This past week we had the opportunity to visit with a former investigator and his girlfriend. Things currently have been a little rough for him so he wanted us to stop by and share a message with them. Upon talking we found out that his girlfriend is now pregnant and they were struggling. We started off as a simple message from the scriptures soon turned into us answering questions the girlfriend had about the church and about life...
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Hey everyone! This week was so great, last Sunday we did a mini exchange with Jasper so there was four of us in our area and we went to an apartment complex to knock doors. While we were there elder Rippstein and I met a man who moved here from Africa and spoke very little English but you could tell his heart was there and he really did want to talk with us more but physically couldn’t get the words out he wanted to. We saw so...
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Time is an interesting construct. We use it as a gauge for length as well as accomplishment. It’s the one thing all of us wish we had more of. The interesting thing is, the more time we measure, the more we want or think we need. Time also has a way of sneaking up on you like a ninja. You may think you have been judicious in your usage of this rare commodity or even think you have found a way to store time to be used when you need it...
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What is up! I never really know how to start emails it’s always an awkward thing, so I’ll start it with a question that may summarize this past week up. This question is actually found in 3 Nephi 28:1. And imagine you were the one Christ was talking to. It reads: “And it came to pass when Jesus had said these words, he spake unto his disciples, one by one, saying unto them: What is it that ye desire of me, after that...
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Mark 11:24 “Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them” has become my new favorite scripture, because I truly have a firm testimony in this. God hears and he answers each of our prayers, and as we have that desire to reveal things, he will give them unto us. August 17th marks the day, I received a text out of the blue from the elders down in...
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