Hello family! (everyone is family)

 

Well what a great week to be alive right!? well I sure hope you all felt that way.

 

So it has been a great week! ide like to start off by announcing some new freshly waxed arms this missionary is sporting haha I’m telling you it’s a total game changer so much cooler I recommend it :)

 

Dad you'll be proud of your son not only did he eat at a chines buffet this week (I quickly remembered why I never wanted to go with you) but he just got done hitting some golf balls! So you better step your golf game up because I’m coming for ya! same goes for you Nate.

 

okay well let’s get spiritual now. But first I have to give a shout out to my man FRED BARNS! he’s this old guy in are ward who I LOVE! Not only because he’s old and wears stance socks to church but he comes off grumpy but is supper supper nice and will do anything for anyone. So I love messing with him and we give each other a hard time. (thanks again Boyd Abbott for teaching me how to deal with grumpy old men. much love) so if this email somehow finds its way to the LeSuere family in Gilbert I love your grandpa!

 

So we have this investigator who we have been teaching since we got here his name is Stacey. Stacey has had a hard life but is now an amazing dad and just wants the best for his family. We prayed to see who we could have come teach with us and Fred came to mind. Fred is known for saying it how it is and doesn't really have a filter haha so we were a little nervous to say the least. We got in there and just that happened, Fred said it how it was and we were so scared. Then we read Lehi’s dream to Stacey and the spirit was so strong just a great lesson. Fred basically said you’re not going to progress unless you come to church and somehow they just clicked and are best friends! So praying and listening to the spirit brings miracles even if it doesn't seem right. haha

 

So we have taught him for 6 weeks now and every Sunday he says he will be at church and never comes. This week as I was sitting in church waiting for it to start I was so pumped that we had this killer lesson with him just two days ago and how he’s going to come to church! But then I sat and sat and sat finally church started and I was soooooo bummed he didn’t come. Then I looked back and he walked in and I yelled STACEY while bishop was giving announcements but I was so pumped to say the least! haha He sat by us and during the sacrament he was just sitting there and smiling and he said to me "makes you just wanna smile" probably the best thing I’ve ever heard! "makes you just wanna smile" and man how true is that!? Nothing makes me wanna smile more than feeling the spirit.

 

After church he said "yall changin lives here, I don’t know  why I say that but something was telling me to tell you that" and that my friends is why I love this mission because the gospel of Jesus Christ changes lives for the better. So I hope you all will let it do just that and are open to it. 

 

love you all, love this work, it’s all just amazing! I hope my rushed stories make sense. 

 

much love 

Elder Demkle