Letter #51

 What's up everybody! Sorry it's been a while since I've written an email but how's life going? 


We started this week off pretty normal, Elder Richardson and I just biking around and talking to everybody. It rained on us a few times, which now I feel like a real missionary cause that's how they did it in the old days.

One super cool thing happened this week, we met with Asher again and put him on date for baptism on February 17th! The lesson went really well. Asher has a really hard time paying attention usually but he was able to focus for most of the lesson this time. We got out of the lesson and told him to go tell his parents about the date and continued on with the day.

 I was really worried about what the parents would say, if they would be OK with Asher learning or if they'd complete shut it down. One tender mercy that the Lord gave us though was that we happened to run into Asher a few hours later completely by accident. (Fun story actually, it was 8pm, dark outside, and Asher was in some neighborhood blowing up cans of black powder in the middle of the street. Wild kid.) We asked if he had told his parents about the baptismal plan and he said he did, and to my surprise he said that his mom was not only ok with it but she was happy for him! 

The step dad was a little more hesitant and I do have a favor to ask from yall , he isn't sure if Asher is ready for it right now and is trying to decide if Asher should be meeting with us. Please pray that his heart may be softened that that he'll see Asher is more ready than he realizes! Asher does have some struggles but he truly has a desire to come closer to God, often times I feel like he is misunderstood. 

That's all I have time for, but I wanted to share a quick though from my studies recently, in 3 Nephi 5: 22 it says, " And insomuch as the children of Lehi have kept his commandments he hath blessed them and prospered them according to his word."

Prosperity, whether in temporal, spiritual, or other means, comes because God is blessing us for our obedience to His will. That's His promise to us! Peace out ✌️ 


1. Biking in the rain
2. The guy who owns the Casita we live in just bought a brand new R8 🤑, I kinda want to ask if he'd trade for my bike



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