The Breaking of the Fellowship

This has been an exciting week. I’m going to share a spiritual thought given to me by my wonderful Grandma Guptill that has inspired me and was shared at precisely the right time for me.

“Obedience is not a mindless shifting of our responsibility. Instead it is tying ourselves to a living God who will introduce us—as soon as we are ready— to new and heavier responsibilities involving situations of high adventure. Obedience, therefore, is not evasion; it is an invasion— one that takes us deep in to the realm of our possibilities.” – Elder Neal A. Maxwell

Obedience is key. That is something that has been repeated over and over again to me ever since I opened my mission call. That probably means it’s important. I can testify that obedience brings miracles to our lives.

Tue 27th 

I went on an exchange with Elder Staker in Slaughter; it was awesome! We visited a lot of people with a member called Zade; he was awesome.

Wed 28th 

We went to DC and had PPI’s which were really awesome. I started my exchange with Elder Bamala and since Slaughter doesn’t have a car, we quadded up with them for the day and went over the Mississippi river to a town called New Roads where we got caught in a big storm.

Thu 29th

Elder Bamala was awesome at the Branch scripture study and I’m finally starting to remember members’ names. We also moved around some furniture.

Fri 30th 

We did some service in the morning and got some cool little Jesus’s and we also visited a ton of referrals driving all the way down to Kentwood, Louisiana.

Sat 31st

We drove to Central where the Pride Elders live and I finally reunited with Elder Weber and had our weekly planning. We then went to Stake Conference where we sung Armies of Helaman.

Sun 1st

We sung Armies of Helaman for the general session of Stake Conference and I made a cool origami fan out of the program. We also had some delicious shepherds pie with the Reynolds.

Mon 2nd 

We went to the Cullota’s family pond and went fishing and played KanJam, Cornhole, and Tennis. We then did service at Brother Burts helping him pick blueberries.

I love hearing from you!

May the light of Christ be in your heart.

– Elder Ward