Hey y'all it's getting colder well this week was crazy!! We got
to do service 4 times this week we did it Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Monday
today. It was good doing service I just love service it is always fun if you
have a good attitude. I exerted so much energy with wood chopping this morning!
It was crazy because I got the axe stuck in some wood and I took the axe and
picked up the wood and slammed it down on another piece of wood and the piece
of wood broke into like 4 pieces and splinters the splinters got stuck in my
hand and sliced my pinky open it looked gross until I cleaned out the dirt and
splinters and blood. Like I said I exerted so much energy during wood chopping
this morning. My shirt was soaked I took it off and could wring out the sweat
it was crazy my legs were all shaky and wobbly I was soaked and I was wet and
sweaty and salty and nasty a shower never felt so good!! All is well life is
great!!
Well the spirit was super strong this week. I had one of my
prayers answered on Thursday and this is a prayer I prayed in the morning. I prayed
for the opportunity to serve someone and well at 4 o'clock we were driving and
all of a sudden we see this lady pulling weeds with this odd looking tool I had
never seen before. It has like a rake on one side and on the other side it is
sort of like a hoe anyways we stopped and asked if we could help we shook her
hand and then I took the tool and worked hard and uprooted those weeds. Not
only did we get the chance to do service but we got to meet her and she
referred us to her boyfriend who is less active! So that was definitely a
blessing.
One cool thing that I got to do that most people won't have the opportunity
to do on their mission was I got to dedicate a grave. Serving with a branch has
been a great honor and privilege because I get to experience things I would not
be able to experience had I not been called to serve where I am. The spirit was
so strong in that house during the testimony sharing meeting. You could
definitely feel a spirit of genuine love and compassion for the couple who had
a miscarriage. But it was soooo great we all said today is a day of sadness but
also a day of great joy and praise. An investigator we have pretty much quoted
a whole chapter and she didn't even know it she pretty much quoted the whole
chapter of Alma 32. Then we went to the family cemetery and buried the body
where I had the privilege of dedicating the grave. The spirit was sooo strong.
It was a really cool experience. I was pretty nervous but it was cool!!!
I know that I have been called on my mission to this specific
area. I have been called to labor among the Apache Native Americans. My # 1
reason for serving my mission is that I want to do the WILL OF MY FATHER IN
HEAVEN!! If that means more fasting I'll fast more if it means study through my
lunch and dinner break I will gladly do it. I will spend every ounce of energy
in my body to do the will of the father!! I know God lives I know that he is my
father and that he loves me. I know that Jesus Christ is my savior and
redeemer. He suffered and bled and died for me he knows my sorrow my grief and
my pain. I love my savior Jesus Christ. He is my brother my redeemer and my
friend. I know the Book of Mormon is true I have had the spirit testify powerfully
of its truthfulness so powerfully that I could not hold back my tears. Everyone
if you don't have a testimony start with the desire to have one. Plant your
seed in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Nourish your seed feed it and it will
grow into a beautiful tree. That tree will bear fruit and then you must share
the fruit share your testimony often and to all people and they will plant
seeds of their own go out and do God's work here upon the earth. You don't need
a badge to do Gods work.
Elder Walker
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