Pues
This week went by very fast!!! I guess some crazy news is that we had transfers and I am staying here in Purcell--which isn't a surprise..
BUT no one in the whole Norman Zone is getting transferred haha I guess we are really good. I don't know.
But we did get news that we are going to get a new car in June!! The car we have right now isn't even bad but they switch them out once they hit 50,000 miles.
But I am happy that I am not getting transferred! I really like this area even though it isn't Spanish speaking. But in this area the time goes super fast it is crazy.
I am happy to hear that everyone is doing good! The weather this past week was crazy we had the usual 70 and then 30!!! And the wind is crazy!!!!
I guess this is when weather in OKLAHOMA gets crazy!!
But this past week was awesome!! We went to the temple!!
I finaly got to see the new video and lets just say that it was a game changer compared to the last one!!
I tried to explain the difference to my comp who never saw the old one and it was hard!!
I know that it is old news for all of you since it was more then 6 months ago it came out but I though that is was cool. haha. But it was awesome to finally be able to go through the temple IN ENGLISH!!! I figured the last time I went through--and understood-- was with Aunt Tebs at the Salt Lake Temple!!
The spirit that comes through the temple was long missed! Even though the temple was very small the spirit was very strong!--
Also because of that I was able to drive through my last area and it was weird!!
I saw the streets that I rode my bike on every day... speaking Spanish... those were the days.
I think that by the time I am done with this area I will be half way!! We had a good week last week though we were finally able to go to Lexington(the town that is right next to Purcell but it is divided by a river and the bridge has cracks in it right now so it is shut down... so we have to drive 45 minutes to get to it!! and then 45 minutes back! But we were able to get a member to do it for us. We spent most of our time talking to this old less active man who lives in the middle on nowhere in a trailer... HOLY OKIE TALKER!!!!!!! HE talked for 2 hours!! He is one of those guys that lives all by himself, is obsessed with his property, says he will shoot you if you trespasses, hates the government and has to many stories.... But yeah he talked for a good amount of time. I am starting to think that Grandpa Quilter had some, Okie blood in him! But that was cool. We then were able to have 2 recent convert lessons right after--patience is key!
We had a very interesting lesson last night. It was with this guy who had been meeting with the missionary's for a long time--4 years. He has claimed that he has read the book of Mormon twice. Well we asked him if He knows if the book of Mormon is true? he started going on about the way the book of Mormon makes him doubt its truthfulness... he said it sounds like 1800's philosophical literature....? well that was a new response to reading the book of Mormon haha. so we read Moroni
10---4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would aask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not btrue; so we asked him have you prayed... he said yes and that he felt that it wasn't true. So what do you say to something like that??- Well first off we can see how meaningful his prayers are just by his first response to our question. When we first asked him, he said that the reason he didn't think that it was true was because of the way it was written, Not because he received a answer from God that it was wrong..? Would an answer from an ALL KNOWING source trump ALL? Well this experience helped me realize one of the biggest reasons for withdrawal from the church. PEOPLE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED A SURE WITNESS FROM THE HOLY GHOST! BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER ASKED THE WAY MORONI DIRECTS and if ye shall ask with a csincere heart, with dreal intent, having efaith in Christ, he will fmanifest the gtruth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
I think alot of the time we forget this......... ahh well i wish i had more time i had alot more to say but o well
I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD WEEK
ELDER FINLINSON
(Elder Fin welcomes your questions, he said it makes it easier for him to write, you can send him questions at ethan.finlinson@myldsmail.net
I asked him what he was eating, he said he bought 10lbs of potatoes for 2 dollars and he has been making a mix of cubed potatoes, eggs, ham and cheese, puts it all in the pan and it is done in 20 minutes…he was excited to find 48 oz of sausauge for $4 today at walmart so he will add that to his mix…)
He sent one photo, this is the desk the missionaries have been using since at least 1995, you can see Ethan added his own works of art….besides his name, he added the First Vision and the U symbol….interesting there is not a BYU symbol….hmmmmm I imagine this desk will get more colorful if Ethan is in Purcell for the next several months…. Thanks for your Love and Support of Elder Fin!
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