Tuesday October 23, 2012

hello, i'm fusing your letter this time so i dont have to think so much haha.

So, we had 5 investigators in church this week! pretty sweet 3 of which are progressing right along. we have baptisms for all of them planned but one said she wants to change hers so her and her husband can be baptised at the same time. problem is that he is super hard headed and has only shown slight signs. i think that means that she thinks it will be soon if we play it right. idk though. she was very prepared but idk about him. its gonna take some faith and revelation thats for sure. but she is pretty much all in other than that. Any suggestions for if he doesnt come around? cause we dont want her to be shaken by it if so. The greatest commandment is love the Lord thy God, and the second like unto it is love thy neighbor as thyself! if you arent loving others you are denying Christ,  rejoice when people get to church. when we got baptised we covenanted to morn with those that morn and stand with those that stand in need of comfort. everyone needs comfort it turns out. I got to speak in church this week. i spoke on obedience and puting on the armor of God. I only got through the breast plate and girding up our loins. but my main point was interstingly enough, that as the breastplate protects the heart, for Heavenly Father to protect our hearts we have to have a heart worth protecting. one thats filled with love. there is a crap load you can take out of D&C 27: 15-18. my point was that if you dont have love stop thinking about yourself pretty much. my spiritual thought of the week though was about if the world was being like moroni hell would shake and satan would tremble with no power, Alma 48:17. (I used this in my talk) So part of that thought was, Why is Hell not shaking and why does satan have power, he has no glory, he only has the power we give him. and if there is a mansion in heaven waiting for us there is a pit in hell that satan has prepared. so pretty much, though you cant make all of hell shake at once, start by shaking the spot that satan has for you and give him no power.... that was kinda the jist of it. it went pretty good i think. it didnt seem like anyone hated me after so that was good haha. anyways, last week was pretty good. we had some pretty good food. especially friday! woo eee! Steak, pasta, other stuff! so good. i dont remember what else i was going to write about. i guess thats good enough for now. we didnt get to write yesterday thats why its tuesday. everything is good with me and elder whatcott too. last week was kinda slow on the finding side but things went very well with our investigators. its fun to watch the spirit work and see people become happier and excited about the gospel. pretty rad. feels good, real good. Hi mom, Love you. glad the picture makes you happy. I told janae a name for the seed but you can ask her about it. crazy how everyones having babies. tell katie if she is pregnant before i get home there will be death in the family haha. i know shes a good girl though cause she loves to live. connor same goes for you, gotta go,  love you all, Elder Dalton