Happy 4th of July

July 6, 2010

Well this week was a change actually, this ward is a lot different than any other ward ive serving in, a lot nicer area, but the ward is awesome. Just some solid families. THe work is good we have a couple good people that are looking into the church but the work in theis area is really slow so we have been bustin tails to get out there and find people to teach. We found five people this week and I love some of them so much. Elder Rice is cool and we get along, compliment each other nicely for sure! The fourth of July really got me thinking of how greatful I am to live in this country where we can freely do the things that we want. I decided to read the prophecies of the promised land that Nephi gave on sunday jsut to remember the promises we have and the signs of the times. Pretty much all of the prophecies in Nephi and even Mormom are true already or have came to pass. Especially in California. I have no doubt that is was meant to be that the founding fathers were truly led by the spirit when they decided to break off and come to this great nation. I cant remeber where i read it but it was a quote from Christopher columbus that said something to the effect of that people would always doubt his journey and make fun of his aspirations but he couldn't deny what had been revealed to him through the Holy Ghost! Im not the biggest history buff or saying those people didnt have flaws but this nation is truly the promised land whether or not the signs of the times show it or not. We had a couple cool experiences, we were going to meet some families from the ward that we didnt know that hadnt been coming to church for a while and we put an address in the gps and it took us to the entire wrong palce, it was so weird, so we pulled up to this house and it was the wrong munber and street, so we go to put the address in the gps again and then i had the thought, Heavenly Fathers GPS wants us to go to this house haha so we parked and knocked and sure enough we taught a lady on her doorstep for an hour who had so many questions, she was in town for only a day more visiting so we'll probably never know how that one works out but it was stilll a way cool experience. We have been so blessed and we just try and open our eyes to see what the real plan is and what Heavenly Father really wants for us. I love it out here, its such an awesome experience to be a missionary. I love you all!