Bonney Lake Week 6

hola!

 

hope all is well down there! things here have been going pretty good. we are teaching great people and still trying to find some more, nothing terribly new with life! but its only rained once this week! miracle!

 

this last week we had zone conference which was great! it learned about receiving revelation and the things that we can do in our lives to receive more and how that will help us in the work. it was such a nice reminder because often times we can take it for granite and not appreciate all that god does for is in this work.

 

also this week we had a pretty neat experience with revelation, i love watching the spirit work on investigators and teach them things that they need to know or need to do. we are currently teaching a family and they are great! its a family of 4 and they are loving the gospel, they have come to church 2 weeks in a for and their daughter went to girls camp this last week! they are great. but last night we were teaching them the last half of the plan of salvation and we had just taught the spirit world and we were in a hurry so we didnt teach to much about it and left out that it was a place of learning and a place that we can accept the gospel there too, we then moved on and taught the rest of the plan. after that the mom sat there and you could tell that she was really thinking about something and that the spirit was working on her. she then asked if in the spirit world we could teach the people who didnt accept the gospel in this life and if thats why missionary work was so important! we were amazed at what the spirit had taught her. the spirit truly does testify of truth and its amazing what we can learn if we listen to it! seeing the spirit teach people is one of my favorite parts of being a missionary! because of experiences like this i know that this church is true!

 

i hope you all have a great week!

love you

elder berry

Bonney Lake Week 5

hola!

 

so for the first time in the last year and a half i used sunscreen this week... the sun finally decided to come out for a few days! the only problem with that is when you havent really seen it in the past 9 or so months is you get sunburned really bad! it was great though i have never been so excited to get sun burnt in my life!

 

its been a great week here we have found a bunch of great people to teach, some of which are avoiding us at the moment but we are teaching an awesome family right now! its a family of 4.  we found taught them my first week here and then this last week we were able to put them on date and get them to church! they are doing great! one of the daughters is planning on going to girls camp this week! we are excited for that because if girls camp is as spiritual as they say it is she will get baptized for sure! they are a great family and im grateful i can work with them.

 

this last week i have been thinking alot about nephi and his example that he set. his example was to just go and do, its amazing what we can accomplish with the lords help when we just go and do.  i love nephi's attitude and his confidence in the lord.  it is pretty amazing what miracles can be seen as we accomplish what the lord asks of us. 

 

i hope you all have an amazing week and enjoy the summer!

 

love you

elder berry

Bonney Lake Week 4

hello!

 

its been a good week up here in washington, i actually saw the sun long enough to ge sun burned!! it was pretty awesome!

things here in the area are going alot better im alot more comfortable now im starting to understand where im going all the time haha its weird learning a new area after so long but its great im grateful for a GPS, they are a great invention.

 

so this last week i realized something pretty cool because often times our leaders tell us something that we need to do in our callings or in our lives, but often times we try it and it doesnt quite work or we think its to ahrd and wont work, but it is important that no matter what we just go and make it happen.  in the book of mormon nephi didnt question what his father told him he just went and did, so its important for us to be like him to follow our leaders and make their vision our vision and just go and accomplish all that the lord asks of us. when we do that god will help us out and bless us with all that we need to accomplish his will, and we will be blessed for our obedience to our leaders and the vision that they set in their work.  that is somehting that i have been thinking about this week that we just need to go and do all that the lord asks of us.

i hope you all have a good week sorry its short i have been making forms and stuff haha

 

 but love you

elder berry