Quick Change

Hey everyone! This week blew by! We were able to put our friend Isaiah on date, which has been fun. My friend Sherry also got baptized on Saturday which was amazing to see her light and joy after making a covenant with God. We also had a big, almost emergency stake conference and Mark A. Bragg of the seventy came. They took some wards from the stake that I am in and some from the surrounding stakes and created a new stake! So that has been crazy for us trying to figure out where the missionaries should be going now. 


This week we were walking back from talking to people at the beach. And we started talking to this surfer in the parking lot who was pretty cool but I could tell that something was bothering him as we were talking to him. Mid conversation he said "Do you mind if I..." and before I could answer him he had already dropped his wet suit. And he did not have anything underneath. But the best part was is that as me and the Elder I was with, sat there awe struck at what had just taken place, he didn't skip a beat in our conversation. He then changed into some khakis and a button up shirt and slicked his hair back. It was crazy he was ready to hit the town. I have never had someone fully change during one of my conversations on my mission before. He was pretty cool and we got his number and we are keeping in touch.


This weeks spiritual thought comes from the Book of Mormon. In 1 Nephi 2:15, Nephi says "15 And my father dwelt in a tent." And later his father Lehi goes on to say in 1 Nephi 5:5 "5 But behold, I have obtained a land of promise, in the which things I do rejoice;" What changed? Nephi says that Lehi is dwelling in a tent, but Lehi says that he has already obtained his land of promise. Lehi was focusing on Christ and he had so much faith in Him that he was acting as if he already was in the land of promise even though he was still living in a tent. Because Christ overcame all, we can have a peace in knowing that everything will be OK in the end because it is in God's hands. I'm not saying it isn't going to be hard in the middle of it but we don't have to go through the hard alone, He is standing right there next to us, taking the brunt of the load for us. So cling to Him and have Him be your anchor! I know He lives! Have a great week!


Pictures
1. Sherry Andres baptism
2. Exchange with Elder Yardley
3. Finding at Salt Creek
4. Gel gun battle
5. Sunset at the pier
6. Jesus picture of the week





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