January 6, 2014

I really enjoyed the Mormon Message about Tyndale you sent. I thank him for what he did. I've been reading the Old Testament for the last couple weeks. My prayer before I begin reading is simple. Lord, I am not going to get anything out of this if the spirit isn't hear to teach me. Please send the Holy Ghost so I can learn the things of God. And if there is one thing I learned from Mom it is that God answers righteous prayers. Thank you for ingraining that into me.

I found it interesting to see how many times the Lord wanted people to have peace of mind. He made sure they had sacrifices so they could have the peace of mind. He provided a yearly day of atonement that gave Israel forgiveness of sins. He even gave them a year of Jubilee to forgive debts. He wants us to recognize our shortcomings, but also have a good mindset looking into the future. Today we have the weekly sacrament.

Samuel the Prophet gave the people an Ebenezer. The Ebenezer was essentially a big-old stone that  reminded the people that God delivered the Israelites from the Philistines. It sounds like a very male idea to me. I wish I could put a big-old stone in the middle of Houston that reminded us of what God has done for the missionaries here. And this stone wouldn't be in a dark corner of Houston. It would be in the very center of the city where everyone could see it.This mission really means everything to me.

We have an awesome district van that brings all the elders to and from meetings and to the store. Let's just say there have been many good times in this vehicle. One of which was listening to Elder Zeller's Piano Guys CD this morning. He has the new album. We are probably going to play an epic game of risk later today. I'll take Australia and win it all.

All is well in Friendswood. Take care now y'all. Y'all's the best!

In case you want to see what Michael was talking about:

 https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-08-015-the-blessings-of-scripture?category=mormon-messages/mormon-messages-2011&&lang=eng