June 2, 2015
Hello!
Happy Tuesday, sorry I forgot to give a heads up
that I'm going to the temple today so emailing is now instead of yesterday.
Hope you weren't too concerned at home.
Brother Singh, we had a few meetings with him.
Basically, he talked with us on the street because he felt like we could help
him. We had two appointments and we're praying for him, hoping that he grows
and becomes more open. He wants things to change in his life but right now he
isn't too interested in changing, we'll see what happens.
We haven't had a street display yet (yep,
Straßenausstellung) still working on getting government permission on that,
I'll let you know when we do though.
Yep, Jesus Christ and his Gospel are perfect. We
do our best to grow, to become better, to serve as well as we can (and with His
help, a lot better than we can) but we definitely are not perfect.
Last night we played soccer with our ward
mission leader's family and a few friends. So much fun! I'm really sore today,
kind of out of shape compared to before I left, but it's ok. Elder Fitzgerald
and I eat pretty healthy food. Lots of fruits, vegetables and grains at home.
Occasional baked goods and breads, less meat than I used to eat, but I don't
exercise how I did before and I still eat an egg every morning (1 egg with
sweet mustard and 1 apple or orange, typical Elder Blanchard breakfast).
Good lessons and thoughts on faith this week,
from the Book of Mormon, Alma
32 faith being compared to a mustard seed, having some desire to believe.
We talked with a family in the ward about faith at an appointment on Sunday
night, so important that our faith is based in Christ. Starting with pray, with
having a desire to believe, then a belief in God. Other things follow. The
purpose of life, preparing to meet God. How do we do that? By getting to know
him better while we're here. By learning to love Him and doing what he would
have us do.
Have a great week, grow
your faith, love eachother,
Elder Blanchard
Hayden, so happy to hear from you always. Those moments shared with ward members playfully are important, they restore confidence and build strength. Have a great week.
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