Hey all wow, where do I start with this week? It was super crazy that's pretty much all I can say. We got home last night from our zone conference on the other island; it was a blast having a little plane pretty much to ourselves. We had the conference and interviews at the same time. The American members there, (that island is the one with the American base on it) prepared an amazing lunch for us, turkey, soup, salad... it was the best meal that we have had in a while since E. Mclean and I have been on a pancake and breakfast burrito diet. Things are going great in our area, so many great things are happening. We're seeing the hand of the Lord guide us. We just have to realize that we don't know anything, (we literally don't in terms of the area and such) so we just have to rely on him. I found out on Sunday that Elder Togo baptized one of Olga's friends, Olga is such a great recent convert I hear they are lining up several other friends/family members of hers to baptize. I still want to find the kid that gave us that address and give him a big hug:) I love this work and my area and companion. We have a few people that are coming along well. In that activity we were able to bring two families who had never seen the chapel there so that was wonderful. They liked the open house and the presentation of each class. They didn't come to church but we did have a great experience on Saturday. Our day was going a little slow and we decided to pray about a place to go so we got the map out and prayed. I felt like we should go to a certain road a ways away, so we went there but when we got there, there weren't a lot of people there. In fact there was hardly anyone there and there were no doors to knock only stores. So I started to doubt the feeling that I had about the street so we kept walking and turned and as we went up the next street we met a guy coming down the street, (the only guy on the street) and we contacted him. It turns out that he knows a few of our members and was very open to our message. We invited him to go to church the next day and he came. It was a very inspiring experience. The Lord knows exactly where we should be and he is willing to send us there if we are willing to hear his voice. I am super excited to see all of my new cousins it's cool that there are new ones on both sides of the family. Well I hope you all had a great week even though everyone was gone and that you have a great week this week. I love you all and I hope you can feel the love traveling across the Atlantic, (I mean I am a little closer to you now so you should be able to feel it at least a little bit stronger right?)
PS Ry-speaking of merit badges you should check out a talk given by John Bytheway called "Jesus knows I'm a Christian" I heard it this morning. You've got to listen to it to see how it ties in with merit badges. Everyone else, keep reading the scriptures and praying ok!
Love, Elder Lindquist
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