Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Aug 11 2014



well i cant hardly hangle this whole thing. haha i just wanto to talk to you guys. i dont have enough time to do it.

i will do a weekly thing next week so i can send josie a good email this week.

so this monday we had a super sweet zone activity. it was way fun and we got to eat SUBWAY haha its been 10 months since i have had a nice subway to chow down on so that was super sweet!!! we had a blast and we got to play soccer and it was way fun! haha. here are some pictures of that bad boy. 
haha well edurardo need to have more faith! haha its very hard for him to pay his tithing and told us he doesnt want to continue but we got one more lesson with him this week. but we have a dad and his son that we have been teaching for like 3 weeks now and have had like 3 baptism dates and this week they both came to church in suit and tie and everything and it was seriously one of the coolest things i have seen and they have got a baptism date for  agust 31. haha it was super cool the son is super super excited to get baptized and cant wait. the dad also is excited to get baptized and they are both extremely humble people that are really examples of just how much we dont need to be happy as a family!! also we had another guy come to church whos name is raul and we actually went to his house before church to find him and he wasnt there and then when we got to the church he was sitting there waiting for us! hahah it was super awesome and we are going to but a bapt. date with him today. ! haha it was such a good sunday! also i went to 2 meeting and they are super cool.

i want to share with you mom, ( and all of syracuse) and eternal priniclple that i learned this last week. this life is not perfect and we are not perfect people. the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the only person that gives us that opportunity to be perfected. if we are grateful there is nothing in this world that can take us away from this gospel and the happiness that comes from it. gratefulness is to give thanks for what we have been given and the result is a feeling of love, appreciation from our Heavenly Father that turns into the joy of christ. i want you to read alma 31:38. i testify by the power and authority that i have be given from God that the Joy of Christ is what will take us from the depths of despair to the tops of happiness and peace. I know that this gospel was restored for US in our times of NEED. My dear mom, i want you to know how much i love you and how much  i am praying for you right now. help those that need it because its the only way we can overcome this.

Elder Ethington

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