This is the distict with all of our new regulation bags! For those of you who don't know backpacks have been done away with in favor for bags because they are more proffesional(or so i am told, i heard it's because our area will be getting ipads soon and its easier to have those in bags)
Well as you can see we are all stylin' here so don be jealous ya'll.
Well i learned something that's a good way to stonewall a bible basher(and i's not just for that it's good for disputes over doctrine too) say simply "if the book of mormon has the same doctrines as the Holy bible, why are you averse to reading it?"
To give a quick recap of how i got to this let me tell you about Michael Kellim. Michael Kellim is a guy i met on the first day i go out into the missionfield, he stopped me and colburn on our way to the library to check out emails and lds.org. He told us he wanted to ask what we believed in, we met him later that same day and he threw at us stuff about how christmas today is about pagan worship and so is easter. He is a seventh day adventist so he believes the sabbath is on saturday.
Every visit after he kept asking the same thing over and over "why don't you worship on saturday, why do you celebrate christmas and easter, why eat pork at all?" So i finally told him, "Read the book of mormon and find a scripture there and i will totaly know what you preach is true" Simply put he went in circles after that and i felt kinda bad like i had pinched a moths wing or something but the truth is that the book of mormon was given so we wouldn't confuse doctrine. Read it and be blessed is all i have to say on that for now(although i could go for days now that i am all the way in Mosiah. I read the Holy bible too and i have to say this, Psalms is the most BORING DRY book there is in there. T^T oooh my goodness i get bored to tears reading davids songs all ending with Selah over and over again.)
Last fast and testimony meeting i stood up and bore testimony that was pretty cool. I have been doing well and have done service for so long it's going to become second nature. (maybe i'll join a lyons club once i get back in phoenix, i don't know.)
This last weekend a celebration happened in kamiah called barbeque days, and that was excellent! Bro Weeks made us burgers and fries once for lunch and porkchop and dutch oven potatoes one night and both were sooo delicious. (i hugged him later as repayment and told him he was awesome to feed two missionaries) We met people, handed out passalong cards and it was all so much fun. our phones didn't work because of the influx of people and there being only one cell tower around sooo that was a bit annoying but all still good. I also bought a marine corps. pin and have it on my bag now, it's nice too.
Maaan i have to tell you this though, letters cheer up a missionary to no end, my companion got one last tuesday and is still smiling more today, so lighten up your missionaries day and send a letter every so often.(not this wek though cuz i might not get it, who knows where i will go transfer day. the next sunday this week AKA the eighth of september)
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