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December 31, 2015

This week was wonderful! Very different then my other Christmases. So far every year I have been focused on myself honestly. It's always been about the presents. Every year I would wake up early and get everyone down to the tree so I could get my stuff and go. This year was quite different. I woke up early but on accident. I was kneeling at the foot of my bed because I had fallen asleep saying my prayers. I woke up and jumped into bed. I then woke up and instead of rushing g to the tree I waited and opened my gifts but then instead of going of to myself like I did in the past, I went and studied about the Lord then the rest of the day was spent helping others. I left the warmth of the house to go out in the cold and pouring rain to wish the lonely and downtrodden a merry Christmas and show them the love of Christ. I think this Christmas I did it right. I gave to Christ! I helped him out by helping others. This year I finally was able to really understand this scripture

Matthew 25 

40...Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me...

That is the spirit of Christmas! That is what is is really all about. 

I was so happy to see my family! That is honestly what I really wanted this year and I got it! It doesn't seem like it but it has been almost half a year since I last saw them! Wow. Not to mention Santa came and brought us flags! Idaho and Arizona.

I had an interesting experience I thought I'd share

We were out with a member and I had a subtle prompting that we should go knock on this house. I ignored it and we were leaving the city anyway. We then went back and I asked if we could go to the house. I felt good when we knocked on the door but when the lady came out we said we were the missionaries and she slammed the door on us. We walk to the car and this guy comes out and I thought he was going  to yell at us. He says sorry my mom is blind, what can I do for you. I said we had a short video about Christ and he turned and said oh we aren't interested and walked in the house. Usually that didn't bother me but this time it did. I don't know what the point of all of heat was but in the end I am glad I listened even if it means a slam in the face.

Today we went hiking at greeter falls. Tennessee is honestly the most beautiful state I have ever seen! I mean just look at it! I am glad I am here. 

The time is short and I must be off but I love you and may you have a blessed day and yal come back!

Elder Weight~

Hey everyone! 

Sorry for no email last week. You can thank my iPad for that. It decided to delete BOTH my really long and time consuming emails that I sent out. After it deleted the second time I threw it down and said I'm do e with this...so chapter 20 should have been called Tiwi Strikes and about the Christmas party zone conference we had and how we had a white elephant exchange also. We also got TIWIS. They are blackboxes that are supposed to help us. But ours thinks the speed limit is always 10 miles below that actual limit. So we always end up having people pass us or we are 'those 'people that cause traffic. 

Anyway what happened this week!

This week we had a barbecue for pday. All the local elders came and we had a lot of good food! 

We also did a cool picture for the Mormon.org website. It was pretty intense orchestrating it but it turned out in the end!

Tuesday we had a really neat lesson with a member. We showed he new video for Christmas this year. That video is so cool! We then talked about how Christmas time was the time to help those around us, how that is one of the ultimate gifts we can give to our savior.

Matthew 25

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

So we talked about how we can gift people the best gift of all and that us the gospel! We gave them some pass along cards to the Mormon.org website and invited them to share them with their friends or those they think who could use it. They liked that. Hats what I'd encourage yall to do. Give somebody the gospel and it doesn't have to be big, just invite them to church or give them a card or a book of Mormon or whatever, but give somebody a chance to hear the gospel because honestly, that is the best gift! 

Mainly we have done a lot of service this week. We have been racking leaves for a sick member couple...but It's taking awhile because they own about 2 acres of land. It's been fun though because they have us put them to the burn pile... Everybody has one here! I love the south. We also were able to somewhat help with splitting wood for a member. I say somewhat because half the members in the ward see in the logging business so...they all came with their massive chainsaws and hacked three trees down and got them stacked in about an hour. We kind of sat and watched that one...but still.

