Hello Family!
This last week has been pretty good. I actually haven't been talking with Dad about ways to get our names out into the community... i guess great minds just think alike. We were able to have a zone p-day this last week. President said if everybody in the zone remembered to do the weekly e-mail to him we could have a zone p-day and our zone did it. It was pretty fun. I'm feeling sore this morning though... I haven't been that active in a while now. And yesterday was also Presidents Day which is why I am e-mailing you today. We played soccer, basketball, ate lunch and had a nerf war. The weather was nice enough in the morning to play soccer outside which was fun. It was raining pretty hard by the time we were driving home though. But I am surviving the winter just fine. It really hasn't been too bad at all. People and missionaries when I first got here would always tell me how bad winter was here, but their stories haven't lived up to this mild winter.
For Valentines day we ate dinner over at a members house and had some really good fall off the bone ribs. I also wore a pink tie to celebrate the occasion. Brittany I got your package... thank you thank you. It has been serving me well. We picked up 4 new investigators this week and they all accepted a soft baptismal invitation. That is where they agree to baptism, but don't have a date set for those who don't know. They are in cities that are fairly far away from Lenox though so members have been really helpful in driving us there so we can save on miles, and they really add a great spirit to the lessons as well. Some members from E Herrin's last ward came and visited this last Sunday. They brought us a care package that had a bottle of fry sauce in it because the dad was recently in Utah. I was pretty excited.
In District Meetings we have been having some really good trainings. This last week some elders trained on faith and dilligence. Something that came to my mind while they were teaching is that sometimes people use faith as an excuse. They will tell you that they don't need to go to church or live the commandments because they have a faith in Jesus Christ. But faith is much more than that. If we really have a faith in Jesus Christ it will lead us to action. We will demonstrate love to Christ and our Heavenly Father by showing that we are willing to do their will... even if it is hard for us. Faith also increases our confidence in the Lord. Once we build that confidence, missionary work becomes easier. It constantly keeps a smile on your face, even when people don't want to listen to you. I know that this church is true!
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