Week 11 - Richland, Washington

This week was a little shorter than usual and that kind of threw me off, but that is all right. (from having a temple day last week)   Elder Aydelottle was feeling a little better so we had more of an opportunity to work … but we had little success in the things that we tried to do.   Eventually we will be more successful.

We had stake conference this week, which was really cool.  All of the speakers did a great job in preparing their talks and the spirit was super strong at the meeting.

We have had the opportunity to introduce people to family history and offer to help them learn more about it - it is cool to see the excitement they have about learning more about their ancestors and we are excited to see that people are interested in the things that we are trying to do to help them come closer to the gospel. I was able to do some family history work on my own and it is cool finding people that you are related to and adding them to your family tree and I can not wait to help the people in this area find their own ancestors and get them excited about the gospel.

This week we finished making our Jesus wall and we are pretty proud of that!  It took about all of our old ensigns to do it but that is all right.

Since we are inside for extra time everyday I have made it a goal to finish the Book of Mormon this transfer and so far it is going pretty well. I am about half way through the Book of Mormon already and will probably finish it soon.

The members in this area are still great!  They feed us great meals and we are very thankful for them and their willingness to support us and the work that we are trying to accomplish in the area.

We had another lesson with some of our investigators this week and we were able to teach them about chastity, tithing and prayer.   They are already doing the things that we taught them so that makes it easier for us, which is nice.  We are really glad that they are willing to do the things that will bring them closer to the gospel.

Spiritual Message:

This week I want to share part of a talk from Gordon B. Hinckley 

Increased faith is what we most need. 

Without it, the work would stagnate. 

With it, no one can stop its progress.

As we go through trials in our life ... we should try to remember that we are never given something we are not able to handle so the trick is to try and figure out what we can learn from the things that we are going through so we can build that faith in Christ so that our testimonies will never be shaken.

Love,

Elder Sugden

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