6/24/13

This week has been pretty crazy!  Anthony is the one who got baptized!  Thanks for the workout plans btw, I try to stay faithful to them as best I can!  Tell Bryce congrats for me!  That's so exciting that he got to go to the temple!  I wish I was there to see him and Parker give their farewell talks! 

Our investigators aren't really going anywhere right now.  None of them really keep commitments and the amount of education most people have here in Virginia is probably like 4th grade.  That's the people we usually teach anyways, so reading the Book of Mormon for them is hard even though we get them audio recordings.  With this last Missionary Training Broadcast, Elder Bird and I have an even stronger desire to do better.  There's always room for improvement and I feel as if I always need to do better.  A mission is hard, but I'm just praying I'm doing all I can.  We're trying harder to get members present at lessons, but it's hard in a branch.  We're confident we can do it though!  We'll keep praying and trusting in the Lord to guide us to investigators and even less active members who are in need of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their lives. 

Dad, here's a great talk for you and maybe even Luke, "The Hands of The Father's" by Jeffrey R. Holland.  Mom, Alex has one I sent her called, "To Young Women" by Jeffrey R. Holland.  Finally, there's also, "Witnesses of Christ" by Elder Holland.  We downloaded all his talks and are listening to them throughout our days.

Love y'all!

Elder Austin Mounts