Today's email...

HELLO EVERYONE!!!!!!!

 

Still in 3rd ward with my MTC companion elder Berg. We are still living at a 87 year olds house and are vigilant in looking for an apartment to go move into. We looked at an apartment on Friday I believe (can't keep my days straight anymore they all seem to run together) and it was a huge apartment in the inside but looked rather small on the outside. It is 2 levels and has big kitchen, living room and upstairs is fairly huge. President wanted to have us find an apartment that is more central to our area. Third ward (the one I'm in) is pretty much in the middle of Bartlesville, First ward is on the western side I believe and second is eastern. Hopefully we can get that apartment.

 

Well, I really don't have much to say now. Because we are just trying to find more investigators by visiting less-actives and Former investigators to see if we can be able to meet with them or if they are interested. This week I'm going on exchange with Elder Adams, look at that my first exchange with a District leader!!!! Also I found a hard cover Book of Mormon in the apartment and I'm using it as my own and I'm writing all these scripture references and and adding pages to it so that I can have all the information that I need all in one source.

The funny thing about Bartlesville is it's a fairly big city and it has a good amount of members there, so many that there are 3 wards there. Around here the only areas in the mission that have many missionaries are the cities which obviously have more members in it. Just thought you wanted to know.

 

Well, it's already time for the last article of faith, I still haven't found another thing to write my "spiritual thought."

 

13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul--We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

 

well, this ones a mouthful, if you want to see this "admonition of Paul" the scriptural reference is the last chapter of Phillippians, where Paul says these things. This article of faith explains to those that we are a honest, true, chaste, benevolent and virtuous people. We seek after these qualities in our lives, later it states that we seek after anything virtuous, lovely of good report or praiseworthy. We are people who strive to be perfect as it states in 3 Nephi 12:48 and Matthew 5:48 that we should be perfect like our Father in Heaven is perfect. These things we need to be anxiously engaged in doing. We need to continue to fix our lives in accordance with these things. This article tells the world that we should be engaged in activities that promote this, if anyone were to see us not participating in these things they will wonder and questions whether we are actually doing what we should. Always remember that we should be looking in the good in everything and want to have others do the same. We are members of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, that had fallen away after Christ had died and Ressurected, we need to be the examples to the world. As members of the living church we heed to things that are worth our time. Please, always strive to be an example to others and especially to those who are not of this church, they need to know that they are missing out on an opportunity to change their lives for the better. I leave you with this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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Elder Colby Stewart Haymond
Oklahoma, Tulsa mission
Bartlesville 1st, Oklahoma