Good Week

We have the absolute coolest guy in our ward!!  His name is Matt Nelson!  He is the most hardcore guy that I have ever met; he is in 7th Group Special Forces, has a bunch of tattoos, like 100 guns, jacked out of his mind, and yet he is one of the most spiritual guys you will ever meet!  We went over to his house a few times this week to help him with some stuff, and also to have him come on splits with us.  So this guy swears like all the time and is just super loud and looks scary and drives a Harley, so when he showed up to teach Amber, everyone was just super scared but soon found that he was an awesome guy!  We taught her the Word of Wisdom and he bore powerful testimony of how even though he is in the military and looks super hard core, he has never done any of that and is completely fine with it.  It really surprised Amber and made her realize how the WOW is for her own benefit, and she committed to live the WOW!  We then went to give someone a blessing with Matt, and he was the voice.  It was amazing to see how humble to the spirit he is!  He said some really profound things to this sister who is really struggling right now.  I seriously look up to this guy so much!  He is crazy hard core, super humble, is a great husband, and absolutely loves his kids, he truly is an amazing guy and a huge example to me!

I had the chance to go on a trade off with Elder Pranger this week, and we had such a blast!!  We taught a bunch of lessons and had some crazy stuff happen to us.  We taught Batman during our studies and I also played a little prank on him; I told him I knew an awesome object lesson where the bowl sticks to the ceiling hahahaha!!  When we traded back, we got a phone call from Amber; she was super excited to tell us something!  We found out that she did the sticky note challenge we left her, and she got an answer!!!  She was so excited and couldn't stop crying, and then she said 8 words that hit us super strong, "I know the Book of Mormon is true!"  It was so awesome to hear those words!!!  She is progressing so much!  Later in the week, we went over to her place and worked on the farm there for like 2 or 3 hours, it was so sick!!  We hoed a whole bunch of dirt but we also talked a lot about the church and she said "So I was reading the chapter in Ether you told me to read and I am confused on what baptism by fire is!!!"  She is reading and actually paying attention to the message, its so sick!!  So we taught her about the Gift of the Holy Ghost and how she will always have it with her after she is baptized, she thought it was so cool!  Then we taught her the Law of Chastity yesterday after church with the Baltimores there, and at first she wasn't really receptive, but then the Baltimores bore super strong testimonies and we helped her explain the blessings that come from living a chaste life, and she accepted it and said she would live the law of chastity!  Goodness, she is so solid and is super excited for a change in her life, I love it!!

Crestview is awesome!  We are seeing a lot of blessings, and will hopefully continue to see more!!

Love you guys!

Hope that yall have an awesome week!!

Elder Skippy