If you see Jillann Mackey again, tell her I
say hello. Fun Fact: she served in an area in Sweden where Christian
Schanner lives as a member of the
bishopric. He is one of the missionaries up at USU that assisted in
baptizing me back in '09. Maybe it's only being involved with the
mormon community that makes it seem like a small world.... =P
Send pictures of Gabe's chipmunk cheeks if you have
any. Bahahaha! Hey, Joe, if you want a job you can get into computer
programming. There are always little online jobs where you can write a
snippet of code for someone and get paid for it. I contemplated that a
few times.
As for myself....the opposition continues. Elder
Grant says he has never encountered anything like this throughout his
mission and we've both been through most of the zones. There seems to
be a spirit of animosity against us that I have never seen anywhere
else. Haha! Perhaps the "old south" is returning when they would tar
and feather elders and run them out of town. JK. No worries; it's
probably just the hot weather that has gotten people's blood boiling. We
are pressing forward knowing that miracles come after the trial of
faith and are expecting a large harvest of souls in the near future.
The youth in the stake just returned from "The
Quest". Since they don't have Trek here, for youth conference the stake
decided to bring everyone together and re-enact scenes from the Book of
Mormon for several days. As they relayed to us, it was a powerful
experience to re enact scenes like Christ coming to America, the people
of Ammon kneeling down and being slaughtered by their enemies, the 2000
stripling warriors, etc. After the re-enactments they would "liken the
scriptures" to themselves and see what they could learn from these
experiences. They went all out with foam swords, cardboard shields, and
making tunics for everyone. The kids had a blast and came back with a
lot of enthusiasm for the Book of Mormon.
Anyway, I'm excited for August when the
students will be returning to UF and the local community college. We
seem to have greater success with the people our own age.
With love,
Elder M.
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