Week #94

HI

We had Zone Conference this week. It was fun. We talked about Faith to Find. I NEED MORE OF IT. I AM RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

I sleep in a queen bed now so I am a *little less tired.

We had multiple meetings with Invesigators this week so that is NICE. We had one investigator at church yesterday which was good.

The Branch had changed since I have been here. Cool to see how the Lord blesses the faithful members all throughout the world. 

A Cameroonian got got Baptized on Saturday here.

33 Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will receive you.

Alma 5:33. He will receive us on condition of our Repentance! HE IS EXTENDING HIS ARMS OF MERCY ALWAYS. He loves us.

Love you all.
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Week #93

THIS WEEK HAS BEEN CRAZY.

There was an emergency transfer and I am in a new area with new companions.

Any guesses as to where I am and who I am with?

You guessed it. 

RIGA CENTER SOUTH with ELDER ANDERSEN and ELDER MALMROSE.

This will be my 12 transfer in RCS and my 5 transfer with Elder Andersen.

Me and Elder Andersen have now served together in Riga Center South in 2016, 2017, and 2018. 

THAT HAS TO BE A RECORD.

Anyway, we (the three of us) knocked into a 30 year old lady who is really into photography, traveling, ancient Indian tradition, and talking in a high pitch voice. SHE WAS TIGHT. I hope we can meet with her again. She took the Book of Mormon and will maybe read it. 

BTW I am very excited about President Nelson, Oaks, and Eyring. I loved the Press Conference. He is the Prophet of God.

I read Mosiah 26 this yesterday and this verse stuck out:

38 And now all these things did Alma and his fellow laborers do who were over the church, walking in all diligence, teaching the word of God in all things, suffering all manner of afflictions, being 

persecuted by all those who did not belong to the church of God.

BE GOOD EXAMPLES love you all.

Week #92

WOO HOO

I love floorball. 

This is Mosiah 15:5-7. I much enjoyed these verses this week.

5 And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one God, suffereth temptation, and yieldeth not to the temptation, but suffereth himself to be mocked, and scourged, and cast out, and disowned by his people.

6 And after all this, after working many mighty miracles among the children of men, he shall be led, yea, even asIsaiah said, as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

7 Yea, even so he shall be led, crucified, and slain, the fleshbecoming subject even unto death, the will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father.

It has been a bit of a rough week, but HEY we all have those and I am gonna be stronger from it. The Lord is with us in times trouble, never forget that.

We have a couple of new investigators that I will talk about later on. Hopefully things go well with them. 

Elder Cooley is the best.

LOVE YOU ALL.
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Week #91

I am tired. WHAT IS NEW LOL.

Life is good.

I will stay with Elder Cooley in Ilguciems. We will most likely *kill each other off. YAY

Read Mosiah 4 this week please. It is really good and insightful.

How are all of you? I am tired.

Brethren, let us examine our lives and determine to follow the Savior’s 

example by being kind, loving, and charitable. And as we do so, we will 

be in a better position to call down the powers of heaven for ourselves, 

for our families, and for our fellow travelers in this sometimes difficult 

journey back to our heavenly home. I so pray in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord, amen.

This is the last thing our Prophet, Thomas S. Monson, said in General Conference.

BE EXAMPLES BY FOLLOWING THE SAVIORS EXAMPLE.

Love you all.

Week #90

Hello. 

How are all of you?

I do not demand, but I ask in all kindness and love that these people give me an update on their lives:

Blake Sykes.

That is it.

Verse from the book of Enos:

4 And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens.

What does "hungered" mean? STUDY IT AND FIGURE IT OUT. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE!

Enos is the best example of Prayer and how it should be in all of Scripture. (manuprat)

Life is good. We have one investigator with a baptismal date (Ai)  and he is a cool guy.

I am tired.

Also, I am Santa with kids at hospital. 

LOVE YOU ALL.

Week #89

In Honor of the Lord and Savior Jesus on His day, I give to you this list.

ELDER DEVIN JAMES YOST'S TOP TEN VERSES OF THE YEAR:

1) 3 Nephi 9:13

 O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they, will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?    

2) Romans 8:18,26 

 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groaningswhich cannot be uttered.

3) Moroni 7:6 

 For behold, God hath said a man being evil cannot do that which is good; for if he offereth a gift, or prayeth unto God, except he shall do it with real intent it profiteth him nothing.

4) Jacob 6:5

 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words of soberness that ye would repent, and come with full purpose of heart, and cleave unto God as he cleaveth unto you. And while his arm of mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day, harden not your hearts.

5) Mosiah 5:8 

 And under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby ye can be made free. There is no other name given whereby salvation cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon you the name of Christ, all you that have entered into the covenant with God that ye should be obedient unto the end of your lives.

6) Jacob 4:7,10 

 Nevertheless, the Lord God showeth us our weakness that we may know that it is by his grace, and his great condescensions unto the children of men, that we have power to do these things.

 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.

7) 1 Nephi 21:16

 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

8) Alma 38:14 

 Do not say: O God, I thank thee that we are better than our brethren; but rather say: O Lord, forgive my unworthiness, and remember my brethren in mercy—yea, acknowledge your unworthiness before God at all times.

9) Mormon 9:21

 Behold, I say unto you that whoso believeth in Christ, doubting nothing, whatsoever he shall ask the Father in the name of Christ it shall be granted him; and this promise is unto all, even unto the ends of the earth.

10) 2 Nephi 2:11

 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.

There you have it. I love it.

Christmas is great here. LOVES.

I love all of you as well. Have a Merry Christmas.