We had a cool ward Christmas party on friday. We were part of the young men and women performance. They did the 12 days of Mormon Christmas. For two it was two years on a mission. When it got to us we put on another tie. At he end we had twelve ties in plus the ones we were wearing. For some reason everyone was amazed with the fact that we had that many ties. We were like "that ain't all of them." They also did the story if Conrad. I like that story. It is a good one. The primary also put on the nativity. That was funny to watch. Good times!

Sunday seemed to be our busiest day. We had our ward breakfast which was extremely good! And before sacrament meeting. We were able to visit a lot of people. There are do many good people here but so many less actives. The bishop asked a less active member and she said it is honestly laziness. She's like...yup it's people's laziness. It is so easy to get out of a good habit yet  so hard to quit a bad one.  And what can you do about that? To be honest there really isn't anything you can do about that. All you can do is keep loving and inviting. It's in their hands and they must choose for themselves. But we must never stop doing g what we can. 

So star wars came out and it seems that everyone has seen it. I'm come on though..it can't be that good can it....?.......() I mean it only got like a 95 on rotten tomatoes so...()

Well I hope yall like it. 

I want to add my witness of the savior and how he was born so we could have peace. The thing is if you want him  to prove it to you, you need to go to him. Read the scriptures, go to the Mormon.org website, ask someone that knows. I have had more peace and honest, true happiness because of taking  the time to discover him for myself. I guarantee the same result to all who try.

you need to discover him. 

I'm ready for Christmas! It's not going to much of a hard working day. Especially new years. But I guess that's how it is so..alright.

I love you all and have a merry very happy super amazing lovelyful Christmas former Altamont Tennessee!

Hey everyone! 

Sorry for no email last week. You can thank my iPad for that. It decided to delete BOTH my really long and time consuming emails that I sent out. After it deleted the second time I threw it down and said I'm do e with this...so chapter 20 should have been called Tiwi Strikes and about the Christmas party zone conference we had and how we had a white elephant exchange also. We also got TIWIS. They are blackboxes that are supposed to help us. But ours thinks the speed limit is always 10 miles below that actual limit. So we always end up having people pass us or we are 'those 'people that cause traffic. 

Anyway what happened this week!

This week we had a barbecue for pday. All the local elders came and we had a lot of good food! 

We also did a cool picture for the Mormon.org website. It was pretty intense orchestrating it but it turned out in the end!

Tuesday we had a really neat lesson with a member. We showed he new video for Christmas this year. That video is so cool! We then talked about how Christmas time was the time to help those around us, how that is one of the ultimate gifts we can give to our savior.

Matthew 25

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

So we talked about how we can gift people the best gift of all and that us the gospel! We gave them some pass along cards to the Mormon.org website and invited them to share them with their friends or those they think who could use it. They liked that. Hats what I'd encourage yall to do. Give somebody the gospel and it doesn't have to be big, just invite them to church or give them a card or a book of Mormon or whatever, but give somebody a chance to hear the gospel because honestly, that is the best gift! 

Mainly we have done a lot of service this week. We have been racking leaves for a sick member couple...but It's taking awhile because they own about 2 acres of land. It's been fun though because they have us put them to the burn pile... Everybody has one here! I love the south. We also were able to somewhat help with splitting wood for a member. I say somewhat because half the members in the ward see in the logging business so...they all came with their massive chainsaws and hacked three trees down and got them stacked in about an hour. We kind of sat and watched that one...but still.

We had a cool ward Christmas party on friday. We were part of the young men and women performance. They did the 12 days of Mormon Christmas. For two it was two years on a mission. When it got to us we put on another tie. At he end we had twelve ties in plus the ones we were wearing. For some reason everyone was amazed with the fact that we had that many ties. We were like "that ain't all of them." They also did the story if Conrad. I like that story. It is a good one. The primary also put on the nativity. That was funny to watch. Good times!

Sunday seemed to be our busiest day. We had our ward breakfast which was extremely good! And before sacrament meeting. We were able to visit a lot of people. There are do many good people here but so many less actives. The bishop asked a less active member and she said it is honestly laziness. She's like...yup it's people's laziness. It is so easy to get out of a good habit yet  so hard to quit a bad one.  And what can you do about that? To be honest there really isn't anything you can do about that. All you can do is keep loving and inviting. It's in their hands and they must choose for themselves. But we must never stop doing g what we can. 

