Hello family and friends! Well today i'm in kind of a loopy mood. My head is a little bit light for some reason! ha ha I'm not sure why. In fact it hasn't been this way most of the morning but no all of a sudden it hits!We had a great experience last saturday with one of our investegators! Brian is a fantastic guy. He's our only investegator from the Jehovahs witness faith. He announced to us last saturday that he is starting his investegation over. He feels like he needs to go from an entirely unbiased viewpoint. I'm SO excited for him. He has been trying to bring the two beliefs together which ultimately would have resulted in him giving up and likely going back to what he was used to. He's reading and praying! He was supposed to be at church on sunday. Unfortunately he didn't make it. In any case it's the open and diligent investegator that really finds him or herself recieving a testimony.We have had a pretty slow week actually so far. It's a little frustrating because there is so much that needs to be done and it just feels like we're running on a treadmill some days.I've lately pondered a lot on the importance of submission. In mosiah 3:19 there is a scripture about the natural man. It also talks about becoming "submissive as a child." I think it's important that we recognize the submission of our will is the only real thing we have to give. We either give it to the Lord and find ourselves increasing in happiness and understanding or by default submit ourselves to he who would destroy us. In either case our will becomes increasingly like that of whomever we submit to. In either case we continue to have some resistance. The key difference is the end result. THAT is which we must focus upon. It is not so much the means by which we get there but the place we end up! In Doctrine and covenants 14:7 we learn that Eternal life is the greatest gift we can attain!I know that God lives and desires happiness for us. It is available and I have the hope and faith that it will come to those who diligently seek it!
Love,Elder McCarty
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