Week 28

Hello all,

It's another good week, the time is seriously flying.  I spent the first half of this week in Fresno with the Hmong Elders, it was insane!!  It was cool to see the culture of the people down there, we taught a lot and had some really cool lessons, and we invited some of their friends to be baptized!  While I waited for my new companion, we spent a lot of time helping out in the ward there, we got to meet some cool members and participate in a ward-missionary council with super supportive members.  They really have it figured out.  We had enough elders to play basketball in the church gym across the street in the morning which was cool too. 

My new companion, Elder Greene, showed up Wednesday and we met Thursday.  It was cool to go through the training for new missionaries again, I remembered my first day in and thinking "what have I gotten myself into", luckily, Elder Greene was more enthusiastic about his first day.  We drove back to Modesto Thursday night and have been trying to get back into the groove, after being gone for so many days, we have to reconnect with members and friends to set up our next week.  We got some good work done, not a lot of teaching, but we went out tracting a bit to get the comp used to it.  It's cool having goals and working towards improving ourselves and the area.  Sunday got real busy when we had multiple dinners scheduled and different appointments before and after, we drove around a lot and ate a lot too!

I had the privilege of speaking in church this Sunday as well, I talked on the Book of Mormon, and the gifts God has given us to strengthen our faith and happiness.  As I studied, I found that reliance on the Savior and obeying his commandments brings the most happiness in this life.  I love this gospel, I know it's true, it's Christ's original church, restored in our day.  With an arsenal of open canon, revelations, and a direct line of Priesthood ordination, the leaders of the church follow Christ, the true leader, to bring about Zion once again.

Making you proud, 

Elder Gneiting