(We were out of town and so this letter should have last week's date on it but I don't see any way to change it on the blog.)
hey everyone!
another awesome week here in wyoming!
not a ton of
time because it is my comps bday so we have stuff to do! haha hope everyone is
doing well. we had a great week this week. we have so many people to teach
right now and we teach so much, but there are a few people who are not
progressing right now. we are trying to thin out our teaching pool and find
people who are ready to accept the fullness of the gospel right now. we have
done a lot of finding and have had some great success thanks to our Heavenly
Father. sorry for all the typos this week, this keyboard is not the greatest.
darrell is excited to be baptized on the 19th and he is doing aweosme. he,
dannell, and mikayla all came to church this week. darrell reads the book of
mormon like crazy!! he is awesome!!
about a month
ago i challenged jontae to a BoM reading competition. we made a bet about who
could finish it first and what the rewards would be. if i won, i got to take
pictures of me dunking a basketball on him, and if he won i would take him to
this one restaurant for dinner. well, i read to 1 ne 3 the first day, and he
read to mosiah 15, and i gave up right then haha but i didnt tell him. i have
been leading him on telling him i may have already finished it. but i am gonna
tell him tomorrow he won. can you believe that? a recent convert just read the
BoM in about a month!! that is awesome! he is doing well and so is Hannah.
Hannah is incredible even though everyone around her is struggling, she is
stalwart and awesome.
what is God's
purpose? why did He put us all here? when we talk to people on the streets,
that is one of my favorite questions to ask. the answer is a restored truth. it
is the most important restored truth. it is the answer to the grandest question
of them all. Why? Was God bored so He created all this to see what would
happen? is it part of a grand experiment? I will not be answering these
questions. they are for you to find answers to. The answers are in the restored
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. without the answer to that
question, it is hard to understand why we are here and what God expects of us.
The answer is plain and simple. it is true. The peace that comes through
knowing God's purpose, our purpose, and then doing our best to keep the
commandments is not to be found in any other way. The peace the gospel brings
is lasting. I want everyone to have it. The sad truth is, not everyone wants
it. at least not now. The scriptures are true. if you want to learn, read the
scriptures. they can teach you endless amounts of Godly intelligence. If you
want to avoid temptation and sadness, read them daily (hel 3: 28-29) and PONDER
them. pray over their more mysterious passages. have a good week.
elder green
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