Big Time Week

   Hey yall! This week was a busy one! It was super great!

   This week I was able to give a blessing to one of our members who is going through a lot and feels lost. After the blessing he gave us hugs and said he knows he needs to serve! We're now studying Preach My gospel with him and preparing him. 

  On Wednesday I went on an exchange to Amarillo and it was great! We taught a few lessons and found a new family up there!

  On Thursday we had a Zone Conference in Amarillo. I got to see my old comp Elder Jensen again so that was super fun!

    Okay so Friday was such a good day. So many miracles. We went street contacting in the morning and found two older ladies who wanted to learn more. Then we went to contact at Texas Tech. Lately it's been incredibly difficult because it's only Summer semester right now and everyone we meet is planning to leave Lubbock in less than a week. So we prayed and fasted for some prepared people! We were able to find and teach 5 new people! It was so great! We gave all them copies of the Book of mormon, read a passage with them and talked about the restored gospel. They ALL wanted to learn more. One experience in particular was with Alicia. She works at Tech, and we stopped to talk with her. Elder Tovey and I both felt prompted to share Ether 12:27, and then we testified of Christ's ability to help us in our trials, and fix our flaws. She took the Book of Mormon, hugged it and started crying. She said she has a lot of issues right now and she's been praying for the Lord to send help. She said "it's no coincidence I found you today." So cool!

   On Saturday our friend Kavazzeyah accepted to be baptized! She's gonna be baptized on July 23rd. Pray for her!

   I was also able to go to the temple this week. It was so good to be able to be back! 

   This week I've been thinking a lot about Charity and Christlike attributes. I've realized we don't develop them, but we receive them. And it's so important because our love and attributes are imperfect. No matter how hard we try it won't be perfect! So that's why we need to clean ourselves of all impure things, and do our best to be filled with charity and all christlike attributes. Because then it's not our imperfect love or attribute, but it's Christ's love and his attributes shining through us! We can be vessels for him. I challenge yall to pick a Christlike attribute and work on receiving it! I love yall!

Love, Elder Ryan