Week 96. Mos's Decision

 Hey everyone, here's anotha one 

E. Stott - started off the 4th with an exchange. In Shorline with Elder Stott. He's been out for 3 months and is an absolute stud. We had a lot of fun lessons and then got fed a huge barbecue from someone they were teaching. It was nice. 

E. Williams - immediately after that we exchanged with the Lake Union elders and I went with Elder Williams (from my MTC district) . It was super fun. In nearly 2 years and this is the closest I've served with anyone other than Elder Harkness. Crazy. Anywho, we had a great time talking and working together. And then for dinner he put frozen chicken in a crockpot with Olive Garden Italian dressing. It was crazy good

Camille - finally had an actual lesson with her instead of being on exchanges. We talked about Heaven and our beliefs of a place in Heaven for everyone and the Doctrine behind it. Her response was that our belief makes too much sense.   I think her real roadblock is loved ones who would shun her if she joined our church. We'll continue to meet with her and help her how we can. 

Mos's Decision - so if all y'all remember a while back Mos made the decision to decide if he was going to be baptized or not, on the 5th. So we contacted him and met him real fast on the 6th before a trip to Cali. And he said he wasn't sure why he had waited this long to decide to be baptized. Then he chose December 1st as his date. We are so excited for him tho

Saturday - we had breakfast with Jay. I met him my first Sunday in Seattle and haven't really seen him since. Then he invited us over, said he had read the Gospels for the first time and we went over and talked and read Ruth together. It was super cool because he has a really good understanding of the Hebrew Bible and is trying to understand the new Testament. 

Then we met with Caitlin and read 2N31 about baptism and then had dinner with Donovan and his girlfriend. It was super fun

Spiritual thought - 2 Nephi 2:25

Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.

I think a lot of people think that when they share the gospel that they've failed if they got rejected or the person doesn't immediately believe. This scripture reminds me that everyone is here to find happiness. The goal of sharing the gospel and being a light is just to help other people find happiness. Some people aren't ready and that's okay, others feel the happiness that comes from the Gospel. The same we all feel, so pls don't put added pressure on yourself or beat yourself up when sharing God's love doesn't go as planned. Just keep doing it, your missionaries will appreciate it, those open to it will appreciate it, and God loves when you do it. 

Good luck y'all love ya