Pics from last Monday!

hey fam

There are only a couple of things that happened this week. on p-day last monday we took a trip to Burgess Falls Waterfalls. They are such a trip. They are so big and beautiful. I definately love waterfalls, we had to hike like a mile and a half to get there and then we spent about an hour there just taking pics and having a good time. There other thing that happened was on Saturday, there was this thing called the day of service. In the morning we went and we helped a lady paint the inside of her house and then helped her rake and move dirt, lay seed, and then put hay on top of it to help fertilize it, it was really nice doing service for someone that was not able to do it for herself. For some reason that brings me so much joy... just helping people do things that they are not able to do for themselves. Okay so saturday i got to save 4 lives. We went a donated blood at the church. the red cross was doing this huge blood drive and i thought i would give my blood to the bloodless. it was really nice. The lady who took it said that i bled really fast and that i have real good blood flow. but it was really good. That pic is with elder McMillan, he is from south Jordan and he was helping me with my OJ intake. but giving blood was really fun. and then the other life that we were able to save was Quinton Bengel. HE GOT BAPTIZED! it was my favorite baptism that i have had on my mission. I have never felt the spirit so strong than i did at his. His girlfriends' dad drove in from memphis to baptize him and on the way in they picked up Quintons non-member mom and brought her too. She love it. but when he was getting baptized, i have never felt so peaceful and just have never had such a strong conviction as to how it is supposed to work. I love this work. On sunday we got to confirm him in front of President Hutchings and Sister Hutchings. They were speaking to our ward yesterday. and after church he got the Aaronic Priesthood. I loved it. so... President Hutchings gave a phenominal talk in church and he talked about things we can do as christians to become better disciples of the Savior. #1. Pray for missionary experiences but be ready when you pray for them. because they will come but not when you expect them too. #2. Give meaningful service to everyone. Act, don't be acted upon. Don't wait to be asked to give service for someone. Just go and do it. and #3. Always have a book of mormon in your hand. We need to use the Book of Mormon all the time. I wanna challenge you family and anyone who reads this to carry a Book of Mormon with you always. We as members of the church are always trying to find ways to help the missionaries, well this is one. For 2 weeks i want ya'll to carry a Book of Mormon with you everywhere, for when you do, people will ask questions and when they do, Teach! then invite them to meet with the missionaries. Scary i know, but Perfect love casteth out all fear. I love ya'll and hope ya'll with take this challenge. Hope ya'll have a good week and may God bless ya'll.

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ONE LOVE
Elder Schwendiman