Faith to Move Mountains--Pick Up a Shovel

So it was pretty dang hot up here. Pretty much all week it was around 30 or so (86F), with about a million percent humidity. I was dying. Its supposed to get down to 12 (54F)on Tuesday so its all good. There were some small thunder storms which were pretty fun. 

Last P-day we did a tour thing of a bunch of animals. We got to feed a moose, some elk and a bison. It was super fun actually. The animals were all tame so they would come right up to the trailer thing we were in and we could feed them by hand. 

We went out to the Sharps campsite thing and visited with them. They are really cool people and have super strong testimonies despite not being to church in a while. They showed us spider dogs or octo weenies. They are just hot dogs but cut a certain way and it is a spider looking thing. It was fun.

The Zobell's came up from Temiskaming to check our apartment. They are a super sweet missionary couple from Alberta. They have strong testimonies. Our apartment was nice and clean so they didn't have to do much. 

One of the days in the previous week we were having a really long day. It wasn't really a bad day but it was just taking so dang long. And we ended the night by walking around for the last 1 1/2 hours which didn't help the longness. But at somewhere around 9 we bumped into Fred. He is a super funny guy that was really fun talking to him. He isn't really interested but we offered service and he said we could come mow his lawn and hang out one of these days hahaha. He also said he would introduce us to his neighbors for fun. haha. 

We were finally able to volunteer at the hospital this week because I had to go through orientation and shots and things like that the past weeks before we could. We cut out stickers and folded pamphlets for 2 hours.... pretty fun....

We met with a recentish convert named Makayla. She hasn't been to church in a while cause her friends moved but she still believes everything and has just been procrastinating coming back to church for a while. We were able to meet with her and she is pretty cool. She really likes animals. 

So Sister Clarke who has been a member for like 50 years, is going to be getting baptized soon. Somehow, the church lost her records so for the sake of her having a membership number she is getting re baptized. She is a super nice lady and her grandchildren were baptized a few months ago. 

We were able to visit Earle and Terri this week. We ended up not teaching anything though. We just got to know them and just talked about life and hunting/fishing. It was nice. They are doing good though. They said they were going to come to part of conference which will be good for them. 

Spiritual thought comes from Ether 12:6:  And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.

It is a scripture about faith that we were talking about with a member. Faith is a principle of action, so if we want answers to our prayers and help with things, we have to do our part and God will help us every step of the way. "If we have faith to move mountains then we have to be willing to pick up a shovel." ~Elder Cord Lowry. (Former companion)

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Elder Talbot