July 10,2013

Hey Pops,

Things are going well this week. My companions are learning very well and have taken well to the council that i give them. I am glad that i was given this opportunity to help these two good men. However the work here has slowed to a crawl. The members are not helping very much. We get money to lunch and dont have many opportunities to visit the members. I was at a ward council meeting yesterday and it wasnt very funcional. People arent doing their visits because their partners dont want to do them. They arent doing their stuff and are expected to try and tell others to do them. Its a difficult situation. Then they started arguing about food storage. It was rather ridiculous. I had to bring everyone to a calm and remind them that we where in the house of God. When the ward doesnt work right the missionary work doesnt work right.

 We do have one lady that says she wants to be baptized. Her son was baptized quite some time ago and she feels good about the church. She says that she feels good about the baptism but doesnt have a firm conviction about Joseph Smith. So guess who our focus is going to be this week. With a little faith and prayer Nivalda will be baptized this week.

Good luck on the survival camp. Man i wish i could go. I have been itching to do something like that. Saturday we went to a service project ,all five of us, and we mixed cement for eight hours. It was the old fashioned way with a hoe and shovels. It was a lot of work and i am still sore today. But i feel good about the service and the opportunity i had to use my muscles for something other than flipping pages and walking.

I am extremely happy that the Lord is taking good care of you. It has been a little difficult this week. As i have related the ward is in a low swing right now. I have been feeling very sad these past few days. The prospect of having the people i am trying to bring to Christ being turned away because of cold sholders is a disheartening thing. However I have faith that the Lord has a purpose in all these things. All i can do is hold my head and testimony high and work like there is no tomorrow.

Love you dad and have a great week :)