4/6/2015
Dear Family and Friends,
Happy Easter! I hope
you all had an awesome Easter weekend!!
Thanks to Mom, Omie
& Papa, and Grandma for the Easter packages! Also, thanks to Mom, Omie
& Papa, Lauren L., Alison, Danielle, and Brad for the letters! I love
getting letters from everyone! I'm super blessed to have such supportive people
in my life! The other elders all got pretty jealous when I got all this mail
this past week! Haha
General Conference was
amazing! I was a little bummed that we had to watch it at the Stake Center... I
miss "pajama church"! Haha but it was an amazing experience! I think
it was harder for me to be away for conference than it is for holidays! I had
quite a few favorite talks, but if I had to narrow it down, I'd say that
Rosemary M. Wixom's and Dale G. Renlund's were my top favorites! Sister Wixom
talked about trusting in Christ when times get rough. Turning away from Christ
when dark times comes is like throwing away the life vests when your boat is
beginning to sink! It doesn't make sense! I loved how she said that Christ will
not leave us if we have questions! Asking questions is how we learn. When I'm
teaching someone, I encourage them to ask questions! How else will the come to
better understand the gospel if they don't try and search! Elder Renlund was
the one who quoted Nelson Mandela, "A saint is a sinner who keeps on
trying." I love that quote! All God expects of us is to keep on trying. He
cares more about who we are and who we are becoming more than who we were. All
we can do is keep trying to be a little bit better!
We met with Veronica
this week and told her about the 15-step program to quit smoking and asked her
if she would be interested. She was super excited! We are having a family in
our ward, the parents have quit smoking a few years ago, help us fellowship and
support Veronica! I'll keep you posted as that progresses more. We haven't
started the program yet! Another update for Veronica... we stopped by and there
was this sketchy looking fence in her back yard covered in a black tarp thing.
We asked her what it was for and she said she was working on some stuff back
there.. The next time we went over she told us that she was growing
marijuana!!! AGH! She has all the permits and such, but still!!! Haha I don't
know what to do!!
This week I gained an
even stronger testimony that God is leading His work on the earth! Elder
Bangerter and I were out one night, trying to meet with people. We were biking around,
and would go and visit each person that popped into our mind, but none of them
were home! I was confused because I was sure the Holy Ghost was telling me to
visit these people, but nobody would answer the door! It started getting late
and we started biking back in the general direction of home. While we were on
our way home, I looked up and saw a street that a less-active couple lives on,
and felt like we should go see them. We knocked on their door and the wife came
out and was so happy to see us. She said she must have been subconsciously
praying for someone to come help her. She told us that her sister has been on
life support in France for over a year. Because of French laws, the family
can't tell them to take their daughter off of life support. That night, they
were supposed to have a video conference with the doctors in France. She said
she was scared and didn't feel strong enough to be able to ask the right
questions. She asked us if we would give her a blessing. It was an amazing and
humbling experience! I know the Lord's hand was in all of our cancelled
appointments, and closed doors! All of them led us to this house where this
sister was silently praying for someone to help her!
Oh! I don't know if I
wrote about this in my last email, but the Ostlers will be baptized on May
9th and confirmed on May 10th! I'm super excited for them! They are
the perfect investigators!! They are humble, eager to learn, they follow
through with the commitments we leave them, and they actually come to church!!!
Sister Ostler is the sweetest little old lady every! She can't read the book of
Alma because the wars and all the killing stress her out and she can't sleep at
night!! So funny!
I love you all and
miss you so much! Thank you for all your prayers, letters, packages, and
support!
Love,
Elder Warren
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