Area: Mansfield
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| P day |
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| Zone conference (from a few weeks ago) |
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| Went out to eat at the Mansfield train with the Neundorfs! Cool place! |
Well hello everyone, this has been a pretty solid week! Kinda slow as far as the work goes but soon to pick up!
To finish last week we helped a member named bro Crawford start moving into his new house! His whole apartment is his man cave so we painted it with about oh Idk 5 or 6 coats of Grey. Then a stripe around the top that is red! It was dope! It was Ohio State colors! We got done, went and picked up a piano for his wife, and when we got back if looked terrible. We tried to fix it but it wasn't working. He ended up having his wife fix it because we weren't having any luck! Haven't been back since she's fixed it but we'll be over to help remodel that house so I'll get a picture! Haha
We taught David and Eddie again this week and they are so awesome! Its so great and they seem to be so ready for this gospel. They read all the way up to chapter 5 in first Nephi without us asking! They prayed and they are just so excited and ready. They are already gaining a testimony! We hope and pray all goes well with them.
This last Sunday, we went to a members house, the Hindbaughs, it was their 12th a anniversary and of course you know they invite the elders over for dinner! What sweet people. They have a bunch of kids and so it's crazy. We get there and walking in we see him at the grill so we went over and he goes hey guess what we got some rabbits! On top of 3 dogs and 9 cats. No big deal right?! Yeah we'll they killed 2 rabbits and fed them to us for dinner! What a great anniversary dinner! It was not terrible but it was funny/sad some of the kids were crying before we had to eat them! Haha it was kind of a funny dinner to say the least. (once they fed us road kill deer and they snuck it and didn't say a word to their mother in law and she ate it!)
This week we also had interviews with President Stratford. He sent out a scripture to prepare to learn and read mosiah chapters 2-6. The chapters about king Benjamin and when he addressed his people. I wanted to share something that really hit me. It was sin Mosiah chapter 2: 41. It says "And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it."
Love that verse, it really hit me how simple God's plan is. How he wants us all to have happiness all the time, and how he has provided a simple way for that! To follow his commandments and he will bless you. To have that faith to follow them and you'll be happy. I love God's plan. I know it's for each and everyone of us! I want nothing more than for the people of Ohio to feel that love!
Love you guys. Ya'll are the best!
Also happy birthday to you Dad! You're the best!
Love Elder Smoot
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