Thursday, May 6, 2010


Hey how is it going this week? It sounds like its been pretty cold
there. It has been raining like crazy this weekend here. I
don't think i've seen so much rain. Friday morning
we got woke up at about 4 by tornado sirens. It was no fun. There
never was any tornadoes though. There were in arkansas though. In my last
area in Little Rock, they had a couple. The sirens were
going most of Saturday too. By saturday night, Elder Arnold and i
were pretty tired of hearing them. We slept all night long saturday.
We got told on sunday that that was when the worst of the storm was.
It didn't bother either of us though.
Well neither of us are getting transfered. Elder Arnold
and i are pretty excited to be staying together again. O we went and
saw Tameka this week. (thats shameka's mom) She has been seeing
missionaries for a while now. She has is completely ready to get
baptized except she smokes. She has told all the missionaries she
wants to quite and get baptized, but she never has. Well On friday we
went and had an awsome lesson with her. Elder Arnold and i were
pretty bold with her. She has had 4 baptism dates so far and she has
missed everyone because she can't quit smoking. We called her out on
it and told her she needs to be baptized on the 8th. The spirit was
so strong. She has always told the missionaries " I'll try. I won't
lie to you I'll try to quit, but i don't know if i can." This time we
wouldn't leave it at that. She finally promised us and God that she
would quit smoking so she could be baptized. We have been seeing her
everymorning since to read scriptures with her and help her quit. It
has been amazing to see how much she has changed since then. She is
so much happier now. Before, she would go through mood swings and she
always had headaches. She is getting baptized on Friday. We are
pretty excited for her. Well I hope you have a great week.
Love Elder Marshall
Quote of the week:
“Faith is not a theological platitude. It is a fact of life. Faith can
become the very wellspring of purposeful living. There is no more
compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that
we are children of God, the Creator of the universe, our all-wise
Heavenly Father! God expects us to do something with our lives, and he
will give us help when help is sought.” - Gordon B.
Hinckley

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