February 13, 2017

Congratulations to James! Let them know that they can totally name their son after me if they want! 😋

And Alec Henderson!! Well done!!! Let him know that I'm proud of him! And Carson too! Wish I could be there!

The package arrived! Please send my thanks to Brian and Sara and their whole family! The package is awesome, full of wonderful ties and candies and food! I am forced to stay on Guard at all times to fight of the hordes of missionaries that keep trying to steal it!   Thank the Young women for the letter they sent! And the Newsons too!

This week was great! The weather changed again, from being hot outside to cold and rainy. We're still praying for snow! My companion has never seen it before! Can you imagine that?

This week we were in divisions with some future missionaries from the ward. The plan was to do some visits, contact a bit, and then meet back up in time to go home for the night. Everything went smoothly and we finished up around 8:00PM, giving us about 30 minutes before we had to head home. As we sat there waiting for the others to arrive, Brayan (the Member I was with) mentioned a friend of his who lived just down a nearby street. They live in a small part of town, off in the outskirts of the city where we had never looked before, so we decided to seize the opportunity. We went to visit them and to our surprise, it turns out that the mother is an inactive member (baptised when she was 8) and her 19yr old daughter also wants to get baptised! 

I know that the spirit was guiding us and helped Brayan to remember this family when we were close by. I doubt that it would've ever crossed my mind to go to that part of our area, but thats why God works through the people around us.

Alma 13:24

 For behold, angels are declaring it unto many at this time in our land; and this is for the purpose of preparing the hearts of the children of men to receive his word at the time of his coming in his glory.

I am so glad that I have this opportunity to serve the lord! I know that he guides this work and helps us to find those whom he has prepared! 

I Love you so much! Have a great week!

Elder Phillips