Elder Welch and I did not get a transfer call last night. So, we're both here in the Falls until the middle of January!
I attached a picture so I don't get rebuked by you guys anymore! :) It's kind of a funny picture. I ended up being in the front and center of everything. Which is kind of awkward, but Nan wanted Elder Welch on one side and me on the other. Nan is the lady right next to me, then Elder Welch and the Woodruffs (ward missionaries) on the left. Then our two Spanish missionary friends who serve in the St. Davids Spanish branch are on the right.
Nan is still doing awesome and she will be baptized this Saturday in Salt Lake City. We had another investigator named Charles come to church yesterday, and that was awesome. He's someone I didn't really expect to enjoy it and fit in as much as he did. We'll see him again this week and do all that we can to help him progress. He's someone who I think has the potential to influence many people for good. He's down to earth and always cheerful.
I've been thinking about The Gospel of Jesus Christ a lot this week. The Gospel is a 5-step pattern of living for sinners. Faith, repentance, baptism (or making/renewing covenants), receiving the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end... this is not a one time deal. It is a pattern of living. And its the path to true, lasting happiness. I'm so grateful for the Gospel in my life. I can feel the difference between actually living the Gospel pattern and just going through the motions. Going through the motions might keep you feeling secure, but you won't really progress and grow into the person you are capable of becoming. We are all worth so much. We are all capable of so much more than we often allow ourselves to believe. Become what you are meant to become! That's one of the many things living the Gospel will do.
I love you all so much, and I hope you are enjoying this special time of year! Each of you has influenced me so much, and I'm so grateful.
Laus deo.
Love,
Elder Brett Simper
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