Weeks and weeks and weeks...

Well this past week was fun we had Zone Conference on Tuesday and that was Ok it was really long and it kinda took up the whole day and I mean the whole day! We then went on Ex's with the ZL and I always enjoy that because I get to go through my old area and do work there and I get to see people (members) that are just so awesome! We had Breakfast with the Burch's and wow that was a blast I miss them so much they are the family that I spent Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, and My Birthday with,  so ya I am kinda tight with them but it was just so fun to see them!!! The rest of the week was fun for sure but just the same! We did however go on a hike with the ward and that was fun we went to Clark's Creak and we got to see a ton of really dope waterfalls! The only bad thing was there were these horrible terrible horse fly's, they would bit and just take bits of flesh and they were quit annoying! But o-well life moves on! Anyway love you all have a good week! Keep on keeping on!

Love,

Elder Gordon 

22 Months!

Well last week was fun for sure! But really not much going on! My comp had a meeting in Baton Rouge Saturday morning so we went down Friday night and had dinner with one of my most favorite people in the world so that was a huge blessing for sure! But the one thing I want to talk about today is about a lesson we had yesterday for 3 hours! So after church we had one of our investigators come to meet with us, I love this guy he is super awesome and very smart for sure, but too smart... Ya he went to seminary and his knowledge of the bible is way good. Which is kinda the problem because when you have that kind of knowledge it's hard to accept anything other then the bible even if  there are things in the bible that they have a hard time with or they don't quite get the right view or meaning of things! I don't know where I am going with this but just don't take what we know for granted because for a lot of people it is really hard for them to understand! Anyway I love y'all so much have a good week!

Love Elder Gordon

Mother's Day

Well first off I want to thank all the mothers out there, mine especially for sitting down with me when I was younger and helping me to learn to read, that was for sure a hard thing to do but my mom killed it and thanks to her I can read haha for real Thanks Mom!  Hats off to all the other moms out there trying their hardest to make the world a better place by raising your kids the way they should be raised!
My week was a party, we went out worked hard, but it is hard to write about it because most of the time I put so much work in and I don't see the fruits of my labor, but that's the good old south! One of the nights we went exploring and we found these canals and they were so tight because they would run under roads and houses and it was so cool so see then we found a way old a abandoned house and that was kinda scary but still way cool (I got a picture or two).

We had dinner at the Eplings Sunday night and they are just the best, I told them I never had a Greenee meal (where all the food is green, its for new missionary's!) so they made me a green meal and it was awesome. It was funny because they were planning my funeral also so ya it was kinda funny, and it was awesome because I got  talking to Brother Epling and he loves hiking and it was so fun to just talk about hiking with some one that knew what I was talking about. The small things! 

Two more things, first Sunday we went over to see a guy we had on our old investigators list and we met this guy and wow he's so cool, turns out that he has been meeting with the missionary's for the past 8 months and he wants to start meeting again so ya that's awesome! Second, I had a good friend shed some light on some problems I have been having and it came in a scripture. Doctrine and Covenants Section 64: 9-14   9 Wherefore, I say unto you, that ye ought to forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not his brother his trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord; for there remaineth in him the greater sin. 10 I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men.11 And ye ought to say in your hearts—let God judge between me and thee, and reward thee according to thy deeds.12 And him that repenteth not of his sins, and confesseth them not, ye shall bring before the church, and do with him as the scripture saith unto you, either by commandment or by revelation.13 And this ye shall do that God may be glorified—not because ye forgive not, having not compassion, but that ye may be justified in the eyes of the law, that ye may not offend him who is your lawgiver—14 Verily I say, for this cause ye shall do these things.  

I just love Ten it hit me so hard! Anyway that's all I got for you folks today love you all so much have a good week. keep on keeping on! 

Love Elder Gordon

 

11 more weeks

well ya whats' new in my life? To start off with, I moved yet again.  I did mention it last week, but here I am in Natchez Mississippi... ya I am not in Louisiana right now, I am still serving in Louisiana my area is Vidalia but I live right across the Mississippi river in Natchez, so ya its pretty dope! but I live in a house and I mean a house not some apt. Because some time ago the elders got kicked out of the one they live in and we were not welcomes back... they didn't do anything wrong, they just worked out in the morning and they had some super lame downstairs neighbors that threw a fit and got them kicked out so they moved into a way dope house, but not the house I currently live in, that house the elders had to move out because the crazy neighbor would not stop calling the cops on them... ya the police would show up at their door like every three days or so and they cops were very tired of the crazy lady just as much as we were! Then one day I was up there in exchanges and the crazy lady called the cops on me... you can read about it in my blog (Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Almost Arrested! fun,fun,fun). and ya that day we moved them into the house I live in now it's a nice house, kinda, it is old and big and haunted for sure! Last night as I was downstairs siting on my phone I had a cockroach walk across my foot, I was like "I'm done, I'm done" so ya it's cool and all but it is  not all it is cut out to be.  I am hoping to move out soon and find a new place because the place we are at right now was just supposed to be a temporary place. I also have a new comp, Elder Lathem, a fun kid for sure he's been out longer then I have so hes' fixing to go home in 5 weeks... ya and then I go home right after him. It's kinda weird. But we are making it work way well, we have been going to seminary in the morning which means I get up at 5:30 but it been super fun they only have 3 kid there and two of them don't talk much and the third is fun but a little different. I thinks it is fun to add some new faces in the class! It is gets us up out of bed in the morning and once we get home we go for a run and then do a small abb work out! But life for me is the same, just a few small adjustments here and there! I am way excited for this upcoming week we have some fun things planned and it's also Mother's day soon so ya kinda a big deal! But anyway love you all have a good week I hope the weather wherever you are is good, it's getting hotter here, day by day so ya. but it's life. love you all so much! 

Love elder Gordon 

Lot's Wife

Well I am sorry for the sad letter last week, but this past week was not much better!! I do have a way cool experience tho! So being in a small branch if someone does not show up to give their talk, there are only a number of people that can replace the speaker and I was one of them, and I knew this so I told the branch presidency that if they needed a speaker they can ask me. So about half way through the first speaker I get a look from the conductor and that look went a little like this "hey... can you speak..." me "Hmm ya" so I had less then 20 mins to plan to give a 20 min talk and that is hard to do well as least hard to do and not sound a like a idiot for 20 mins! But I got up there and I pull a Rob Loveland, " I have been preparing this talk my entire life!"  Then I whipped out a semi decent 20 min talk! But I talked about one of my new favorite Scriptures Luke 17:32. And it says, " Remember Lot’s Wife" and that's it yep 3 words (you can now see why I love it!) but iIreally love it way more then that just because it 3 words long and that is what I talked about. For us to understand why Jesus Christ was telling his disciples we have to recall the story of Lot and his poor wife. Lot and his wife was commanded by God to leave Sodom before He destroys the city. When they were leaving she looked back towards the city from behind her husband, against God's clear command. She was struck dead at once and turned into a pillar of salt. And our Lord Jesus Christ holds her up as a warning to his church. He says, "Remember Lot's wife." and stands as a testimony to not look back with resentment or longing, and that's what she did, she thought that there could not be anything better then what she had there!... Anyway I based my talk off a talk given by Jeffrey R. Holland " Remember Lot's Wife" its one of my favorite talks and I would highly recommended it! 

Well this week is transfers and I am once again getting moved, and I am moving to Vidaila so ya that's cool! But I wanted to thank everyone that has sent me a letter if it be by email or a hand written letter it really means a ton to me! and I THANK YOU!!!! anyway love you guys so much have a good week! 

 

Love,

Elder Gordon