So star wars came out and it seems that everyone has seen it. I'm come on though..it can't be that good can it....?.......() I mean it only got like a 95 on rotten tomatoes so...()

Well I hope yall like it. 

I want to add my witness of the savior and how he was born so we could have peace. The thing is if you want him  to prove it to you, you need to go to him. Read the scriptures, go to the Mormon.org website, ask someone that knows. I have had more peace and honest, true happiness because of taking  the time to discover him for myself. I guarantee the same result to all who try.

you need to discover him. 

I'm ready for Christmas! It's not going to much of a hard working day. Especially new years. But I guess that's how it is so..alright.

I love you all and have a merry very happy super amazing lovelyful Christmas former Altamont Tennessee!

Hey everyone! 

Sorry for no email last week. You can thank my iPad for that. It decided to delete BOTH my really long and time consuming emails that I sent out. After it deleted the second time I threw it down and said I'm do e with this...so chapter 20 should have been called Tiwi Strikes and about the Christmas party zone conference we had and how we had a white elephant exchange also. We also got TIWIS. They are blackboxes that are supposed to help us. But ours thinks the speed limit is always 10 miles below that actual limit. So we always end up having people pass us or we are 'those 'people that cause traffic. 

Anyway what happened this week!

This week we had a barbecue for pday. All the local elders came and we had a lot of good food! 

We also did a cool picture for the Mormon.org website. It was pretty intense orchestrating it but it turned out in the end!

Tuesday we had a really neat lesson with a member. We showed he new video for Christmas this year. That video is so cool! We then talked about how Christmas time was the time to help those around us, how that is one of the ultimate gifts we can give to our savior.

Matthew 25

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

So we talked about how we can gift people the best gift of all and that us the gospel! We gave them some pass along cards to the Mormon.org website and invited them to share them with their friends or those they think who could use it. They liked that. Hats what I'd encourage yall to do. Give somebody the gospel and it doesn't have to be big, just invite them to church or give them a card or a book of Mormon or whatever, but give somebody a chance to hear the gospel because honestly, that is the best gift! 

Mainly we have done a lot of service this week. We have been racking leaves for a sick member couple...but It's taking awhile because they own about 2 acres of land. It's been fun though because they have us put them to the burn pile... Everybody has one here! I love the south. We also were able to somewhat help with splitting wood for a member. I say somewhat because half the members in the ward see in the logging business so...they all came with their massive chainsaws and hacked three trees down and got them stacked in about an hour. We kind of sat and watched that one...but still.

We had a cool ward Christmas party on friday. We were part of the young men and women performance. They did the 12 days of Mormon Christmas. For two it was two years on a mission. When it got to us we put on another tie. At he end we had twelve ties in plus the ones we were wearing. For some reason everyone was amazed with the fact that we had that many ties. We were like "that ain't all of them." They also did the story if Conrad. I like that story. It is a good one. The primary also put on the nativity. That was funny to watch. Good times!

Sunday seemed to be our busiest day. We had our ward breakfast which was extremely good! And before sacrament meeting. We were able to visit a lot of people. There are do many good people here but so many less actives. The bishop asked a less active member and she said it is honestly laziness. She's like...yup it's people's laziness. It is so easy to get out of a good habit yet  so hard to quit a bad one.  And what can you do about that? To be honest there really isn't anything you can do about that. All you can do is keep loving and inviting. It's in their hands and they must choose for themselves. But we must never stop doing g what we can. 

So star wars came out and it seems that everyone has seen it. I'm come on though..it can't be that good can it....?.......() I mean it only got like a 95 on rotten tomatoes so...()

Well I hope yall like it. 

