Well the snow is falling! It has snowed the past two
days but sadly it is all melting. Our Halloween was fantastic! The
members here gave us four bags of candy and pumpkin pie! This morning
while we were playing basketball at the church, Levi, the mentally
challenged guy who lives next door and "Takes care of the apartment",
stole about half the candy and the rest of the pie we didn't eat. He is a
Trouble maker! We also had a thing called Potato Day on Saturday. A
very successful potato farmer brings a semi truck load full of potatoes
to our church parking lot, sets up a conveyer belt, and lets people take
all the potatoes they want! Boy oh Boy did we get our fair share of
potatoes that day. They say there were 75,000 lbs of potatoes in that
truck. We filled up bags and delivered them to peoples cars for two and a
half hours! each bag weighed 50-60 lbs and we probably filled and
carried 100 bags each. doing the math, Us four missionaries lifted and
carried about 24,000 lbs of potatoes that day!! we also helped someone
move that day. Lets just say we are super sad we can't go get massages!
Our week has been super busy and super successful :) We took some
time early in the week to talk about and see what we can do to help our
week progress. We found that we weren't putting as much faith in our
Heavenly Father as we should. So we studied about faith and how it is
essential to miracles and feeling promptings of the Holy Ghost. We made
it a priority to follow the promptings we were receiving and put our
faith in Him that it will bring us opportunities to teach and help
people. Christ said "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed,
ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it
shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." (Matt. 17:20).
Well we didn't move any mountains but we did have success everyday! We
have four new people who want to hear about the gospel and were able to
teach eleven lessons in one week! That is almost double than any
previous week. One new investigator of the church, Holli Thibadeau, came
to church for the first time this Sunday. She bore her testimony in
front of the congregation telling of her story in life, and how God has
helped her through PTSD and other mental health issues due to past
experiences in her life. She felt the Holy Ghost bear witness to her
that she is in the right place. She is amazing and can really see
Heavenly Father guide her to having peace in her life through the
gospel. Her life is continuing to change as she puts her trust and
faith in God. I want to share that with everyone I know because it has brought me so much happiness and direction in my life. That is why I am here in Idaho, to tell people this great message! I am having the best time of my life here in Salmon, ID and look forward to everyday :) I wish you all the best in your personal path towards our Heavenly Father and love you all!
-Elder Ethan Howard (ehoward@myldsmail.net)
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