8-1-2017 ..

God is Good, and sometimes confusing.

Blowing the jet stream and cool air South, to Utah

Sister Brock and I are trying to figure out what we are supposed to be learning from the experiences we have had in our area!! We are beginning to recognize a pattern with all of our "solid" investigators. We find them, we get pumped, we have really awesome spiritual experiences with them, and then they decide they are fine without learning about the restored Gospel of Christ, and they drop us.... The struggle was real this week, but we are fine!!
This week was full of tracting, tracting, and some more tracting... We had a few scheduled lessons, but they all fell through for some reason or another!! We are hoping that through member missionary work, that will begin to change and the area will start to grow!!!! We did meet a Menanite woman this week and gave her a German copy of the Book of Mormon!! She said she will read it and would like to meet with us, if her husband will let her!!!!! We really hope her husband has a soft heart!!

 It isn't until after the trial of your faith that you receive a witness (Ether 27:6); therefore, we will keep knocking on every door, until we have done all that we can!!! The work will go on, it might seem as though the efforts are in vain, but they never are!!
"That’s not how we do it! We don’t hold back to see what the minimum is we can get by with. The Lord requires the heart and a willing mind. Our whole heart! When we are baptized, we are fully immersed as a symbol of our promise to fully follow the Savior, not halfheartedly. When we are fully committed and “all in,” heaven shakes for our good. When we are lukewarm or only partially committed, we lose out on some of heaven’s choicest blessings." - Elder Gary B. Sabin of the Seventy
I think part of this is smiling, even when we don't want to!!!    I love the thought that even just a smile can change someone's day, so imagine what could happen with a sincere effort to brighten someone's day!!!! This doesn't just apply to missionaries, or to certain people!! This applies to EVERYONE!!! I highly recommend smiling at everyone!!! Even if it is awkward!!! ESPECIALLY if it is awkward😅!!! Smiling makes you happy!! It makes those who see you happy!! There is no downside to smiling!!!!

ALWAYS FIND YOURSELF SMILING IN EVERY SITUATION!!!!
On another note, I tried Donair this week!!!! (Like a Gyro)  10/10 would recommend!!!!!!! NAPAKABUTI !!!  (Filipino song of worship Father God is Good")And we saw Reindeer!!!!, in JULY!!!