Week # 85 - Flight of the Pigeons (feat. how to get turnt in a sewer)

Hello you fabulous people! I hope your week has been super swell. We have had some good times this week. So let's get to it!

 Elder Rasmussen has a really good camera

You can still balance brooms btw

I went on exchanges with Elder Nash, our District Leader, this week and that was a ton of fun! I went to Moss Bluff with him and we went around teaching people as we walked. We went to a Christian get-together thing, near the end of the day, and basically had a "eat chili and bible study" for an hour. It was radical. We also had dinner with two of the people that Elder Nash and Elder Houser are teaching and we had a lesson with them after the meal and let me tell you, God prepares the elect to find His gospel. It's so cool to see how some people will just grab on once they find truth. 

Elder Nash and I found an opened up fire hydrant 

Elder Rasmussen and I found some people to teach this week and one of them was a very cool story! We were looking at our “areabook”, using the smart sort, which helps us know what people have been taught.  It is easier to find more prepared people that way.  I saw a lady who had been taught like 68% of the principles we teach, had been to church like 13 times, and even had a previous baptismal date. I looked at the reason she was put on hold from teaching and it said, "this person has not been taught for 6 months, so areabook automatically put her on not interested" So I was like, "let's go" and we did. We pulled up to the street and I couldn’t find her house, cuz google maps didn't lead me to the right house. We knock around and as we are about to leave, I see it. HER HOUSE. I run over to it and I knock on the door. She answered the door and looked happy to see us and said she was busy, but that she wanted us back. We taught her a little bit and now we're gonna keep teaching and get her into the fold of the lamb. ;) The Lord guided us to her and I'm glad we were worthy of the spirit to listen to the promptings we got.

Elder Nagle is not amused 

A dog hopped in our car. 

So with the pigeons... we were at the lake having a companionship study when all of a sudden a HUGE flock of pigeons started flying around us and started doing like patterns in the sky. It was cool and relaxing. Those graceful creatures. 

Flight of the pigeons (Do you like it dad?)

The only gold pigeon there

dem birds tho

Peace baybeeee

At the lake

THIS is how you get TURNT in a sewer. 

aka grow some weed where most cops won't look

Time to get spiritual now y'all. So I read through 4 Nephi this past week looking for some good messages and I found a couple. The BIG one is the Pride is the root of all wickedness, so if any of y'all are getting carried away in pride, check yo self and read Beware of Pride. 

But another thing I found was how we can be rebuilt through repentance. 

7 And the Lord did prosper them exceedingly in the land; yea, insomuch that they did build cities again where there had been cities burned.

8 Yea, even that great ^acity Zarahemla did they cause to be built again.

9 But there were many cities which had been ^asunk, and waters came up in the stead thereof; therefore these cities could not be renewed.

So, when you read these verses in 4 Nephi, you might think, "yeah, they rebuilt the cities. So what?" But liken yourself to those cities. We live our lives how we live them and if we choose to follow God; we are blessed for doing so. But sometimes we sin and let bad qualities into our lives. Eventually we need to repent (sooner than later) and when we get to this point we will notice that some of our good qualities have been "burned down." But if we choose to really repent we can rebuild what was destroyed and bring the good back. But it requires effort. As for the bad qualities, we need to leave those buried in the deep so that we may never restore them. 

That's my little thought. 

But I have been really enjoying Lake Charles and being able to serve the Lord out here! Elder Rasmussen is getting certified this week on Wednesday! So keep him in your prayers!!! He's gonna do great :)

A little girl drew me a picture at a dinner

I love y'all,

Elder Furphy