Letter #34

Sent:	Mon 10/14/13 1:22 PM

Hi Mom!

This week was another great one! We had a super busy week and 10 investigators at church yesterday!!!!! It was incredible! We are now teaching 3 families and they are all pretty solid! We had a ridiculous lesson with Ron on Tuesday.... It was really rough. The spirit was not there and we almost left because he was being so rude and almost yelling. We aren't sure at all what to do with him anymore. It kinda stinks A LOT. On the other hand Jill has been reading the Book of Mormon everyday with her family and she is flying through it! We did a cool object lesson on faith (it included fire) and the boys loved it!! We have been teaching a less active man Michael and his daughter Sam. She prayed for the first time the other day and it was the sweetest prayer i've ever heard. We also took Roberta to the temple this week! We got permission from President Young and we had a lesson with her in the temple about eternal marriage and families. The President of the temple came out and we showed her the baptistry. The spirit was so strong and it was just great :) The entire drive to Central Point she was very upset about something that was said and she didn't talk the whole way. When we got there, that all went away. The temple is an amazing place to be and I can't wait until I can go every week. We had a lesson with Charley again this past week and it went really well. He is really starting to progress and there is a difference in the feeling of their home when we go over. We went to Steve's yesterday and he has now been sober for 40 days!! His anxiety seems to be getting better and he said that as he reads the scriptures he feels good. I love being apart of all of this. I have seen not only a difference in the lives of the people that I am teaching but also within myself. The gospel changes lives and I am so very grateful for this opportunity that I have been given to share it. I love the Book of Mormon and the peace that it brings into my life each day.I know with all my heart that the Atonement is real. I have been learning so much these past few weeks and the more I learn the greater my love for the Savior grows. He has done so much for us and I only wish that there was a way to repay him but I know there never will be because of how incredible his sacrifice was. I want to work my absolute hardest and be the best that I possibly can. I have noticed that the more I try to be perfect though the more I realize that I am not. There is so much that I have been pondering about lately and I wish I could tell you all of it but I am out of time but I want you to know that I know my Savior lives and that he knows each and everyone of us personally. We all have challenges in this life but it's only so that we can be grow and be humbled and to learn to rely on our Heavenly Father. I know that he will strengthen us as we come to Him and ask in faith the things that we are struggling with. I see it every single day. I hope that all is well with the family and know that you are always in my prayers. That is really neat that Bob is investigating. Does he WANT to get baptized? Oh! We are going on exchanges this weekend. I will be going to Roseburg and riding a bike! I love you so much mom and really appreciate all you do for me and all of your support.

I love you so very much!

Love,

Lyndsie