Week 101. This is the Lord's work

 Hey. So it's late again but this one is a bit longer so you can take your time to read it until I get the next one out. However late that'll be  until then here are the highlights:

Elliot - last Monday we met after basketball and talked about Prayer and finding answers. It was super cool because he kinda wants to believe but is holding himself back a bit. Very smart dude but struggles understanding faith because it's a new concept but he's willing to try. 

We saw him again this Monday. Basketball was awesome and we were making all of our baskets. It was fun and we set up another lesson for Wed. So follow up will be next week

Zone Conference - we thought it was going to be an 1½hr but it turned out to be 3. It was actually fire tho. Just a ton of things that we can improve on but also some fire spiritual thoughts like Hebrews 9:1 and us being worldly sanctuaries called to a divine service. And how God speaks plainly to help us improve. 

Joshua - we were doing personal study in the morning when we got a call from Cathy (front desk lady at the Institute) and she said someone had walked in looking for a Book of Mormon so we skedaddled over and met him. He's a super cool guy and trying to find God's plan for him and he came to church! 

Kenny - he's moving to Renton, so now we have 5 to pass him off. Our last lesson with him was super cool and we talked about baptism and the Holy Ghost and priesthood authority. He's still thinking and learning but it was really neat to bring that up and help him understand that is a possibility. Hopefully he likes the other Elders 

Disco - went on exchanges with Elder Lund and got to see one of my old comps visiting the mission, Will Harkness. We visited some people and met this cool guy who has upgraded his whole house to be voice activated and a ton of other cool stuff. Hopefully he went to church 

Caitlin - we met with her on Saturday and we went over the baptismal interview questions and she answered all the questions truthfully, even the last one where it asks if she is ready to be baptized, and she said yes! It was super funny because she basically said the fear of disappointing her parents was the only thing stopping her. Pls pray for her parents' hearts to be softened and for hers to fill with peace. 

Carter - we met her on the bus a couple days ago. She had some friends who went on Missions and wasn't really interested but took our number. Then she texted us and asked if we wanted to be fed. It was so nice of them. We watched the Restoration video and although they weren't interested they were super nice 

Missionary prep - the class here is awesome. The kids are so hyped. This last Sunday they all went onto the UW campus and talked to people about the Gospel. It was so cool seeing their energy and desire to try missionary work. 

Spiritual thought - Romans 3. If you haven't read it pls do. It shares a very awesome testimony and Doctrine on faith vs works. It shows the absolute necessity of being saved by grace and a belief in Jesus Christ. And at the end Paul establishes the law through faith. That when we believe in Christ that we will also believe what He asks of us and do our best to become like Him. 

I really liked that and I know that one without the other is not enough. Remember why you do the things you do and that'll lead you to faith. And remember that if you don't choose to follow Christ it isn't a complete faith. Love y'all and hope you enjoy reading for a couple more weeks