Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Week 29 - Pretty Fun Week! - 6 November 2016

Hey,

This week was pretty fun. We saw a lot of miracles even though we weren't in our area for half of the week. We had Zone Meeting on Thursday, Zone conference on Friday, splits with the Zone leaders on Saturday and then Stake Conference on Sunday. So Thursday half the day was in Urawa. Friday all day was in Urawa. We came for Zone Conference and then did our weekly planning for two hours and then had about an hour to Dendou in Urawa. During that time we found an investigator and set up a lesson for the next day while on splits. I didn't end up teaching him the next day but Elder Breeze and Elder Eyre, one of the ZL's, taught him and said it was a good lesson. It was a way cool miracle and the ZL's were way impressed with us. Then while on splits the other ZL and I were able to find a new investigator and teach him a lesson on the street. Overall splits was way good.

 Also before we had to come to Urawa for the end of the week we were able to find 2 new investigators for Kawagoe this week. 

We are also really starting to work together really well. And we are enjoying each other as well. No complaints. He's way funny and has a good desire to work.

It's starting to get colder and colder everyday. We are starting to figure out our area better and better each day. 

Also cool story, Elder Niita (He is the missionary that Travis new as a member that lived in Saito where Travis served) is in my zone so we have been chatting. He's kinda a goof. We took a few pictures. Also we decided it would be great if we could go to the Niigata as Zone Leaders around transfer 8/9 hahaha. He's a way good missionary.

As far as Christmas goes I would like some like warm gloves. Not like snow gloves but like some good gloves the ones I brought with me are way loose and cold. Also just surprise me I guess. I don't really have any wishes. Oh actually a new year calendar with a family picture on it.

Well that is all I have for this week. Not so much to say. Just working and praying and trying to follow the spirit.


Well love you! Pictures included!

Elder Bloomfield
Mason and Elder Niita

Zone Conference

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Week 28 - New Area, Kawagoe and Training New Companion, Elder Breeze - 31 October 2016

The training life is fun and way tiring! Hahahah

My new companions name is Elder Breeze and he is way goofy. He is from Midway, Utah.  He is 18, and straight from high school. He's kinda lanky like Jack Leese was from Austin hahaha. Also he was a band boy and kinda has
like no care. Just kinda goes with the flow but it's fun. We are working on trying to get him just as involved in the finding and everything else instead of just me. Also we had to go to two bike shops to find a bike that would fit him and then they took like two hours explaining everything about the bike and I had to translate for him and it was way long and not fun. But now we are working on figuring out the area and meeting the members so we can get referrals and do service so that they love us. 

We came in and the previous elders had one investigator for us to pick up but he hasn't answered us. Right now we are way finding. The ward is great and has enough gaijin members that some one has to translate. No worries though it is the Bishops son. He is a way good guy and tells me my Japanese is really good so I way like him. Also all of the bishopric  members speak English, so that's nice. They never really use English though.

Also the church is massive! It is actually in the middle of rice fields so I feel at home when we go to the church. Everything else is pretty city though.  Our apartment is close to the church and an Eki so that is nice. However it is pretty gross and being the son of Kris and Steve Bloomfield I'm not very happy with how it is but step by step I'm making it cleaner. Also I probably do the dishes more than anyone else. The other two elders are Elder Abercrombie and Elder Yoshida. Elder Abercrombie is a good guy and is in transfer ten. He has lived all over the mid west in America namely Texas and Chicago but I forget the rest. He is a funny guy, pretty nerdy though. Elder Yoshida is a convert of about three years and is from Tokyo. He's transfer 3. He has been waiting for his visa so he can go to the MTC and then go to his own mission which is Orem, Utah! He actually just got it and will be leaving around the 15th of November. So he is pretty excited. He is a way good guy. There are two sisters. But they aren't that important so I won't tell you about them.

Yesterday we were Dendouing and we were talking to this baseball team of high school boys. They were way funny and they asked us if we knew this like viral YouTube song or something.  hahah   I don't know it,  but I told them I would give them each a present if they would sing it for us. Hahahah so they sang it for us and I gave them each a flyer about the church and then talked to them about God for about ten minutes and learned all of their names. But I have since forgotten them since they went on their way.  They said they will maybe come to eikaiwa, ping pong or church. Who knows if they will really show up???

Anyway here is that video and a picture too.


