Fasting and Feeding

Funny: I had kinda a funny experience while fasting this week. In my prayer to open my fast I had asked that I could have the opportunity to gain a stronger testimony of fasting. Well the fast started and I woke up the next morning starving. It was rough, I was beginning to wonder if I wasn't going to make it, it felt like I was back in priest quorum. Well after church we did some studies and were preparing to go see some people when a member family texted up asking if we had eaten. We went over and had some Delicious ribs, afterwards we went and saw a returning member family. While we were there the other ward elders told us that a member was insisting that we come to their house for dinner. We did so joyously. We had just gotten in the truck when yet another member texted us telling us that they had made pizzas for us and that we were required to come over and eat. Well, in the end we were bloated and my testimony of fasting has grown quite a bit haha.

Spiritual: Once again the miracles that happen on exchanges are endless. I was able to go with Elder Asher this week and it was fantastic! We went to a couple that we had been trying for a long time to start teaching but we just hadn't been able to get in. Well, we pulled up and this time we noticed that they had a garden that wasn't tilled yet. We knocked on the door and asked if we could till their garden. They couldn't today but we rescheduled for another day and then as we were about to turn around and leave, we heard the door open again and they invited us in for a glass of water. The conversation turned to the Gospel quickly and they expressed how they had done some research of their own and had gotten into some bad information. We were able to clear it up and we are excited to go over and have another meeting. I am so grateful for chance to serve this people and see such great miracles!

Where I am at: We got some rain down here but now we are back to the warm and dry, life is great and we are enjoying all it offers. For transfer predictions, I am thinking that I am gone. I can feel it in the air that I am needed somewhere else, but we will see. There are a lot of good things going on this week. The Whiterock family is on date to be baptized this week and it seems that they are going to make it! It should be a great event! We are very excited for this adventure.

Love ya'

Elder Black