Well this week has been an interesting one.. I had some cool stuff happen.

So yesterday we were at our ward mission leaders house when an elderly woman came over to ask for help about her car. The battery had died on the car and so E. Nelson and myself walked over and being the men we are with all of the mechanical background we have said, "Step aside and watch this.." ok so we didn't say that but needless to say we got the car jump started in about 30 seconds hahaha afterward our ward mission leader was talking with her and the woman expressed anxiety because she is going to have a surgery soon and so our ward mission leader being the man he is said well wel have the authority of god to bless the sick, would you like a blessing? haha she said with tears in her eyes "yes I would." so then he was like ok well you tell us when and we will give you one. and she was like right now!! It was really cool! so we went in and explained how we bless the sick and she opened with a prayer to invite the spirit and it was one of the most beautiful prayers I had ever heard. She expressed desire to follow christ no matter what he wanted her to do.. She just said over and over thy will be done and give me the strength to do your will. Her husband has demensia or however you spell that and so its really difficult for her and she expressed things about that in her prayer. It was really touching. So after our ward mission leader asked who would you like to do the annointing and she was like whoever.. and she looked around the room and I was over near the door and as soon as she saw me she said pointing, "Him!" hahaha I was like oh ok. I felt honored to do that for her and I really had alot of love for this lady who just moments before was a complete stranger. I love the gospel. Its all about helping others. I have seen the example of the savior from many of the people I meet and read about. Iam just blown away by the examples of the apostles and the prophets that we have today and I just want to be like them so much. This time here has really changed my life. I have had to give up my desires so much to learn what He wants me to do and who He wants me to become. I love the lord. Here is a cool poem I found this week.

My Kite

By Erin Camp Worland

 I went outside to fly my kite

One breezy day in spring.

I wondered just how high it would go,

So let out all the string.

With the end held firmly in my grasp,

My thoughts began to flow:

Oh, how much higher could it fly

If I’d just let it go?

With that, my hand released the string,

And much to my surprise,

It fell straight down

Instead of soaring through the skies.

What went wrong, I asked myself,

This made no sense at all.

I tried and tried again, but each time

All it did was fall.

So, one last time I ran

To let the breeze lift up the kite.

I let the string out to the end

But this time held on tight.

I smiled as I gazed upon

Those colors way up high.

I realized that, like my kite,

We too need string to fly.

Our string is called the gospel,

And its purpose now is sure.

Temptation’s wind may tug and pull,

But our string can help us soar.

I’ll hold on tight to what I know,

And like my kite I’ll be.

The gospel doesn’t hold us back,

Instead it makes us free!

 

I love you all. I love the gospel. It is true.

E. Anderson