Here is the link to the song the baseball boys were singing.

These kids were way funny and we had a good time talking with them.
These are the kids I played ping pong with and taught English every Monday in Joetsu

Pretty neat Poster Huh???

Here are all of the elders from my Favorite Zone in Japan (NIIGATA)
There is one behind my head he actually knows the Watanabe's as well



                                          
Not sure if I sent this already can you figure out what song it is? It is "Let it Go" from the Disney Movie - Frozen.

Also moment of the week. While the new missionaries where getting trained by the AP's and President Nagano, they were talking about our mission slogan or theme I guess.  It's written on the mission ties that were given out last Christmas. So I did not receive one. But the night before,  I was talking with  Sister Nagano and asked if she had anymore and she gave me one. So of course I wore it to pick up my trainee. Anyway, while President Nagano was talking about it, he mentioned the tie and talked about how the trainers were wearing them and they all turned to look at us in the back. When  Sister Nagano saw mine she smiled, gave me a thumbs up and winked at me! Yep, I am definitely one of her favorites!  I just love the Nagano's and how much Sister Nagano loves me!

Well this week will be fun as we have zone meeting Thursday and Zone Conference on Friday and a whole week of Dendou! Yes! Lots of learning and other opportunities!

Well that's all for now, love you! 
Oh also I got your package! The in n out sauce was way dangerous so I think I will just wait until I come home for those:)

Love you!


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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Week 27 - Elder Bednar's Visit and Getting Transferred - 23 October 2016

Hello!!

Yep this week was great! 

Here is my letter I sent to President Nagano:
This week was super great. We saw so many miracles and I really feel like Joetsu is starting to move. On Monday as we were coming to the honbu (Mission office), we met a "sweet spot" investigator named Yuki in the eki (train station). We ended up talking to him and he decided he wanted to see the church. So we walked all the way to the church and chatted with him and then met Elder Munro and Elder Clark. Elder Broberg and Elder Clark ended up
teaching him and committing him to baptism. He was so prepared and such a great guy! It was amazing to see such a great miracle and meet some one who has been really prepared by the Lord. 

Elder Bednar (He is one of the 12 Apostles of our Church.  He traveled to Japan from Utah and met with the Missionaries in Tokyo.  It is a very special thing to have him or any Apostle visit the missionaries and speak with them) was also great and I learned so much about letting the spirit guide. The spirit was so strong and it was an amazing experience to be in the same room as an Apostle. 

On Thursday night we met a kokosei (Senior High School student) and he agreed to meet with us again. He gave us his phone number and said he would gladly meet again. We also had Hashimoto shimai at church today for the third week in a row! It's so exciting that she is coming back to church and enjoying it too! The best miracle of this week was Teru. We meet him at the Naoetsu Eki, kind of by accident but he was way excited to talk to us and super friendly. We actually met him while waiting for the Nagaoka elder's to come. When the other elder's got here, Elder Moore and Elder Broberg went with him back to the church and taught him a lesson and committed him to baptism and he has a date! His date is November 26th! Also during the lesson when they talked about baptism he was like "I want that."  He is so prepared and we are going to meet with him as often as possible. Teru is so genuine and seems way excited about the church. I'm so excited to see Joetsu finally have a baptism! I can't wait to see Teru grow in the gospel and the happiness it will bring him. I also know that he will help the Joetsu group to grow and start their dendou (Mission) Fire!

Every day is getting better and better and I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn and serve the people here in Joetsu. It is such a great feeling to be apart of this work and to know that you are a tool in God's hands helping his work to progress.    - End of letter.


As you can tell we saw some great miracles this week and I sat front row at the Bednar Choro conference and he looked me in the eyes. Yep way spiritual and I learned so much.

Next all that I can really think about right now is transfers. I am 
going to Kawagoe. That is in Saitama Zone. I will be white wash training (White wash is a term that missionaries use when they are going to a brand new area that others have not been to before and they start the work from scratch without any prior leads or knowledge of the area)!! This is so crazy. I'm going to an area I have never been with a companion (His new companion will be coming strainght from the mission training center in Utah having never been in Japan before. Mason will help him with his in country training and getting use to being in Japan and being a missionary) who has also never been to
Japan and who also needs to be taken care of for a while and I don't even know Japanese. Hahahah  I'm a bit nervous as I have never been to this area, but I am so excited. We will see so many miracles and grow together so fast. I am very excited for this opportunity and I know my Japanese and everything else as a missionary will grow.  

