Week 8

Whatup all

Its been a good week, not too much has happened, but we keep pushing forward.  Every opportunity we get to talk to people is really cool, there's lots of places to visit and we've been having a little more success in an area we just started visiting.  We're hoping to make good progress there.  We watched president Nelson's birthday celebration, that was fun, I gotta haircut, a friend of ours who is getting married and baptized in the next couple months showed us videos of himself racing jeeps and stuff on YouTube, that was cool, he says he's gonna take us for a ride sometime, that'd be a good preparation day.  We're helping a recent convert family work on their family history so we can take them to the temple.  I've been thinking a lot about temples this last week and studied a ton the last few nights.  I realized that the temple is the greatest blessing we have in mortality, second only to the Savior's atonement.  We have the opportunity to repent and be worthy to enter the Lord's house to better understand our relationship with Jesus Christ, to learn more about our life and journey in God's plan, and are given strength to combat the struggles and opposition of mortality.  While I am on a mission, almost 3 hours from the nearest temple, my job is to invite souls on our side of the veil to come unto Christ, but those on the other side are waiting for us to go to temples for them.  Not everyone will accept our message on either side, but the Lord asks we share His gospel to all the earth, that every person may have the chance to be brought into His kingdom.  I'm grateful for the opportunities I have to find and teach, it's hard when no one is willing, when people don't know what they're missing, where the members are few and falling away, but we are asked to grab as many as will reach back.  I know Jesus lives , I know God lives and liberally gives to each of His children, and that He is always waiting with His hand outstretched for when we are ready to grab on.  Take advantage of your situation, there are people everywhere to be nice to, to be an example for.  Life is as good as you will let it be. 

Love,

Elder Gneiting