June 27, 2016

Family and Friends! Here we are again, the close of another month and I can not believe it! 

I'm not going to lie this week was a little rough but I am not complaining because we have been super blessed recently with baptism and people progressing. We had a lot of things fall through this past week and a lot of rejection but we are still keeping our heads held high. On Saturday we actually had a couple hours of finding time so when we have some spare time we go to parking lots of shopping plaza's and talk with everyone there since we meet a lot more people there than tracting. We got kicked out of 3 different shopping centers and rejected a lot more than normal but we are still going to go back because the work of the Lord never stops even when we are rejected. When we are rejected we know we are doing things right because Christ was rejected His whole life. 

Alex was not able to get baptized due to his depression hitting him hard this past week. He went into the hospital on Friday and has been in there since. I will give you more updates as we get more information since we don't know much currently. 

Fred, who we have been teaching since I have got here finally got off of probation so now he is ready to be baptized! He has his baptismal date set for the 16th of July and really needs your prayers because he still needs to stop smoking. He has not missed a sacrament meeting since he has showed up here and everyone that meets him thinks he is already a member. He volunteers to help people move and all that good stuff. He is really a dry Mormon. 

My testimony this week is that of true Happiness. In 2 Nephi 5:27 the people "lived after the manner of Happiness." How is this done? It is done by living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

My least favorite word in the English dictionary is the word "try". We are not here to try and live the Gospel of Jesus Christ we are here to live it and if we truly do live it we will live after the manner of happiness. Jesus Christ didn't try and die for all of us, He DID die for all of us. My encouragement to all of you is to eliminate the word try out of your vocabulary and do, or do not. 

I love you all and thank you all for your love and prayers!

Elder Gardner!