If you could Hie to Kolob

This week has been a riot. Just moments ago as we walked back from the temple, we saw the aftermath of a car accident at the intersection of ninth east and the MTC. An old lady got Tboned and the back end of her car is messed up. Of course it was the one day I didn't have my camera with me. She's ok, though.

We got a new district this week with 6 sisters and 4 elders. One of the Elders, ironically, is named Elder Anderson and is from Cache Valley (Providence to be exact). One of the others lives just a couple blocks east of our house in Salt Lake and he went to Skyline. Elder Jones is his name.

Elder Palmer and I are starting to teach about 4-5 new investigators this week and we meet with the first one tomorrow. We also had a second Lesson with Tomas who is really interested in the Plan of salvation. We haven't met with Caroline in a couple of weeks, but we're meeting with her soon.

Our District is playing a very fun game to help us learn the language, called "Loco Nativo." Everyone speaks as much spanish as they can everyday and we vote on who we think the crazy native is every night. As of now, I'm in a solid 2nd place with 9 points. Palmer is whooping me with 12.

Have the best week and I'll write again next week about how our investigators are doing. Caroline, Alex, Alan, Jana and the 4-5 newbies this week.

Comments

Am I Proud to Be an American?

This weekend is the 4th of July, or Independence Day in the United States of America. One of my favorite songs during this time of celebrating the country is "God Bless the USA." The words paint a detailed picture of the beauty of the United States, both in a physical and emotional aspect. Our country is often depicted in a majestic manner such as this, making it seem like the greatest in the world and we often hear those bold words, "I'm proud to be an American." With all of the issues that have been cropping up over the past couple of years such as impeachment, systemic racism, foreign intervention, and most significantly the COVID-19 pandemic, I have reflected deeply about what we celebrate with the 4th of July. These issues are just a few of the many that have made me wonder about the country we praise so proudly. Am I really proud to be an American? Thomas Jefferson wrote the candid words of the Declaration of Independence, which were th...

Book of Mormon Stories

Dear Reader, Today I simply want to share a story that has strengthened my testimony of the Book of Mormon over the years. Professor Felix Mynhardt was fluent in many languages, including English, Afrikaans, Hebrew and Egyptian, as well as many others. He was employed as a language professor when he had been praying that the Lord would give him some divinely important task that would justify his having this gift of language from God. In 1970 he visited with a group of Mormon leaders, who sought to commission him to translate the Book of Mormon from English into Afrikaans. He said that he knew of the Book of Mormon from his religions studies, and his initial reaction was that he did not want to be involved in translating it. However, that evening, as he prayed upon his knees, as was his habit, he said the Spirit of the Lord convinced him. The message was something on the order of, "You asked me for a great, divinely inspired task of translation, I sent it to you in the form o...

As Now We Take the Sacrament

Dear Reader, Normally I would apologize for a long absence, but the experience we had today just can't wait. I had an entirely new view on taking the sacrament because of a simple oversight by one of the boys passing the sacrament to us. Then the Bishop spoke and gave a little more perspective on spirituality. First, the sacrament. Today we attended our new ward in Kaysville and we were sitting on the front row of the overflow area in the chapel. As is customary with the sacrament meeting in the Church of Jesus Christ, the members of the Aaronic priesthood will bless the bread and water that represents Christ's flesh and blood before allowing the members of the congregation to partake of it. While they were passing around the bread on their trays, our row was somehow skipped. My wife, my in-laws and myself did not receive the bread while taking the sacrament. My father-in-law and I both did our best to attract the attention of those priesthood holders helping with the ...

Music and Lyrics

Search This Blog