I'm glad you all made it home safe from St. George, that storm sounds crazy. and i am also glad that you liked the package. i wasn't sure if you had received the one memory card yet or not, so i sent it just in-case. i still cant believe Michael is going to drive buses, but then again if you told me one of my siblings was going to do it i would have said either him or Sam, because they are both up for anything.
anyways, this week was long to be honest. we were only able to teach two lessons the whole week. the good news is that despite that, we had 7 investigators at church on Sunday, most of which are new referrals that we received at church. so this week is way more busy than last week already with just the appointments we set with them yesterday. plus we are going on exchanges twice this week and zone conference on Friday, so this week will go by super fast with all of that even if none of these appointments go through, but i expect all of them to go through.
in mission tour a few weeks ago elder keoliker said that we need to expect to see miracles. and since then i have been studying a lot about expectations. i don't have a lot of time to go through this but most often in the scriptures it is said more in the form of "if you have faith it will happen." well, faith seems to be a term that is hard to understand and apply as it can be used in several different ways. however if you substitute faith for the word expect it makes it a whole lot more simple. "if you expect it to happen, it will happen." and i have been applying it ever since. i started saying several times a day that i expected to receive referrals and investigators, and just yesterday we had those 7 investigators at church 4 of which were new referrals, and the others old investigators that came back. to use the gospel term, it was faith and the mercy of the Lord that made this happen. to use the words of the world, it was my expectations. i expect God to continue to bless me and the people here as long as i am obedient. i expect these people to progress in their knowledge of the gospel and the restoration. i expect more referrals and investigators. what do you expect in your life? is what you expect what you want? if not, maybe you should try doing something differently.
i have to go, but i love and miss you all. have a wonderful week!
Josh
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