Word of Wisdom lesson!

Once again another great week here in Texas. Zackery Call and his mother came to church for the third time in a row now and he will be baptized this Saturday. Also the Marquez family came to church. The other day at one of the lessons with the Marquez family we had a fun activity to teach the word of wisdom. We had an empty backpack and had them run and jump and do push ups with it on. They were able to easily do all of this. After we started to fill the backpack with old area books that resembles one of the five different substances we shouldn't put into our bodies. Then we had them try and run around, jump, and do push ups. They struggled trying to work out with all of this weight in the backpack. It is amazing how God will truly bless us with health and strength as we live the word of wisdom. I have no doubt that the word of wisdom is true and was revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith.

We also received a referral from online this week. The ladies name is Erma Jones and she is a true Native American (Apache). She ordered a bible from Mormon.org and we went over to deliver the bible and gave her a Book of Mormon. She shared with us how she has been watching several different pastors from TV talk and she has been confused because most of them don't use the bible as they speak and also if they do she thinks they interpret the scripture wrong. She also mentioned how she use to be catholic but doesn't believe the catholic church is true. We were able to teach her only for a short amount of time due to being late in the night but she understood what we shared and said she would read from the Book of Mormon. She didn't come to church because her grandchildren were sick and she had to take care of them. Hopefully we can meet with her in the next couple days and share more about the restored gospel. She has had many hardships in the past and I know that the gospel will be able to bring her more happiness and joy then she has yet felt. The restored gospel is just so great!

Elder Biesinger and I had the opportunity to speak on Sunday in one of our three wards and share with them the ward mission plan. I spoke on the importance of daily family prayer for missionary opportunities. I know that with the faithful members in our wards that as they pray and find people to share the gospel with we will be able to see many miracles in the weeks and months to come. Another great week that flew by and another one to look forward to. We also have been able to tell that the Longhorns have had a great start to the season! Football is crazy here.

"May we be DIFFERENT in order to make a DIFFERENCE in the world"