Family,
Sounds like everything is going well for you guys these days, that’s good to hear. Everything here in the ATL is just fantastic, though the work did take a slight hit this week, we just couldn't get people to keep appointments. The family that we are teaching, that are set for baptism, moved and we are not sure where yet, but they are still in the area somewhere. But are we discouraged?..... Naw, this is the Lords work, he's in charge. Plus i have learned a lot this week; i have had the opportunity to receive much personal revelation. Isn’t revelation so cool, we can actually know exactly what we need to do in our lives to fulfill the will of God, and the steps are simple: Pray/ponder, Read the Scriptures and go to Church. I love my companion, by the way, he is the best. It’s kinda like serving with your dad, he’s just so darn wise. Oh boy i haven’t told you what happened last Monday night. Ok, so this kid we are teaching, he’s 18, he is so awesome. We have been teaching him for a while (i think i told you about him but I’m not sure). He grew up in the Hood, literally within the Gangs. But somehow he just gets it, he knows that there is a better life for him outside of what he is surrounded by. Man i love him, and hope so much the best for him. It’s so sad to see, and we see it every day. People who are just stuck in a life that they don’t want to be in, but they don’t see that there is another way, it’s honestly not that they are not good people it’s just that they don’t know that there is another option. I have definitely gained a new perspective serving here. It’s amazing to see the Lord working with him, he is going to be baptized next week, but anyway. He is going to the YSA ward, and for FHE last Monday they went cliff jumping on the Chattahoochee River. He has never done that before so we told him that he should try it, but most intercity black kids don’t swim very well. So he tried to swim across the river and got scared that there were snakes and dead bodies in the river, and he started to drown. Someone pulled him out of the water, but he had taken in a lot of water, so they called an ambulance and gave him a blessing. He said that they told him that he died in the ambulance, but they revived him and he had to spend a few hours in the hospital. He is fine now, and crazy enough it actually strengthened his desire to change his life and get baptized. But that was scary. You really do come to Love those that you teach and serve. Well there you go, those were some pretty random thoughts, The Lord loves us all so much, i am so thankful for the opportunity to serve a mission for the Lord in Georgia at this very time. I have a lot of weaknesses but i can think of no better place than the Mission field to make my weaknesses become strengths. Mom and Dad, thanks for being PERFECT parents! Thanks for Loving God! I love you all; i will send pictures....sorry I’m slow
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