Elder O'Malley and Elder Dayton
Zach's Testimony seems to grow every week!!
woo-hoo!! im glad i could finally send pictures!! but now i dont have much time left to email:/ haha, life sucks! haha jk, im actually loving life here!(:
i have a couple things for you guys to check out!
theres a really good talk that i think you would all like, its called "Be Honest, Be Pure, Be Humble" and i think its by a man named Jack H. Goaslind. its awesome!!
another thing, its D&C Section 2. its really short, but states the importance of Temple Work and family history and stuff like that, check out the footnotes! Family Geneology work is the reason that Elijah the prophet came to the earth and visited Joseph Smith in the temple (it might be Elias, i cant remember haha) but maybe do a little scripture study of the importance of family history work, i had no idea it was so important until now! but when it says "turn the hearts of the Father's to the Children, and the Children to the Fathers" it's refering to temple work!(:
The other two are music related. Alex Boye does a version of "Have I Done Any Good" and it flippin rocks! and then theres and album called "A Pauper's Hymnal" im not sure who it's by, i think its a guy named Kalai, and is a weird take on some hymns and a couple other songs, but they are all really good!(:
and now to answer your questions!(:
our branch is doing good! we had a lot of less active members at church on sunday which is awesome to see them coming again! but no investigators, which is a bummer:/ we've been having a tough time finding new investigators lately, its tough to get people to stop on the street when its raining out side! haha, but we're always working hard!(:
nah, we're on our own so far for dinner, it usually only happens once or twice a month, and dont worry, im getting veggies and fruit, but not as much as i would like haha, i have no idea how to cook anything. but carrots here are ridiculously cheap for some reason, so we eat a lot of carrots haha(: we eat a lot of sandwhiches, and we make them with lettuce and tomatoes and stuff, so im eating pretty healthy! i aint lookin to get fat haha!(;
our newest converts are doing better than our older converts, but we're putting a lot of focus into keeping people active, and the others are starting to pick up again, its pretty awesome!
and no, there's really not much service to be done here:/ i wish there was more hard work to do like yardwork or helping people move or even just diggin ditches haha. i miss that kind of hard work, but we have helped on person move, and that was fun, i gave him a book of mormon and at first he didnt want it, but he was friendly and we joked with him a little bit and he agreed to take it and give it a chance!(:
one of my favorite faith scriptures is Enos 1: 4-8, and also of course the 2,000 stripling warriors(: and actually I think Alma and Amulek might be my favorite... definitely find some time to read about their missions together!! they are both studs!!(:
i love you all so much, and i hope you guys are still reading scriptures together! i know sometimes its hard, but its so worth it! i can never seem to find as much time as i want to read the scriptures here haha(: i honestly look forward to it all day(:
I've started studying about God's love for us in both the Bible and the Book of Mormon (i love jumping back and forth using the references at the bottom, i usually end up in a completely different area on a completely different subject, but its all good and sometimes i think that God uses my curiosity and short attention span to randomly lead me to a scripture to teach me something that i need... its so cool). but i know that God wants us to be happy more than anything, and i also know that we are happiest when we are in the service of others! haha, it just clicked in my head that that is probably why missionaries are always so happy! see thats exactly what i mean! God works in mysterious ways!(:
i love you guys so much, and im gonna make you proud! and my Father in Heaven proud too!(:
ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!!!!!!! "Have we not reason to go on in so great a cause?"
this is the greatest cause of all, and we're right in the middle of it!! HOO-RAH!!(:
His HAPPINESS is CONTAGIOUS!!
Zach sent a ton of pictures this week! Here are some of the highlights from his apartment!
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