Yeah, we heard about President Hinkley's passing at about 9:30 pm 


Central Daylight, just shortly after we reported our key indicators.





It's been a bunch of ups and downs this week. We got some cool media 


referrals that are way awesome. Charlotte and Alan were talking to a 


friend or neighbor, when the conversation turned to politics. They 


mentioned they were thinking about voting for Mitt Romney, and their 


friend said not to, because Mormons are going to Hell. Well, Alan 


didn't really appreciate that, because he had some Mormon neighbors 


where he grew up in Alabama, and he didn't think that they seemed 


like the kind of people that would be going to Hell. His wife got 


interested, and was checking out the Book of Mormon online, but it 


was hurting her eyes, so when she realized she could order one for 


free online, she signed up for it. They're way open and really cool.





Rebecca has been out of church for a while, and wanted to get back 


in, so she requested a Bible. We went by one night and talked to her 


fiance Kyle, and he mentioned a question about marrying someone who 


is divorced. We setup an appointment and said we'd bring something 


that could answer their question, and were able to later teach them 


about the Restoration. They thought it was pretty cool. We tried to 


watch Elder Oak's talk on divorce from the April 07 General 


Conference, but their Playstation wouldn't read it. Their question 


was whether or not marrying a divorced person is considered 


committing adultery, because Rebecca was in a bad marriage for 10 


years and then got a divorce. In Matthew, Christ says that anyone who 


marrys anyone who is divorced is committing adultery, but Elder Oaks 


says in his talk that because of the wickedness of this generation, 


the Lord has allowed it. So I told them what Elder Oaks said, and the 


next day we stopped by and gave them a copy of his talk from the 


Ensign, and they said that they were getting married in about 5 


hours. So, they're pretty cool.





David Shelby didn't come to church, and he wasn't able to go to 


Jennifer Rackley's baptism, because just as he was getting ready, his 


mom called and said that his dad was in the hospital. So they were 


going to head out to the hospital in Springfield, MO. Elder Gregory 


and I found it quite interesting that when someone is investigating 


the church and wants to do all these things, like go to church, there 


always ends up being other things that pop up. I think it's for two 


reasons: 1) Satan is trying to prevent them from going, and 2) God is 


giving them a trial to have them decide if they really are going to 


follow Christ or not, and go to church, even if it means leaving your 


dad in the hospital, or your brother without a ride. Heading towards 


baptism is not an easy experience, because suddenly everything comes 


your way, and you have all these excuses to not do something that 


brings you closer. Salvation is not a cheap experience. The Atonement 


was not easy for Christ, so why should getting to the Celestial 


Kingdom be easy for us? God wants to know what we're going to 


sacrifice for it.





Elder Gregory and I have to get ready for next Sunday, because we're 


teaching a combined Priesthood about Preach My Gospel, and how 


members can be more missionary minded and help us out. We've got a 


lot of planning to do. The last time I did something like this was in 


Springdale, and then we had three companionships. Here there's just 


us. It's going to be interesting.





I found a member in the ward who thinks I'm related to her. Her name 


is Patricia Guest. Her fathers last name was Van Price, and he was 


from Laketown. We'll find out. I keep forgetting to take my pedigree 


chart to church.








I'd better get going. See you all next week!





Brady