July 16, 2018 - The BOM

This past week has been amazing but also kind of crazy! I have officially made it to 8 months. This has been the best yet craziest journey of my life so far! The biggest thing is that LaTasha was baptized this past Saturday and then confirmed in church yesterday. It has been absolutely amazing to see how much someone can change through the atonement of Jesus Christ. She has a new light that just radiates in her everywhere she goes. At the baptism, my mission president and his wife showed up and both mine and Elder McElmurry heart dropped because they didn't tell us they were coming! LaTasha says the baptism went perfectly though and we got to go to lunch with our mission president which was a lot of fun. We met a man who claimed that he was chosen by God to be one of the 144 thousand people who will inherit the kingdom of God. He was kind of crazy but a very cool guy. We also had someone tell us that a soul weighs 2.6 grams, I'm not sure who weighs people as they are dying but okay. We had a man run up to us and ask us to pray with him as he was going through a lot of trouble in his life. It was a very cool experience because we were able to testify to him that the Book of Mormon can bless his life in many ways and so he accepted one.

LaTasha's Baptism

We were able to witness many miracles as we put many miles on our feet trying to find new people. We decided at the beginning of the week that every person we talked to we would try and teach them about the Book of Mormon and then give them one. Our goal was to get a Book of Mormon in every home. This was a very cool experience as we taught people about the Book of Mormon just because it holds so much power in it. As we would tell them of some of the stories that are in it we could feel the spirit so much and so could the people we were talking to. We saw many people's hearts soften and open to the gospel. It didn't matter how young or how old the person was, as we taught them about the Book of Mormon it brought a new light into their eyes. It brought a new hope into their lives. The Book of Mormon has so much power in it and can answer any question we may have whether it is spiritual, mental, or physical it can help us.  Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, anything is possible! The only limit is what you limit yourself to.