We Have A Savior

Dear Family & Friends:

1/9 Monday 

Today was alright. We got to play a lot of basketball and then got to work. We had a FHE with our ward mission leader and the Rodartes (recent converts). We were going to have another FHE with a part member family but they ended up canceling. 

1/10 Tuesday 

Rough day. We had a couple lessons set but everything fell through. It seems to be happening quite a bit lately and so that is super frustrating. We knocked a ton of doors today but not many people were home. We did see some miracles though! We were able to talk to a couple of in-actives today and set up a lesson with one of them so that was cool! 

1/11 Wednesday 

Things were better today! We had a lesson with a man who joined the church about 10 months ago. He is super awesome and we were able to hear his conversion story. We also had a lesson with the Herleans, which went well.  The members that came with us helped out a lot. The oldest son told us his story of feeling the spirit while he was reading the assignment we had left them. He is ready to get baptized and will probably have a date next time we see them so that is exciting!

1/12 Thursday 

It has rained all day today! I love the rain here in Las Vegas because it is so rare! Tonight was dope (super cool)! It started off by knocking on a less actives door and being let in and welcomed warmly! We got to know him quite well! We found out he has a boy that has autism who is fourteen and another son who is nine and a daughter that is seven. They are a great family and he said he hasn't been to the temple in ten years and wants to get back! He had just talked with his wife about inviting the missionaries over to get the spirit in their home again and help her testimony! It was cool to be a part of their beginning of getting back on the straight and narrow path! After this and dinner, we stopped by a part member and set a temporary baptismal date for the 28th of this month! It is quick but that is what they wanted and they have been taught everything and have been to church a lot! Their goal is getting sealed in the temple. After all of this we had a lesson with the Fullers! They wanted to sing a song and they chose, “Come Rejoice....” Y'all know me and I can't sing to save my life and my comp isn't the greatest either. The main problem was that they didn't know the tune nor worried about reading all the words. I was able to sing a few notes in between my resistance to chuckle! They would have sung all four verses, but I spoke up after the second and asked if they thought that was good and they agreed we had had Great day!

1/13 Friday

So tonight we had a great dinner! It was some type of chili and it was pretty good! We had parked a long ways away from dinner and had walked there stopping and seeing people as we went that afternoon! It was great except on the walk back it hit Elder McClure that he needed to go to the bathroom....soon haha.  He kept groaning as it kept hitting him! I thought it was super funny and I was messing with him and would walk slow or other stuff...I messed around and before long, haha, it hit me and there was no more slow walking haha. We hustled! Karma is not good sometimes haha. We did end up making it to the church in time so it was a blessing! I thought those things only happened in foreign missions!

1/14 Saturday 

We met a crazy/interesting man street contacting today! This man knows what is going to happen before it happens. He created a math formula when he was 11 years old that tells him what is going to happen 90 seconds in advanced! Pretty cool huh? So, when I think of a guy that is telling this stuff, I think of a younger guy that is just a little off but no this man is 77 years old and has been doing this since he was eleven. It started out with him seeing us and he said he wanted to tell us a story. In his 45-minute spill I asked him a few questions and had a few responses that were slightly on the sarcastic side... He was telling me that by knowing his formula you would save your life multiple times a day! And he talked about his books he sells and all this good stuff.  I had to ask him why he wasn't the richest man on earth? He said that all his money goes to his grandson because he doesn't care about money at all... that grandson may not have the equation for the future figured out but he has got the way to earn easy money figured out haha. On to the more spiritual side of things, religion was brought up and he said that any person could be Jesus Christ and the entire thing was a hoax . . . I was seriously baffled by his response.  I wouldn't say it made me mad, but I was immediately saddened from this man’s negligence. Alma 7:11-12 states:

11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.

12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.

Family and Friends. No other man on the face of this earth now or will be or that has ever been on this earth could/can do what the Our Savior did. No man could suffer the pains of the world, no man could suffer for the sins that the world has committed, no man could loose the bands of death unless that man is the very Son of God. I want each of you to know that we do indeed have a Savior. We do indeed have an Older Brother that knows exactly what you are going through and He knows exactly how to help. We do indeed live after we die, thanks to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 

1/15 Sunday 

It was a great day.  We had five people at church so it was a successful day!

I am so blessed to be able to see the change and see the Gospel truly bless and make a difference in people’s life! 

I love you all have a great week.

Love,

Elder Call