Week of good stuff and fresh eggs.....

Hello this week was a pretty good week. We had the usual bi polar weather so that was good but it was kinda a cloudy, rainy week, but any who so the highlights from this week. On Monday we got together with all the elders and sisters here in the city and we played volleyball and that was fun and we played a little basketball so that was good also! It was a fun p-day and Tuesday we went that night to see one of our investigators these black kids we teach  We teach 4 kids their names are Travell, Silence , McKalya, and Ajiha, but that night only Silence who is 8 and Mckalya who is 14 were there and they had read what we gave them to read. It was just Moroni's promise, but it was a really good lesson we taught them the song Search, Ponder, and Pray and it was good. We went through Moroni's promise with them very simply. They have a lot of potential to progress it is just getting their mom on board as well. That could be the issue, but it was good! 

So Wednesday was a great day. In the morning we took off for a town called Kasson where we were going to a District meeting and it was a good meeting and then we ate lunch and we went on exchange with the Austin elders. So i went down to the city of Austin with Elder Johnston, who after his mission will be a kicker on the football team at Utah, but he is a cool guy. Austin this town is named spam town usa because the hormel plant is there and so a ton of spam gets made there and it doesn't smell the best at times it smells like pigs, but ya it is a nice town we went and saw this old guy who is 99! and turns 100 soon but he was the first member in Austin he brought the church to Austin, but we visited with him and it was good! He talked about how there is going to be a 100 years total of missionary work in his family soon he was a nice guy. Crazy how old he is and he didn't look almost 100, but it is really cool like all but 2 or 3 of the members of his family are active in the church so that was awesome to hear. It was a great visit and after that we went and stopped by a family named the Grush family because well sister Grush is Sarah Mitchell's sister. So I went to say hi, but ya that was cool she sent a pic of me to Sarah and then we helped her jump her car and she gave us fresh eggs from her chickens and so that was cool and ya it was just cool and ya, but then we went to the church and I did an interview for there investigator who is getting baptized. His name is Than Za Oo he is Karen, but he is 15 years old it was a good interview he is ready to be baptized, but ya after the interview we went with them to a member's house for dinner and it was good the family is semi active and he took us on a tour of his work facility on the way to his house. He runs this place where they fix farm equipment it was cool but ya it was a good day in Austin.  I met Sarah's sister, got some fresh eggs out of it that elder Johnston let me keep and some of the eggs were huge! but ya it was a great day! down in austin! 

The rest of the week we had a little success and we had a good lesson with our investigator Danny he loves church he comes every week, but he has a court date that he has to get sorted out and he needs to quit smoking. He is close to baptism but ya he is an awesome guy. I think he will get baptized in May so that will be good for him finally! but ya it was a good week on Saturday we helped a member move a tree in his yard and then we went and had some Cambodian food again it was super good as always and this week we are going to his house for some chicken feet so that should be good! but ya we also set it up to eat with a less active family for Sunday who has a son who just turned 9 who is not baptized and the kid told us "ya I just need to get baptized" so we are really trying to work with them and ya Sunday was good. Church was good, but the highlight of the day was dinner with the Schultz the less active family and it was good we got them all to commit to come to church on the 24 so that will be great. They are less active because they feel not wanted at church, but that was in a different ward so we are going to change that and missionaries have gotten to close to them so we are going to get them member friends that won't leave so that will be good. I am excited to work with them! but ya in my studies this week I read the rest of the book of Mormon I fished for the 3rd time on my mission so that is good, but I really like Moroni 7 especially when it is talking about charity when it says in verse 44

44 If so, his faith and hope is vain, for none is acceptable before God, save the meek and lowly in heart; and if a man be meek and lowly in heart, and confesses by the power of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ, he must needs have charity; for if he have not charity he is nothing; wherefore he must needs have charity.

The last part is what I was really pondering about if he has not charity he is nothing that hit me hard. I mean charity is big if you don't have it you have nothing because you can't have any Christlike attributes it you don't have Charity because it is the pure love of Christ and if you don't have love you can't have faith because if you have faith you will act and if you don't love you won't act, but charity will make your life just better. I have noticed that as I have been praying with all energy of heart for charity it has made me a better person. I enjoy being with everyone and enjoy life all the time. It is great. Charity will open your mind and change your life! I love it just take Moroni's invitation and pray with all energy of heart and you will obtain it! 

but oh ya something cool that I forgot is Thursday night we got some youth and an adult member together and played basketball with our black kids that we are teaching and it was one of the kids birthdays it was super awesome it was fun, but this week was a good week. I hope that you all have a great week! 
till next week 
love 
elder howe