Thank
you for the email. It sounds like things are going great at home.
Things are definitely going great here in Battle Ground, Washington.
Mike
and Teresa came to church again. It is the first time that they have
come back to back weeks since I have been here. I have felt the change
within them so I am excited to see if they continue to do it. Mike has
some great fellowship in the ward an so does Teresa. There is just that
dreaded chastity lesson coming up haha. We are planning on teaching the
Word of Wisdom this week, but we will see what happens.
We
finally got in with the Gonzalez family! We just randomly stopped by
and they were home. They are some of the nicest people I have talked to
on my mission. They are incredible. The mom had some tough questions,
but she was really sincere. She asked why we considered some sins bigger
than others and why we have to go to the bishop. The dad has read the
Book of Mormon. He was a pastor, but not anymore. They have three
daughters (the same ages as me, Austin, and Carson) and the middle
daughter had some questions about the church so her dad was like, "well,
here is what I know, but if you really want to know then you should
meet with the missionaries." That's about the time we randomly knocked
on her door! We are going to meet with them this week. Thanks for all of
the prayers!
Our ward got shaken up quite a
bit. So our ward and the Maple Grove ward were two rectangles on top of
each other. Now they are side by side if that makes sense. So we pretty
much have half of our ward and half of the Maple Grove ward. Then they
changed the names to the Battle Ground first and second wards. There are
only a few weeks left of the transfer, so we will see what changes need
to be made. Overall, I have been impressed by the reaction of the
people so far. We will see if it changes over the next few weeks.
I
am so excited for Justin! There is a missionary out here that I am good
friends with that is from Reno. His name is Hunter Brasher.
Connections? Also, there is a missionary in the Battle Ground ward
serving in the Kingston, Jamaica mission. He has some interesting
stories. Good for Brodey!
I love hearing about
he baseball updates. You never know what can happen in baseball.
Baseball is the flukiest (is that a word??) sport. Just catch fire at
the right time. I love hearing about the Cavs. There are not too many
basketball fans here in Battle Ground so any update is news to me. I am
glad that they are doing well...but not too well :-)
I
loved a talk given at our sacrament meeting yesterday. He gave a talk
based on Lyn G. Robbins talk called Which Way do you Face? He talked
about the fear of man. He said that for the most part, we are all
willing to die for our faith. If somebody told us that they would kill
us if we didn't deny Christ, most of us would move on to the next lief.
But would we start up a conversation about religion with a lifelong
friend? That is much more scary because it is the fear of man. It is
much more admirable to overcome the fear of man than the fear of death.
It was a good thought and I am going to try to apply that this week.
Thank
you so much for the email again. I love hearing from my family. I am
also excited to skype in a couple of weeks. Let me know if there is
anything that I can do for you. Have an awesome week. I love you!
Love Jaxon
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