SHAKES

 hello hello!

once again, we got shakes from sonic or dq. we can't seem to stop ourselves from getting them often. it was a good week though!

our friend Tina came to church yesterday! so happy she's taking those steps forward. she told us that she knows that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that the Book of Mormon is true. She wants to get baptized, however, she's not married and has been living with the man she's with for about 27 years now. tough situation if you ask me. she's not very adamant about doing so either. 

President Eyring has this book I found in one of the apartments and it is stellar. he talks a lot about the hope that Christ can bring us in hard times. also how the world can be heinous sometimes. when talking about the loss of hope in the world and how there are evil influences all around, he states, "There is an influence of evil in the world, but there is also in the world and across all creation the powerful light of Christ." The light of Christ is divine and is in every natural living thing. 

He makes us a promise in modern revelation. "That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day." (D&C 50:24) we all have that divine potential to persist in anything we do, if it be according to the Lord's will, and our efforts are pure in heart. 

the area is doing super great. we have more lessons than we have time to teach. we taught roughly 14 lessons this week. God is so good! he truly is blessing the lives around us. it is only made possible through Jesus Christ. I'm exhilarated about this area and what God has done for all of us. 

love you all,

elder smith