I want to add my witness of the savior and how he was born so we could have peace. The thing is if you want him  to prove it to you, you need to go to him. Read the scriptures, go to the Mormon.org website, ask someone that knows. I have had more peace and honest, true happiness because of taking  the time to discover him for myself. I guarantee the same result to all who try.

you need to discover him. 

I'm ready for Christmas! It's not going to much of a hard working day. Especially new years. But I guess that's how it is so..alright.

I love you all and have a merry very happy super amazing lovelyful Christmas former Altamont Tennessee!

 

December 22, 2015

Hey everyone! 

Sorry for no email last week. You can thank my iPad for that. It decided to delete BOTH my really long and time consuming emails that I sent out. After it deleted the second time I threw it down and said I'm do e with this...so chapter 20 should have been called Tiwi Strikes and about the Christmas party zone conference we had and how we had a white elephant exchange also. We also got TIWIS. They are blackboxes that are supposed to help us. But ours thinks the speed limit is always 10 miles below that actual limit. So we always end up having people pass us or we are 'those 'people that cause traffic. 

Anyway what happened this week!

This week we had a barbecue for pday. All the local elders came and we had a lot of good food! 

We also did a cool picture for the Mormon.org website. It was pretty intense orchestrating it but it turned out in the end!

Tuesday we had a really neat lesson with a member. We showed he new video for Christmas this year. That video is so cool! We then talked about how Christmas time was the time to help those around us, how that is one of the ultimate gifts we can give to our savior.

Matthew 25

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

So we talked about how we can gift people the best gift of all and that us the gospel! We gave them some pass along cards to the Mormon.org website and invited them to share them with their friends or those they think who could use it. They liked that. Hats what I'd encourage yall to do. Give somebody the gospel and it doesn't have to be big, just invite them to church or give them a card or a book of Mormon or whatever, but give somebody a chance to hear the gospel because honestly, that is the best gift! 

Mainly we have done a lot of service this week. We have been racking leaves for a sick member couple...but It's taking awhile because they own about 2 acres of land. It's been fun though because they have us put them to the burn pile... Everybody has one here! I love the south. We also were able to somewhat help with splitting wood for a member. I say somewhat because half the members in the ward see in the logging business so...they all came with their massive chainsaws and hacked three trees down and got them stacked in about an hour. We kind of sat and watched that one...but still.

We had a cool ward Christmas party on friday. We were part of the young men and women performance. They did the 12 days of Mormon Christmas. For two it was two years on a mission. When it got to us we put on another tie. At he end we had twelve ties in plus the ones we were wearing. For some reason everyone was amazed with the fact that we had that many ties. We were like "that ain't all of them." They also did the story if Conrad. I like that story. It is a good one. The primary also put on the nativity. That was funny to watch. Good times!

Sunday seemed to be our busiest day. We had our ward breakfast which was extremely good! And before sacrament meeting. We were able to visit a lot of people. There are do many good people here but so many less actives. The bishop asked a less active member and she said it is honestly laziness. She's like...yup it's people's laziness. It is so easy to get out of a good habit yet  so hard to quit a bad one.  And what can you do about that? To be honest there really isn't anything you can do about that. All you can do is keep loving and inviting. It's in their hands and they must choose for themselves. But we must never stop doing g what we can. 

So star wars came out and it seems that everyone has seen it. I'm come on though..it can't be that good can it....?.......() I mean it only got like a 95 on rotten tomatoes so...()

Well I hope yall like it. 

I want to add my witness of the savior and how he was born so we could have peace. The thing is if you want him  to prove it to you, you need to go to him. Read the scriptures, go to the Mormon.org website, ask someone that knows. I have had more peace and honest, true happiness because of taking  the time to discover him for myself. I guarantee the same result to all who try.

you need to discover him. 

I'm ready for Christmas! It's not going to much of a hard working day. Especially new years. But I guess that's how it is so..alright.

I love you all and have a merry very happy super amazing lovelyful Christmas former Altamont Tennessee!

Elder Weight