July 8

Elder Williams,

 

Faith, family, freedom....I'm grateful for the blessings we are given. I'm so thankful for our liberty and hope to be a good steward of these gifts.

We had a fun holiday on the 4th. We hiked Kanarraville and enjoyed the beauty of the water and canyon. What did you do? I hope you had a nice day.

This month in Young Women's the focus is on ordinances and covenants. I taught yesterday and we talked about how they can protect and guide us. The gospel is like a castle within a kingdom. In order to enter the castle, we must first enter the gate and pledge our allegiance to the king. Baptism is that first step in entering the kingdom of God. We are so blessed to have the protections and guidance that comes from being His people.

How are your people doing? We pray for them every night. I hope they will enter into the kingdom of God and choose to be baptized. They will receive so much protection and safety as they enter the fold.

My garden is growing and the flowers look gorgeous. I'm sure you are enjoying the beauty of a California summer also.

I love you and send my hugs.

Mom

 

 

Dear Mom,

It was a wonderful 4th for me this week. We had Chris, our investigator, come to the ward breakfast and he enjoyed it. Then we got to go and meet many people. We set up some appointments that I'm excited for. We had a really good dinner at a member's home, and we got to eat with the sister missionaries in our district. Then we got to see some of the fireworks from our apartment deck.

We had a miracle on Sunday. Christ got up and bore his testimony to the ward. The Spirit was powerful and wonderful. The looks on the members faces showed the impact that his simple testimony had. I know we are going to see some wonderful blessings from his faith,

The thing that is a bummer is that Chris is going to Mexico on Wednesday and wont be back for a while. But, he has his baptismal date set for August 17th.

Thank you for all your prayers in behalf of our people. We are always searching for the elect.

I love you Mom. Thank you for everything.

Love,

Elder Williams