One Full Week Left................................

Hey Everyone,

It has been a wonderful week. Last Monday Bishop Pearce took us to play golf in Sandestin. It was wonderful and difficult as its been two years since I've played. Then yesterday I got fried because we spent most of the day at the beach. We took a grill with us and had hamburgers on the beach. Elder North and I played smash ball, but we didn't get as far as Dad and Megan did. Our rally's were only in the twenties or so, but it was still fun. I am sunburned from head to toe. Well everything that was exposed to the sun. It was probably my last day at the beach. Next Monday Bro Johnson is taking us to the Air Museum on Eglin Air Force Base. That will be great too.

This week has been wonderful. We taught Cynthia, a friend of Bro Simmons, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was a wonderful lesson and she had so many questions. Deep questions that we let Bro Simmons answer. He is a professor at the local college and even studied Hebrew, so we differ to him a lot. Anyways, Cynthia came to church this week too. It was hilarious. She pulled up with Bro Simmons and had a mug of coffee in her hand. We smiled and welcomed her in. Bro Simmons and Cynthia sat close to the front. Both speakers got up and spoke on a great topic, the Word of Wisdom. We haven't gotten that far with Cynthia in the lessons, but she knew about it already. So both speakers spoke on the Word of Wisdom, Cynthia got up and left for a while, but them came back. We realized that she went out to smoke. hahaha. Bad day for Cynthia. She had all sorts of questions for us the next day. Soda was her big attack, but there was other things that were really bothering her. We talked to her and by the end we were on good terms, but didn't really get anywhere.

CK is another great story. It involves a lot. Like how CK is awesome and how the spirit can really lead you. The Pearts had invited us over to eat dinner with them. CK had bought massive steaks. My piece was the left side of the cow and Elder North's was the right. They were huge!! and delicious. After dinner we invited Bro O'Brian to come teach with us. We weren't sure exactly what we were going to teach, although we knew it would be a Commandment. As I looked at the list I saw that the word of wisdom was on it and that's what we taught. It was perfect because that is Bro O'Brian's favourite topic. He had decided early to follow the word or wisdom. And I mean early! At 13 he decided to follow it and he even took it a step further. To him, the word of wisdom said no caffeine. He doesn't push it on anyone, but he hasn't eaten chocolate since he found out that it had a fair amount of caffeine. That was when he was 13. He is also a doctor and when others were breaking down to Mt Dew and Coke for caffeine during residency, he wouldn't touch it. Just an amazing story. He provided some great points for us as we taught CK. The best part though, was the next day was Sunday and the topic was the word of wisdom. hahaha. Everyone was getting pounded! He looked so surprised and asked us if we knew that it was going to be the word of wisdom. We told him no, because it was the truth. We had no idea what the topic was going to be on, it just worked itself out that way. There are no accidents. It was wonderful.

Niceville is great and it is super hot and sunny. I have the best farmer's tan you could get. ;)
I love ya'll and I'm praying for you too.
Elder Call