Weekly Letter 4th July, 2016
Hey guys; happy independence day! I hope everyone has had a great week.
This week was great. We met the mission goal for this week, had four investigators in sacrament meeting, and had several lessons with our golden investigator Henry who will be baptized on the 30th of this month.
77 people came to church on Sunday and with attendance levels at 50 or 60 a couple of months ago things are looking pretty good in Teculutan.
This week we will get news about transfers. I think I will get transferred for my last change but who knows.
I enjoyed a quote I heard this week attributed to Richard L. Evans, "If you don't change directions, you're gonna get where you're going". At first impression, this is just a statement of fact but for me it has a least 2 profound lessons: 1. If we are on the right track we're gonna make it to the celestial kingdom and 2. If we're on any other track we're simply gonna make it somewhere else.
I find that this eternal truth has a lot to do with a story I heard in a talk by Spencer W. Kimball. In the address, President Kimball discusses the life of Edward the VIII. Born a child of promise and royalty, Edward the VIII was destined to be king of the British Empire. In his youth he was a literal Prince Charming and perhaps the most loved of any British Prince ever. He ascended to the throne as a single man and ruled over a fourth of the world's population but eventually fell in love with a married woman and was forced to abdicate the throne and he died as a common citizen.
We, like Henry VIII are heirs to a royal throne. If we don't change directions we may be forced to abdicate. I love you all.
-Elder Dawson
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