It's been getting pretty dang cold on the daily these last few weeks. I'm way loving it here. I was hoping I would get to see the snow in Joetsu cause apparently it's pretty crazy out in the Niigata zone but I guess not now that I am transferring to the city.

Oh also exciting news, today while riding my bike I got hit by a car.  
Hahahah   Me and my back are 100% fine and I didn't even fall over or anything. The guy driving was waiting to turn and then right as the oncoming traffic cleared up we were biking through and he didn't see us at first but then when he did notice me in the middle of the street he hit whiskey throttle and accidentally stepped on the gas Hahahah then the brake. But basically it ended up so perfectly that the first thing hit was my calf. Basically momentum caused me to sit on the hood of his car with my bike in between my legs for about 2 feet. It was pretty neat.  He was pretty shaken up but nothing like what I saw in Vegas (The night before Kyle's wedding, a guy was sitting at a stop light and the people next to him were taking shots at him out the window.  In panic he hit his gas and came flying through the intersection at our car and just missed us.  When the poor man got out of his car, he was in shock so bad, he fell to the ground and was pretty out of it.  - That is what Mason is referring to) so we were all good. Also my leg feels the same as when you get kicked in soccer and it's just kinda sore for a few days but that's all.
hahahahahahhaha   Adventures in Japan neh?

Love, 
Elder Bloomfield

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Monday, October 24, 2016

Week 26 - Sorry, No Time to Write - 18 October 2016

Sorry,  I have no time to write today. I had to get up at five this morning so I could go to Tokyo for Elder Bednar's Conference tomorrow! I am way excited to hear him.  We had to ride on a bus for several hours to get to Tokyo.

Also in the train station in Tokyo tonight, Elder Broberg and I started talking to this guy and he was way prepared and said he wanted to go to the church. So we went together to the church and then meet the AP's and chatted. His name is Yuki and he was like it was destiny that we met. Anyways Elder Broberg and one of the AP's taught him and I went on "splits" with the other AP.  

Anyway tomorrow is Elder Bednar so I'm way pumped! 

Also we get to go to the temple tomorrow!

Bye Love you!

Talk to you next week!

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Week 25 - General Conference - 12 October 2016

Hey,

First off,  I wanted just blank cards so I could write on them with an expo marker and then erase them once I have memorized them, but what you sent sounds like it should work. 

Also that kanji that I supposedly sent last week wasn't me I have no idea where those came from or what they are. Somehow just slid in my email.

This week was great. I had the opportunity to go on splits twice this week and I saw a lot of miracles as well as finally getting to watch General Conference.


On Tuesday I had splits with my district leader and that went really well. We ended up teaching a Chinese kid who speaks less Japanese than me and about as much English as Japanese. Between the two languages and a Chinese restoration pamphlet we were able to communicate and have a great lesson. He seems very prepared as he asked a lot of really good questions and we were able to teach him about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon. He said he used to go to church in China with his grandmother but when he came to Japan his Sunday's are really busy with Japanese class so he can't go anymore.


On Wednesday the new "traveling assistants" came to Joetsu. Traveling assistants are only at the mission home on p-day and Sunday 
night. So they just go and work with companionship's who have a lot of potential or need help or anything like that. So I had the opportunity to work with an elder who actually picked me up from the airport when I first came to Japan. We ended up finding two potential investigators and a guy who said he would come to church this past Sunday but didn't actually show up. It was way cool and I learned a lot from him and am

now trying to integrate that into our work.

Both my district leader and Elder Judd the traveling AP said they were really surprised at how I am a really good missionary and work hard and that I am a young missionary and usually it takes missionaries a few transfers to get to the stage that I'm at. So that made me feel pretty good and gave me some confidence to keep working hard.

On Friday we had Zone meeting up in Niigata and as we were walking back to the Eki after Zone Conference we stopped and talked to someone and actually ended up taking him back to the church and having a church lesson. It was way spiritual. He couldn't exchange phone numbers cause he is part on another church where apparently everything you own is he churches so it wouldn't be smart to have a different churches number in his phone. However, we gave him a Book of Mormon and he said he would definitely come to church again to hear more hymns.  Elder Broberg played some hymns for him while we were in the chapel and the spirit was way strong and he loved it.

