Hello everyone.

Yesterday after church we came back to the apartment to take a lunch
break, and change out of our suits. Near the end of lunch I really
wanted to go back to the church, I felt like something was missing. I
followed the prompting to return. As we were sitting in the foyer it
was about 2:15pm the YSA ward was in sacrament. I sat there and
pondered my reasoning for returning. I look up, and there's our
progressing investigator. He told us the day before that he wasn't
going to make it, because of work. We went in and sat down,  my recent
convert was there. After the meeting I talked to him, he said he was
going to be ordained a priest today, and that if I had time he would
like me to be the one to ordain him. What an honor. What an
experience. The Lord literally directed me to that moment in time. I
would have not been there if it wasn't for those distinct impressions.

Here's another one. (Mom don't read this one)
I was visiting an investigator the other day in a rough area. As we
were walking toward the door. I looked over and saw a woman sitting in
a mini van; she had her hood up. My first inclination was to go talk
to her, but I felt a strong impression to keep walking. I thought
about it again. I felt weird that the spirit would prompt me to keep
walking. Am I commanded to talk with everyone? But the reasoning came
much later. We invited the investigator to come to the perspective
Elders class. At about 6:50 we called him and he answered and said
that he wasn't able to make it because he was on lock down, the police
had swarmed his apartment complex. We came by after the class to see
if everything was alright, there were no cops. He said "yeah, did you
see that mini van that was parked there?" I said I did. Apparently,
the women in the mini van had a man in the back seat that was wanted
for Meth trafficking. He was armed and dangerous, and the women was
covering for him while he waited for a dealer. Everything about the
incident replayed in my head, the get away vehicle, the woman's facial
expressions. The Lord protected me and my companion that day. Many
people think we are cops, and if we would have approached that van, I
don't know what would have happened.

Went to KCK this week, I was kicking it in the 12th dangerous city in
the US, and proselyting in the 21st dangerous neighborhood in the US.
I didn't know this at the time, but the Lord protected me so I could
help some Elders find a new investigator. We had a great time, pretty
friendly people up in the ghetto!


We were driving home one night and passed a skate park that had been
lite up! Me and my comp were like "let's go talk to those dudes". So
we went and started to talk about the Book of Mormon, but first we had
to slap fives. Then we told them about a popular skater in our ward
from the 90's his name is Ryan Minnick. They thought it was so cool
that we were normal people. Haha! They didn't want our Book of Mormon,
but they said they might come to church. They said that they are
there every day, so we could come back and teach them. We took some
pictures.

This week I listened to a 3 year old little girl recite the 1st
article of faith. "We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His
Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost." Yes, even a 3 year old can
understand that the Trinity is false, and is nowhere in the
scriptures; Because it is is not true. This brings me to my next
point, that even the children of our church have more knowledge of the
gospel than most Christian pastors and ministers. It is so simple that
even a child can understand, yet it is degraded, and picked apart day
after day "as a thing of naught". How easily can we be misguided by
the precepts of man? The cunning craftiness of the adversaries spin on
things. Why do some choose not to be faithful? Why are covenants
forgotten about? The story of Lehi's dream in the Book of Mormon
explains this concept quite simply. "And after they had partaken of
the fruit of the tree they did cast their eyes about as if they were
ashamed. And I also cast my eyes round about, and beheld, on the other
side of the river of water, a great and spacious building; and it
stood as it were in the air, high above the earth. And it was filled
with people, both old and young, both male and female; and their
manner of dress was exceedingly fine; and they were in the attitude of
mocking and pointing their fingers towards those who had come at and
were partaking of the fruit. And after they had tasted of the fruit
they were ashamed, because of those that were scoffing at them; and
they fell away into forbidden paths and were lost." (1 Nephi 8:25-27)
i think about those who fell away from what they knew to be true,
because of mans understanding of the doctrine that has been set forth
by a prophet of God. If they truly had a testimony of the prophet,
they would have not been ashamed, but would have stood ready to pull
through the fight of truth and right.

How is this resolved? Well, we need to hold firmly to "the iron rod".
The Book of Mormon, the scriptures, the words of the living prophets.
As soon as we make the commitment to do these things, we will have
much more faith in what the prophet is saying, because we know the
doctrine, we know gods attributes because they are listed plainly and
clearly in the scriptures. I know a man that has studied the
scriptures every day of his life for the last 30 years. He has not
missed a day, and whenever I ask him a question he opens the
scriptures points to the verse, and recites the line of the cross
references. He is truly rooted in the doctrine. Those who do this will
be happy, and the questions that arise will be answered by "the power
of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost you can know the
truth of all things" (Moroni 10:3-5)


I bare witness of the reality of the Doctrine of Christ. It is the
only true and living doctrine of the father and of the son and of the
Holy Ghost. I know that as we take time to really study the doctrine,
we can become firm in our faith, and we will be unshaken.