Service Is Solid!

Hello family and friends!!!

I just want you to know this letter is approved so it's all good!  Trust me I have a good excuse for not writing until now.  It is because we got to go to the temple.  Can you guess which one? Any guesses?   I'll tell ya.  Drumroll.. dadadadadadada It was the WASHINGTON DC Temple!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!  A family in the Sisters' area had the opportunity to get their endowments awhile back and they were sealed in the temple!  It was sooooo cool!!!!!!!!!!!  I will let you know how it went on Monday in my next letter cause I don't have much time.  

This week was pretty awesome!!!!!!!!!!! We did a ton of service and of course you know that

I LOVE SERVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's the best thing ever to go and serve whether it be a group of people, a member, a friend, or even a complete stranger.  Whatever it is, service softens hearts!!!!!! Can I get an AMEN???!!!!!!!!!!   We were able to see our good friend S.  We had lunch over at Mama D's house so that's how we saw S.  He is doing good- I mean really good!  He was telling us how he felt the Spirit so strongly this week twice on two different occasions.  The first time he was browsing the internet when all of a sudden he came

across a picture of the Provo City Center Temple.  He said he suddenly felt the spirit and now that temple is his new favorite!  He then emailed his nonmember wife and said that they were going to be sealed in that temple. It was funny but powerful at the same time!!!!!!  The second experience he had was when he watched "How Rare A Possession." It is a true story based on the life of Vincenzo di Francesca.  He was a boy who grew up to be a minister.  He was wise and knowledgeable with the scriptures.  One day he came across a book in an alley and opened it up with.  The cover page was torn out so he didn't know the name of the book but decided to read it (this is how Parley P. Pratt is connected with him).  He learns that it is from God and begins to preach from it.  His church authorities basically give him 2 choices-  to either discontinue his ministry or burn the book. He stops his ministry.  He continues to read from the book and he faces more difficulty and persecution as he will not deny the truthfulness the book.  He learns of the origin of the book and finds out about the church.  He writes to many church leaders asking to be baptized but due to the wars, he isn't able to.  I won't spoil the ending- you will just have to watch it.  As S watched the video, he said he felt the spirit so strongly.  He said he was going to share it with his Aunt and his Dad who are both against the church.  So this is a HUGE step for him.  

We biked a ton this week.  It was pretty fun.  I wouldn't recommend a biking trip in a white button up shirt, tie and slacks- it's not a very enjoyable ride haha!!!!! We always show up to appointments sweating like crazy hahaha!!!!!  We did a lot of door knocking without much success but that's alright, like I said, this week was a ton of service!!!!  We started out cleaning out a house for a guy named K.  Remember him?  I told you about him last Monday.  If didn't tell you that we took all the metal to the scrapyard so he could make some money.  It's cool throwing metal onto other metal cause it makes cool noises and clashing sounds.  I was pretty happy breaking stuff 'cause to be honest, I think that's my forte hahahahaha!!!!!!!!  On Thursday a young couple in the ward was putting in a trampoline and I was wanting to get down and dirty.  My companion and the sisters were on board so off we went!!!!  We each took different jobs to get make the pit for the trampoline. We were able to get the outer ring of the tramp balanced and set inside the pit.  It was pretty steady too. I was jumping on it and it didn't budge one bit.  It was a lot of fun (quite a bit of work and a lot of sweat) but it just reiterated to me that working hard is good for the body and the soul.  It helps to turn around negative thinking!   

Then on Saturday we helped out the good family (the Ps).  We were over there for quite a

while to but that is exactly where we needed to be!!! The Ps are a new family that moved in, young couple.  He is a doctor still going to school so it's difficult for him to do all the projects at home.  Sister P works from home while she juggles the kids.  How she does it I have no idea; however, she does it fantasticly!  They are very selfless and have helped out other families before getting to their stuff.  We knew we wanted to help them out so we asked them to contact us so we could go over and help with some projects! So that's exactly what we did.  We chipped some of the wall that was in the basement as he wanted to level the surface.  They are just such a great family and have a ton of love for
everyone around them. 

So that was pretty much it for this week.  Sorry this letter isn't very long but I'll make up for it on Monday.  Love you.  BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Elder Cahoon the Baboon