Saturday we visited with two less active sisters and had good lessons with them. I am starting to really be able to understand what is going on and also be able to share my testimony more and apply it to them. I think my Japanese is really coming.  I just need to really work on my teaching skills and I think I will be able to be a good
teacher and a good finder.

On Sunday Hashimoto shimai came back to church again finally. We had called her the night before and invited her to church and told her about General Conference and she didn't seem to happy but said she would think about coming and kind of hung up. We didn't think she would come as she seemed pretty salty but she showed up for the first session and I think it really touched her. Especially Elder Nelson's talk. I felt that that talk was so catered to her needs. 

Overall it was a great week and General Conference was great. I loved hearing the Prophet speak, even though it was short, it is still very important.  I will get back to you on things I learned because I actually haven't watched all of it yet and I will most definitely be studying all of them again.  I loved Elder Cooks talk. The Gospel is so simple and yet people have always looked past it and changed the worlds views. The Gospel was,is, and always will be the same. Christ will always be our Savior. We need not rise to the philosophies of men. Just stick to what we have been taught and what we know is true. Look to and follow the mark which will always and forever be the Savior Jesus Christ.

Love you guys!


Here are some pictures of the Countryside, rice fields and scenery here in Joestsu:






Twins (Almost)








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Monday, October 3, 2016

Week 24 - Weekly letter to Kaicho - 3 October 2016

We get to watch General Conference next week. I am way excited and like the week after that Elder Bednar is coming out to Japan so that is going to be way fun. I'm glad you guys went in with questions. You should always do that especially if it is a General Authority speaking. You can learn so much more if you pray and have a question.  At the MTC all of the speakers would always say, "I pray that the spirit will send me in the right way so that I can say what you guys need to hear." If we don't have questions it won't hace as much of an impact. The speaker will more be saying what he wants to say rather than the spirit prompting them to answer your questions.

Here is this weeks letter to the Nagano Kaichou. Also I haven't had interviews yet,  so no,  I have not received your hello from Nagano Shimai.

Dear President,
This week was way good! We saw a lot of miracles this week. We sadly weren't able to meet with Youta kun this week as he was way busy with his baito but should have some time to meet this week. We however did find a new investigator who seems really willing to learn and wants to improve his life. You can really tell that he has had some rough points in his life and that this gospel will really bless and help him change his life. We will hopefully be meeting with him this week.

While Dendouing in Takada a kokosei that Ogata Chōrō and I had talked with and given a Book of Mormon to a while ago,  came up to us and was like Morumon kyō? I have a Book of Mormon and I've read to Nephi and I'm
really interested and want to learn more. He is way nice and so prepared. He asked us our favorite parts and we each told him. Then a few days later we ran into him again and we talked to him and he told us that during school he had read some of Alma. Haha During class. That's so wonderful! He had a few questions about what he read so we answered them. He also has some interest in learning English too! We haven't been able to set up a time to meet with him because he is really busy right now with tests but soon he should be able to meet with him.

We also had a really great lesson with one of the less active Sisters in the area. Her name is Ishida shimai and she's been less active for quite a while. We were really trying to figure out why she won't come to church and why she won't read her scriptures even though she's been told by so many missionaries that it is important. She opened up to us and we really felt the spirit as we talked with her. She told us that she knows it's important to put God first and that she should read her scriptures and come to church. She promised us that she would read her scriptures and pray more often. She has never really opened up like that before and I'm so thankful that the spirit was there and touched her heart. As I've been thinking about Ishida Shimai, I keep thinking about Elder Bednar's talk, "Converted unto the Lord." So many people have testimonies and know it is true but when life gets hard they
don't stick to their testimonies and they fall away. It is so sad because they know it is true and they have seen the gospel work miracles in their lives and yet they stop following it and fall away. I am so thankful for this gospel and the comfort and assurance it provides. As we do our part I know the Lord will fulfill his promises and help us to reach our full potential.



I don't have to much to say for this week it was a quick week full of miracles. 

Well that's all I got for today! Oh also I might be going on emergency
exchanges soon but I'll tell you about that next week!

Love you!
�郅筏皮い蓼�
PS  Tell Cassi to write me!

