Time Is Speeding Up!

Hey yall, another week has come and gone, time is speeding up.

This was a great week, we found 2 new people to teach, which for us, is a big deal. 

Ron (mid 50s) was a referral from some visitor center sisters. He has had some family struggles recently and is just wanting a change of pace in his life. We hadn't met him so we went over to his place to just knock. He let us right in and we just started chatting, super cool guy. We have only taught him a few points of a couple lessons but were going back this week for a return appointment. It's still too early to say if he'll go anywhere but hey, I'm just excited we have someone to teach haha. Also he rides dirt bikes so we talked about that for a while. 

And Rick was found by Elder Berger on exchanges, he is an ex-RLDS member. We have a return appointment for tomorrow so that should be interesting......

The rest of the week was good, we had exchanges with both sets of  Spanish Elders, so I ate some bomb food. Also on Friday my homie from Meadowbrook, Mario, who is actually in the Cheaterfield Spanish ward, was baptized so I was able to go back for that. 

This week I read 2 Nephi through Words of Mormon, and the thing that sticks out to me more than anything else is the simplicity of the Gospel. Keep the commandments and prosper and be blessed. Not keeping the commandments doesn't necessarily mean that God will send trials or punishments or whatever. But it does mean that you are spiritually damned, meaning you won't progress. How long can flowing water remain impure? If we keep the commandments we continually progress and will keep moving forward. 

Love you all

Elder McArthur