Lions

 Hello!! Some highlights this week were I went back to Amarillo on exchanges, and I got to hang out with some lions and chimpanzees again. We also found some cool new people at Tech!

    This week was really good. We've been working a lot with our recent convert Olivia and her friend Whitney. They're so awesome. We were able to go to the temple and do baptisms for the dead with them this weekend and it was so cool! They both has family names to be baptized for which was even more special.

    Had a cool experience with our friend Caden. He's really smart, so he understands what we teach but he's missing the spirit aspect. We taught from 3 Nephi 11 where the Nephites hear the voice 3 times but only understand it the last time because they "open their ears and look steadfastly toward heaven." He was able to understand the importance of our efforts in listening to the spirit and it was super cool!

    We had a way cool miracle at Sacrament meeting. Our friend Caden was there again, and he's doing so good. He wants to be baptized!! He told us he's shooting for end of December to beginning of January, but he's so ready so hopefully we can move it up. Anyway, during sacrament he got up and left. After about 5 minutes, Elder MacDougall and I had the thought to go check on him. When we went into the hall, there were two YSA age people named G and Madeleine sitting there. We talked to them and they felt like they should attend church and they picked a random one and ended up at ours!! Seriously so cool how the Lord will put people in our path at all times if we listen to the spirit.

    We found a new girl named Nia, who is really cool! She didn't love her other church because she didn't feel welcome. She's excited to look more into our church because she wants a new "church home." 

    There is a really inactive member in our ward named Andrew. He hasn't been the whole almost 6 months I've been here. The other day I had a random thought to call him, so we did and he actually answered and set up time to meet which is super rare. When we met he said that a week ago he was praying to God to help guide him, because he felt depressed and alone. Then we called, and he said he was gonna ignore it per usual haha, but he remembered his prayer. We had an amazing lesson with him. He also came to sacrament on Sunday!!

    The lesson was all about the grace of Jesus Christ, and his ability to forgive us OVER AND OVER,  and his power to heal us. Remember at all times that Christ suffered completely alone in the Garden of Gethsemane, and he bore the cross by himself so that when we go through our Gethsemanes, and when we bare our own cross, we DO NOT do it alone. 

3 Nephi 9:13-14 "O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they, will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?

    Yea, verily I say unto you, if ye will come unto me ye shall have eternal life. Behold, mine arm of mercy is extended towards you, and whosoever will come, him will I receive; and blessed are those who come unto me."

Love yall!