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Monday, September 26, 2016

Week 23 - Back on My Bike - 26 September 2016

First off I am back on my bike. I only had to ride the pogo stick bike for four days. That was a pretty neat experience. I'm not really sure how I punctured it. I was just being regular me on a bike and it....um popped.

We actually found two new investigators this week! One of them is about a college aged kid and he said yeah I'd like to meet. So we set up an appointment and he didn't show up. So sad day there. But the other guy lately we have been reviewing previous dropped investigators from our area book and we've been calling them and one of them said he wants to meet and so we have a lesson with him next week. Also a college student. Things are going really well here in Joetsu at the moment. If we get one more Melchizedek priesthood holder in the group then we will become a branch. We just found that out like last week so kinda exciting. Right now we are teaching a kokosei named Youta Kun. He is 17 and really wants to learn truth. Ogata Choro and I taught him at the beginning of my second transfer. He's been way busy so we just had our second lesson on Tuesday. We had to do it over Skype but it was a good lesson and he has admitted to feeling the spirit. He is so nice and so prepared for the gospel. We are going to invite him to baptism if we can meet this week. And he will probably accept if we explain everything right. 

We have also been trying to find new Dendou methods as a lot of people seem to know us or have talked to us before. We have a big area so this past week we went and tried to find some other areas where we can Dendou. It was super beautiful in these other areas but there weren't really any great spots to Dendou sadly.

As far as cooking goes, if you want to send recipes you can but we are good, we kinda just make every meal together so it is not bad at all. However in my next package if you could send some salsa, Taco Bell sauce, and
in n out sauce that would be great!

Will you tell Ben Maughn to email me and have the priests email all the missionaries for a mutual activity or something. We did that for the missionaries when I was a priest and then that way I can really talk to them. Have them send like questions about missions, life, the gospel, anything they have interest in really. I think that would be most beneficial. Also that way I know how I can help them rather than send a bunch of emails that are like 97% the same thing. Tell him to make sure I get all of their emails. They can just send it to me if they want. They don't have to send it to all the missionaries I guess. Ma whatever Ben thinks is best.
Also with that how's Alec doing? Always want to know what's up with him.

Thanks love you!

This weeks photos/videos
My companion sounds like an apostle sometimes. Crazy neh?


Rice Field's




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Friday, September 23, 2016

Week 22 - New Companion (Elder Broberg) - 17 September 2016


I just want to say for the record that a little while ago I was 
thinking about Will Watanabe and I pretty much decided my self that he would come to the Tokyo Japan mission so no surprise there.  Will's family and ours have been friend for many years.  We met them when we lived in Tokyo the first time in 1989.  They were also living in Japan when we lived there in 2000 and we have kept in touch all these years.  In fact Will and his dad stayed at our home last year while attending a Stanford Football camp.  So we were so excited that he was called to the same mission as Mason and hope they get to serve together at some point.  Just some fun other trivia - 6 out of 7 (one sister did not serve a mission) member's of Will's family have served in different missions in Japan.  Travis served in the same mission as Will's older sister, she had just come home when he went out.  They currently live in Provo and have been there since 2002.

Ok as for exciting news. Not much. My new companion is great! He's kinda a goofball but I love him. He told me he doesn't know what it is but he tends to bring the weird out of all of his companions hahahah.  We are getting along real well hahaha

Well I never actually got to say goodbye to my companion cause we had to go to Niigata for transfers cause that's how it works and he and someone else that was getting transferred had to leave way early in the morning and he didn't want to wake me up. He did how ever write me a note so that was nice. Anyway he was great and I miss him but this new transfer has a lot of new opportunities and new things to learn.

Friday night I punctured my bike's back tire so I've been riding basically a pogo stick on wheels. It's kind of humiliating but I'm embracing it. Hopefully my bike will be fixed today but for now I'm working hard on the one geared pogo stick.

As far as other things go this week went by so fast. Elder Broberg and I set some high transfer goals for Joetsu and we are trying to find some more effective Dendou ideas. It's been raining the last three days and soon winter is going to come and it is going to be way hard to do regular Dendou so we are trying to find some new effective ways.
Anyway if you could send me more of those little Jesus pictures/postcards that you sent me in the MTC that would be great. You don't need to rush on them but next time you feel like sending a package those would be great. I am going to leave them as like notes for investigators and less actives when we visit and they aren't there.

