Hey everyone! It's freezing here! We had a gorgeous week last week, which we used to do a lot of service. We raked a lot of leaves, did a lot of yard work and helped the B. family dig up potatoes! Now it's cold and rainy. There are three crazy storms heading our way, which are supposed to combine into one mammoth storm. One from the north, one from the south, and one from the east [Hurricane Sandy]. "That'll be fun!" Snow this week is the rumor. :)
J. contacted us this week and scheduled an appointment for yesterday, then had to cancel. She promised to call today, once she has her work schedule for the week. She has so much faith and is so intelligent and spunky -- I REALLY want to teach her!
Things are definitely getting political here in Ohio. Historically, a presidential candidate has never won an election without winning Ohio -- swing state to the max. It's interesting to see the signs on people's lawns. We saw a lawn with 5 Romney signs on it the other day. We contacted a referral and had to park in front of a neighboring house with 8 Obama signs/memorabilia, and the car we parked behind had 8 billion Obama bumper stickers on it. The Obama-car family happened to come out of their house just as we got out of our car. They were obviously not happy to see us! As we passed I smiled politely, and the father muttered some unkind things under his breath, but loudly enough that we could hear. Oh the unexpected "maturity" of grown men and women! :)
The massive increase of missionaries and Romney running for president seem like omens to me. The Church isn't going to stop being in the public eye whether Romney becomes President or not. Heavenly Father needs more missionaries out there because people are going to have questions! Just look at Elder Nelson's talk from conference!
I had a cool insight during studies the other day. I've been studying faith because in every interview I've had with President, he has emphasized faith. In 3 Nehi 7:18 it says that it was "not possible that they could disbelieve his [Nephi's] words, for so great was his faith on the Lord Jesus Christ that angels did minister unto him daily." How awesome! That is the top rung of the faith ladder, in my opinion. Nephi's faith was so great that the people could not disbelieve him. The bottom rung would be along the lines of seeking miracles and having faith that they're from God, but not having enough faith to increase/improve and grow our faith any further. I'm going to create my own "Faith Ladder" to help myself see where I am in my progress and to figure out how I can grow my faith even more.
On my one-year mark [October 19] I threw away my first pair of mission shoes. They were so holy! Tracting will do that to ya. Elders traditionally burn a tie on their one-year mark, but I figured Dad would be proud of me for being SAFE and avoiding fire.
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