wow it’s been one crazy week! one of the more random ones of my mission! i dropped off elder odle at the train station last Tuesday morning, it was kind of sad saying goodbye, we got on really well. i picked up elder kelleher and elder Wilson and we got to work. it’s so weird being in a trio, I mean 3 random guys showing up to your door is a bit odd but we make it work. we are working both the stourbridge area and the woodsetton area because elder Wilson will be going back to woodsetton once his greenie comes in in July.
we did find some success this past week! one cool experience was on Tuesday night. we were walking to a place we wanted to work at, and on the way I walked past a street and I felt a “nudge” to go and knock that street. i almost put aside that prompting but I decided to act on it and that street was bumping! we met some sick people on it! another day we were walking and I saw a young couple walking on the other side of the street, so I ran across the semi busy road and started talking to them! as we got talking one of them mentioned the loss of her sister and how that’s been hard on her, we testified of eternal families and the plan of salvation. it was such a good convo! im a lot more confident with recognising and acting on spiritual promptings than I used to be, it’s cool to see that improvement.
during some less effective finding time we called all the funeral homes in the area and put our names on the clergy list. who knows what will come from that. we had a sick ward western bbq night and it was so lit! so many people came and it was a blast! a random guy walked into church on Sunday as well, total miracle. he liked it a lot but as we taught him there’s a lot of concerns that came up, we will do our best with him but still a miracle!
here’s a motivational quote from president hinckley: “You can be excellent in every way. You can be first class. There is no need for you to be a scrub. Respect yourself. Do not feel sorry for yourself. Do not dwell on unkind things others may say about you. Polish and refine whatever talents the Lord has given you. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life and look for its opportunities, and forever and always be loyal to the Church. Never forget that you came to earth as a child of the divine Father, with something of divinity in your very makeup. The Lord did not send you here to fail. He did not give you life to waste it. He bestowed upon you the gift of mortality that you might gain experience—positive, wonderful, purposeful experience—that will lead to life eternal.”
each of you are a child of god, he knows you perfectly. he does love you, and you have everything on your side. after all, if god be for you, who can be against you?
i love you all!! don’t ever fredette it!
elder varner
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