A little about Elder Broberg- He's from Provo.  He is in transfer 11 I think. Works way hard and yells at people in English to get their attention. His Japanese is way good and he's a great companion. We laugh a lot and sometimes we lose focus but we decided as a companionship we are going to be better about that.

I'm way excited for this transfer as I think we will really start to see some big miracles take place.

Also in October Elder Bernard is going to come and talk to the two Tokyo missions. Usually the Niigata Zone doesn't get to go to mission conferences as we are so far away and it costs so much, but we get to this time! I'm way pumped for him.

Also shouts out to Sister Nagano and her flattering message about me. I loved it. If you could send me a picture of it that would be great! Like the whole conversation please!  I have added the picture with the conversation below so you can see what Sister Nagano (She is his Missions President's wife) said about him.  It also includes messages with Will Watanbe's mom.  It is truly a small world and I love when we get to cross path's with those from our past!!!!!


Love you!
Here are some pictures!
Elder Broberg's mom wants him to take more pictures so we are making it a companionship effort!



Facebook conversations

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Week 21 - Ogata Choro goes home - 11 September 2016

Ok here is this weeks email. A lot is going to change before the rest of my week is over.

First thing is first. I got your package on Tuesday! Yes the Oreos are gone. I taught Elder Ogata how to eat them properly. You know dip it in milk for a few seconds until it is just right, you know  all of that stuff. He also enjoyed them.  We ate them while we finished watching the 12 weeks program video for me as a celebration of finishing
training. Picture included.

He has been such a great example to me and I'm so thankful for him. He's a little upset and sad he's leaving. One of the people that was supposed to be leaving with him called President Nagano and apparently you can extend for 30 days so he did that. Now Ogata Choro is a little upset as he found out too late and can't do that. But guess who can. Yup! Me!!! So add an extra thirty days to your calendar. Thanks love,you!

Next thing my new companion is also a blonde gaijin. I think he's from Provo, Utah. He's around his tenth transfer right now and has been a Zone Leader for the last five transfers so I think it's safe to say I got another dang good companion. Maybe because I did my time in the MTC I will be rewarded with good companions for the rest of my mission. Also I've heard he's pretty bold and crazy so this should be a fun transfer. Now that I'm done with all my training I'm pretty much fully accountable. I realized today I think I've almost been in Japan as long as I was at BYU-I.

Well that's all I have to report for this week. Just a lot of Dendou and not much success, yet. I really liked Demitris email about how we have to be patient and work hard and eventually the success will come.  I may not be in Joetsu long enough to see it but I know that in some way I have helped to contribute to it.

Also this week I happened to have the opportunity to read all about Moroni and the Title of Liberty and how he was such an example of faith and diligence. He fortified the Nephities so well that when the fiery darts of Satan came they couldn't even make it over the wall.  That is amazing. He had so much faith that and if I and like him and if I work diligently now and do all I can to be prepared, when the challenges and trials come they were but a scratch and the Lord helped and strengthened them like he will me.

Also for Bishop Paul and the church thing I would send him a kind email (Our ward has gotten very noisey and irrevent and it is difficult to hear the speaker and feel the spirit on Sundays.  We had some non-member friends of Olivia's come and they had a hard time hearing and asked,  "Does everyone just do their own thing and not listen?"  I mentioned this to Mason in my letter and that is what this response is), very kind email cause I know you happen to get fired up some times. But for investigators to feel the spirit and gain a testimony and for members to continue to strengthen their faith they need to be able to feel the spirit. If we just got to church and go home and
don't feel anything we eventually just won't go at all. We all get out what we put in. If we show up to learn and listen then listen and learn. That's the purpose of church. Every one can talk after church or do their home teaching if the want to talk and visit so bad. Church is to be strengthened by the spirit. We have to put our full effort in
to it. We will learn something new every time we go to church if we actually listen. That I can promise. Just tell Bishop Paul boldness with kindness. It's necessary. Moroni had to do a lot of things to get everyone to rally around him. The members will see the purpose and importance and everyone will eventually follow suit. Best of luck!

As far as needs go. I'm good. I don't really need anything. I'm just livin the best life ever!

Love you! Talk to you next week!


Ps Quick shout out to Joni Haddad (Joni is a dear friend of ours that has decided to go through the temple)! That's a really exciting and an important decision!

Eating Oreo's the "proper" way (dipping them in milk) and watching training video.

Thought for the week: