Personal Progression

  The most significant progress made this week was that we got an awesome facebook reference of a family who is very open to the gospel! Let's hope they read the Book of Mormon before our next visit! We also visited some less active members and found a woman with an 11 year-old son who is not baptized, so we're going to start teaching him. 

  I am loving my mission, and we have been very busy, but not too much happened this week, so I'm keeping it short. Please go read any past emails you may have missed!
 We had a very spiritually powerful Zone conference. I love my mission president, he has taught me that I have much more to learn about prayer. For example, you can talk to God about anything, and you can use the spirit to know what to pray for. 
 These scriptures greatly strengthened my desire to be exactly obedient: Alma 26:22, D&C 4
  Love ya'll!

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