One year mark!

Just like hyrum I had to give a talk as well on Sunday. Mine was on the priesthood and I only had a couple hours to prepare for 10 minutes up at the pulpit. I also received a call from the assistance and they asked if I would say the closing prayer at our big conference tomorrow with President and Sister Polley. Today is there first day here in Texas and President and Sister Slaughter have probably already left home. They weren't going to come for several more days but President Slaughter wanted to go home early so that he went home the same day that Joseph Smith what martyred. Exactly one year from today I will be going home. I will also go home the same day that Joseph Smith was martyred June 27th! Crazy how fast time has gone by and that I'm already a year into my mission.


This week started off with District Leader Council. Last meeting and time with President Slaughter with all the District Leaders. We had a great 3 hour council and was able to receive Presidents vision for the mission and also prepare for President Polleys arrival. It will be exciting to have a meeting with the Polleys tomorrow. I know that they have been called by God and that as we follow their council we will see miracles happen.

No investigators came to church. Marta has still been struggling with the word of wisdom. We are going to need hyrum to come and share his talk with her. We will hopefully be meeting with her tonight and will be discussing sacrament and why it is so important. Last lesson we had we taught about the importance of the Book of Mormon and prayer. We are trying to help her recognize her answer to the Book of Mormon.

We got rained on a little these last couple days. After much convincing and also consistency I was finally able to get my companion to get out and work in the rain. After walking in the rain the lord blessed us. We meet someone that mentioned how he wants to change and wants to help his family draw closer to Christ. We had to send him off to another Ward but hopefully he will get baptized.

"Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb all your interest, energy and enthusiasm.  The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well."