First off. @dahlelama is just jealous that I'm writing love notes to Jonny and not him. #TwitterDreamTeam
- Spent a night on the outer
parts of our area #tracting
... WAY out by the Bridger
Mountains. You could barely see the world famous Belgrade water tower we were
so far out there. Great odins raven though... UNBELIEVABLE. The houses were
unreal. Deer everywhere, open fields, sunset was unbelievable, actually the way
the mountains looked it kind of felt like I was on campus looking out towards
the Oquirrhs and Great Salt Lake (check pics), just minus the whole
civilization part. Very lucky to be serving here.
- Dad sent me a cool ESPN article
on Mangum and I loved it. Remember watching him in the elite 11 competition a
while back. Kids a stud, about time that institution starts representing our
church in a way that doesn't involve a Best Buy or Rancheritos #StayClassY.
Pretty cool having ESPN hype up this work so many of us are doing. And I guess
you could say that's a cute first two wins you got... #8Clap
- Spent like 3 hours at a members
house digging out trees, pretty fun stuff . Helped their kitten catch field
mice which was an adventure. One bit me, nobody makes me bleed my own blood.
Not gonna lie I found great joy in seeing Sprinkles beat the crap out of that
field mouse.
#WelcomeToMontana
- as for the Utes. Sometimes the ugly wins are the hardest ones to win, think of how many games we had in 08 that were ugly. Hopefully Wilson gets back soon, in the meantime I have faith in KT. Games we prepared with him all week were much better than the games he was thrown into mid game. Covey sounds like a stud, wouldn't mind getting him up here in the MBM, heck I'll even train him. Keep up the good work, I have plenty of ideas so I need plenty of highlights... Seriously... Lots of ideas.
Another week done. Love waking up
and seeing the caption for our 6:23 alarm...
"It's a great day to be a
missionary"
Thanks for the idea @utahfootball. Loving the days out here. The time truly flies when you start to enjoy the work more and work harder. Kind of think of it as one of those moving walkways at an airport; you can stand on it and still move and eventually get to your destination, or you can actually put in effort and walk with it and move a lot faster.
Some days are still easier
than others. One morning was a little challenging. Prayed that I would read
something from personal study that would help me out. One of the most powerful
personal study's I have had. I read Alma 36-39, where Alma is giving advice to
Helaman. As I read I pictured @pettbryan sitting there with me, giving me the
same advice Alma gave his son.
36:3 And now, O my son
Helaman/@MPett3, behold, thou art in thy youth, and therefore, I beseech of
thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I do know that whosoever
shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their
troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day.
- and for the next few chapters
Alma is dropping bombs of knowledge and love, much like what my dad would have
done with me.
37:37 Counsel with the Lord in all
thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at
night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and
when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God (for
it truly is a great day to be a missionary) and if ye do these things, ye shall
be lifted up at the last day.
And one more of many favorite
pieces of advice, one that really got to me...
37:47 And now, my son, see that ye
take care of these sacred things, yea, see that ye look to God and live. Go
unto this people and declare the word My son, farewell.
".... Hope that you spend
your days, and they all add up. And when that sun goes down, hope you raise
your cup. Oh I wish that I could witness all your joy and all your pain, but
until my moment comes I'll say - I did it all. I owned every second that this
world can give, I saw so many places the things that I did, yeah with every
broken bone... I swear I lived."
- Apparently Z yells "TAYS
SONG" when he hears it, probably cause of our Disneyland video, but I love
that song and now I try to live it. Want to be able to say that I did it all,
that I lived these 2 years. And as it says right there in the book of Alma...
"Look to God and live"
That's what I needed to hear. Look
to God and live, nothing else matters out here. He answers our prayers, He
really does. May not be at the time we want it to be or the answer we want, but
He loves us. He lets us go through challenges because that's where we learn the
most, where our faith is tested the hardest. I challenge all of you to look to
God and live. This world is pretty dang nasty, and I don't know about you guys
but I need all the help I can get. Pray to the Lord, and he will answer your
prayers much like what He did with me and Alma 36. Can't wait to read that to
my own son one day.
The work is really starting to
pick up here. Elder C and I are on to something, seems like we either got a DL,
ZL, or AP calling us every night telling us about the good things they are
hearing about Belgrade 1. Staying humble is key, this is HIS work, not our
work. Like it shows throughout the Book of Mormon, you either be humble, or get
humbled (someone remind the locker room crowd surfing clown that) . Belgrade is
ready to blow up, very grateful to not only serve here but to be a trainer,
little stressful training in only my second transfer, but I feel very blessed
for the faith President Wadsworth and the Lord have in me.
Love ya guys!
#BeatFresno
- Elder K
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