Elder Fin's Blog: August 18, 2104 Week 58

Hello how are yall doing??!!

It great to hear that Eli and Joel are doing great in football...they are looking a little (just a little) bigger! Good Job that is how it is done!

To Eli: Yeah don't worry about not starting- you are a year younger than most of the boys! BUT Make sure that you are working as had as you can and have the vision to start! "A vision without action is daydreaming".

But don't let one of those boys/coachs/teachers/"friends" mess up your testimony. It is easy for it to happen in school! But if you read, pray and go to church. You will be fine! Really strive to get in a scripture study routine now! That is something that I regret not doing! You will have some awesome opportunities to share the gospel too. Whether they are members or non members! Last thing is to recognize the spirit... I think one of the greatest blessings of the Holy Ghost is not only the great feeling one has when he is worthy of it but also the terrible lost feeling that comes when we make a mistake! I think the quickest way to loose spirituality and really the root of all sin, are the things we see and hear! The sooner you turn it off or stop listening to it the better off you will be! 1 last thing I would do haha... repent every night, really look for the little things that you did that day that were wrong and then CHANGE them! We have a few investigators that are in your same age group! Honestly this is all stuff that I didn't do in high school and I regret it! But y'all are probably better then me and are already doing it! GOOD JOB

The missionary work is doing great in Purcell. The ward is starting to pick up in helping us with our missionary work! All of our recent converts are doing great...Purcell is great as usual! We knocked some doors in a trailer park that we found the week before. It was funny though we had a helper, this 14 year old boy was riding his bike around and he started following us up to doors and introducing us to everyone haha it was great! We got 3 doors slammed in our face 3 times in a row, all of them were women... he said, "DAAAAANG all the ladies turn you down!" I lost it, haha good ole Oklahomians but we did get 9 potentials out of it! Maybe that boy will be a future missionary who knows!

I have been having some awesome studies. My love for the new testament has really grown these past months. When 9 oclock hits I feel like I have been studying for 10 minutes!

First Corinthians 2

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

This hit me! Really the best way for us to help our investigators/friends is to put them on the path which that they will start understanding the spirit and building their faith on what they receive!! or in short helping them build a testimony!

Well good job y'all. Thanks for all that you do! Have a great week and have fun!

ELDER FINLINSON