I can not believe that this is the last Monday of the month! Next Monday it will be August, a new month and new experiences. Time never ceases and never will.
First off I hope you all enjoyed your trip to Lake Powell and didnt get sun burned too bad. I hope nobody did anything too crazy or got hurt too bad. Every year there is always a couple scrapes but nothing too bad hopefully. I pretty much forgot that you all were at Lake Powell until today, I just have been really focused on doing the best that I can do with the time that I have left.
We had a great week and were able to see a lot of miracles! As far as people that we are teaching we got a media referral this past week of a lady named Vernita. She requested a Book of Mormon online and we dropped it off to her the same day we got it. She has family members that are members of the church and has been needing some spiritual guidance and her father suggested that she gets a Book of Mormon so she did. We introduced it to her and she started reading it and by the next night which was Wednesday she knew it was true. She came to a scripture study class at the church that we teach and then we showed her around the church after. She unfortunately woke up late so she didnt make it to church but she felt so bad. She has a baptismal date set for August. We teach her every night to prepare her for baptism. Keep her in your prayers.
We also have been teaching a part member family that is from Guam. A mother who is a member but cant find her records just yet and then her 2 kids Mally Rose (10) and then Leap Year (8). They are really shy but are opening up to us as we go by. They also have a baptismal date set for this next month.
Yesterday for Pioneer Day a lady gave a really good talk on the pioneers and their trek over to the West. I remember in the past I used to hate stories of the pioneers and thought they were boring but I love them now. Did you know that the odometer was invented by a pioneer? A man named William Clayton tied a flag to a wagon wheel and then as they would go he would count how many times it would go around and calculate the distance. It became too tiring so he invented a machine to count it for him called the Odometer. It is just amazing the suffering and the anguish that all the early church went through and they did it all because of their testimony. The work of the Lord will never be stopped and the pioneers are a great example of that. I am grateful to be a member of this church, the true church of God. Sure, I may get rejected for sharing the gospel or kicked out of a parking lot for preaching the Gospel, but I will never have to go through the trials and tribulations the early saints went through and I am grateful for their sacrifice. I am ultimately grateful for the infinite sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
I love you all and appreciate your love and support!
Elder Gardner
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