Thank you for always sending me pictures of ya'll. It always looks you are staying busy and keeping happy!
Awesome
that you went to Temple Square this week. I miss Temple Square a lot. I
really wish that I would have went there more often.
Frog Legs:
On
Tuesday, we had a large meeting with missionaries from all around the
area. It is always a good time to see everyone together. I gave a
'training' for over an hour haha it was so long! It was really fun
though. We just talked about the history of 'Israel', starting with
Abraham all the way to when Moses restored certain priesthood keys to
Joseph Smith (D&C 110).
AFTERWARDS, a family in our ward
took us to dinner at a restaurant called "Antler Cafe" in Bulverde. The
menu looked delicious. Steaks, burgers, ribs and more! However, my eyes
were drawn to something elder on the menu.
They were selling
frog legs. I have never had frog legs before... so I ordered me some
frog legs. They were pretty decent, i'll probably never do it again
though ahah. I'll send ya'll a picture of them
James Richard:
On
Saturday night, we drove up to Canyon Lake to have a baptismal
interview with a man. His name is James Richard. He is around 50 years
old. A classic Texan, he has always worked manual labor and now climbs
telephone poles all day. Being raised baptist, he had a strong love for
the Lord, and had always believed. He had struggles and problem in life,
which soon dissipated when he found The Church.
He had smoked
for 30 years, it was simply just past of his life. He wanted to stop,
but never had a strong enough desire to. Once he was meeting with the
missionaries, he felt that desire. One day he promised God that he would
stop, and he hadn't smoked since that moment.
During our
conversation, I asked him when he first believed that this was all true.
I was half expecting him to say 'while I was praying' or 'It just made
sense!'. Rather, his response was 'Here, at this building'. It was once
he finally came to the Church that he found his testimony.
Sunday
services are infinitely more than just sitting in pews, or watching the
kids in front of us draw in their coloring books. Men like James
Richard can receive revelation from God there. We should never go to
Church expecting anything less than receiving personal revelation.
This Morning:
We
are the closest missionaries to the Temple. Our apartment is only about
a mile away. For working out this morning we all just decided to run to
the Temple.
Big Mistake.
haha It is on the top of a huge hill! It was so hard running up! It took a lot longer than we expected, and it destroyed us.
After
we came home and showered, we met back up at the Temple. A lady in our
ward works at the Temple to clean every Monday. She invited us to help
clean this morning!
It was so awesome! We got a tour of every
room in the Temple, and we were able to clean a lot of it. The Temple is
always spotless, haah but it was fun cleaning it anyways.
Because of everything that we did this morning, we don't have too much time to E-mail!
I love ya'll!
Love, Elder Giles
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