
Elder Duke
Elder Carson
P.S One birthday down, only one more left!!!:)
