What a Wonderful Life....

so this week was really good! tuesday we had temple service! the temple is closed for 2 weeks so we are just doing tons of work on the grounds! me and a couple other elders got a relay team going and we ripped out all of the concrete borders surrounding the gardens! then we had to break them all in half because they were super long! we were like john henry beating the steam engine! hoorah!

then we had a member present lesson with A. and we taught them the plan of salvation and the law of chastity! it was a lot of stuff to cover and a little crazy but we were able to go over it again later on in the week! we had to change her baptismal date to the 3rd of January just cuz we really want to work with the husband so they can make this step together!  we made a timeline of all the stuff that she needed to do to be baptized and she agreed to do all of it! so she came to church on sunday....and HER HUSBAND BROUGHT HER!!!!! YAYAYAY!!! he had worked an overnight shift and still decided to come! it was awesome! he had a great experience even though i bet he was dead tired!  AND A. also came to the Christmas devotional that night!!!! WOOOHOOO! it was awesome! She is so prepared and is like a sponge just soaking everything up! the work is really accelerating in this area now! we have a new ward mission leader named bro lopes! and he is really ripping it up! 

we had a super miracle this week! so a member had a bunch of left overs from thanksgiving and she wanted to give them to us. but we couldnt come and get them until 2 days later! so we finally get over to her house and it is just a ton of food! so we take it and go to our next appointment which is with J. we talked about faith and it was just really hard cuz they are going through such a rough time. they are getting evicted and they have no place to stay because none of the apartments will accept them cuz of their credit. at the end of the lesson the kids were screaming and she was just super stressed and she let us know that she didnt even have anything in her cupboards to feed her kids. Wow...We ran out to our car and gave them ALL of the food that the member had given us! she was grateful to tears! it is so powerful to see how the lord works through us to bless others!

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Love Elder Jones