Week #82

Howdy howdy y’all, I hope you’ve had a great week this week! This week has been lots of fun and there have been some changes in our area!

First off, Elder Hubbell is a lot of fun! He’s been out 5 months and is a great missionary. He reminds me of some of my brothers, so it makes it even more fun!

Not a lot has changed this week in terms of our investigators. We have found some solid new people to teach, and our investigators are doing well. Tyler is preparing for the 10th and is doing well! He is very excited, and his work schedule looks like it’ll free him up to be baptized then!

So the changes to our area is that we don’t have a car anymore. So we are biking and our area is basically uphill both ways and it’s 10 miles left to right and like 7 miles top to bottom. BUT that being said, God has given me strength and stamina to be able to bike our area. It’s crazy to see how tired I am at the end of the night, but the next day I’m up and ready to go. God definitely takes care of his servants!

My thought this week comes from.... Well me. I just wanted to bear my testimony to y’all. I know that the gospel is true. I know it and testify of it’s truthfulness from the bottom of my heart. I have experienced God’s hand in my life countless times, and those experiences have helped me build a foundation and a testimony that I cannot deny. I know this gospel is true, and it is for us. I know that our Savior, Jesus Christ, truly did suffer and die for us and for our sins. I know that because of His sacrifice, Christ can heal us and guide us. He can walk with us, mend our broken hearts, and strengthen us. I know He and our Heavenly Father know us each individually. I know that God’s Plan is perfect. Living the gospel and striving to be like Christ will bring us the most happiness and joy in this life and in the eternities. I testify that repentance is a joyful process. I have experienced it and have been humbled to the very core by the love that my Savior has for me and by His grace and mercy. I know that He is the means whereby we are able to repent and be forgiven, to return to live with God again, be resurrected, and be with our families forever. I know families are eternal, and I am forever grateful to God for the blessing of my family. I love them so much, I love y’all, and I say these things humbly, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

I hope y’all have a great week! Until next week, God speed!

Elder Houssian