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From: Jordan Bloomquist
Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:38 PM
Dear Family,
Roses are Red and Violets are blue... wait a minute violets are violet ALRIGHT WHO WROTE THIS POEM!!!???
How is you being?
This week was both crazy and good at the same time. My low was that out of nowhere almost every investigator that we had stopped progressing and had some crazy things happining in their lives one of them wanted a divorce from their spouse another seperated from theirs and another left on vacation for a month so we couldn´t teach them. PHEWW what is going on? The devil is one tricky sly guy that is what is going on! So we brought out the artillary AKA the big guns the Book Of Mormon is the biggest weapon there is we shared some scriptures from there and commited them to read every night and they agreed. With those that we have visited they have noticed a difference a big one. they just feel at peace when ever they read it. Every day I realize more how huge the book of mormon is and how much power it can have on the heart. OK STORY TIME one time in the MTC Elder Pew and I were teaching a fake investigator and he was telling us how he didn´t want to read the Book of Mormon because he didn´t know what it was we promised him the blessings in there and said he just needed to try it. He replyed to us that his friends gave him some drugs one time, also telling him that they were good and that he should just try them. We were stunned for a minute and then responded, " with the blessings we have promised how much worse could a book be than drugs" once again he shocked us saying "much worse, books contain ideas, powerful words that can influnce the mind where as drugs disable the physical body and there are cures for drug addicts but you can never vomit or rid the mind of poison" I have thought about that a lot what we have is a book a very powerful and influencial book, most books on this earth are the words of men this book, The Book of Mormon are the words of God and His son Jesus Christ, the very same that created the seas and the mountains of the earth, the very same that created the Human body from the dust of the earth. Some times I under estimate or take for granted this blessing that we have been given. The instructions on how to have Joy in this life. This is my testimony that I know the Book of Mormon is true and because I know that I know that Joseph Smith is a prophet and that we have a Father in Heaven that loves us so much he has blessed us with Familys and a Prophet to learn and grow. Sorry I will get off my soap box but that was just my little high for the week a little thought that I had.
I love you guys
Elder Bloomquist
P.s the picture is of Me and my companion Elder Grillone Elder Mooney and Elder Matthews on P Day making Chicken Cordon Bleu
From: Jordan Bloomquist
Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:38 PM
Dear Family,
Roses are Red and Violets are blue... wait a minute violets are violet ALRIGHT WHO WROTE THIS POEM!!!???
How is you being?
This week was both crazy and good at the same time. My low was that out of nowhere almost every investigator that we had stopped progressing and had some crazy things happining in their lives one of them wanted a divorce from their spouse another seperated from theirs and another left on vacation for a month so we couldn´t teach them. PHEWW what is going on? The devil is one tricky sly guy that is what is going on! So we brought out the artillary AKA the big guns the Book Of Mormon is the biggest weapon there is we shared some scriptures from there and commited them to read every night and they agreed. With those that we have visited they have noticed a difference a big one. they just feel at peace when ever they read it. Every day I realize more how huge the book of mormon is and how much power it can have on the heart. OK STORY TIME one time in the MTC Elder Pew and I were teaching a fake investigator and he was telling us how he didn´t want to read the Book of Mormon because he didn´t know what it was we promised him the blessings in there and said he just needed to try it. He replyed to us that his friends gave him some drugs one time, also telling him that they were good and that he should just try them. We were stunned for a minute and then responded, " with the blessings we have promised how much worse could a book be than drugs" once again he shocked us saying "much worse, books contain ideas, powerful words that can influnce the mind where as drugs disable the physical body and there are cures for drug addicts but you can never vomit or rid the mind of poison" I have thought about that a lot what we have is a book a very powerful and influencial book, most books on this earth are the words of men this book, The Book of Mormon are the words of God and His son Jesus Christ, the very same that created the seas and the mountains of the earth, the very same that created the Human body from the dust of the earth. Some times I under estimate or take for granted this blessing that we have been given. The instructions on how to have Joy in this life. This is my testimony that I know the Book of Mormon is true and because I know that I know that Joseph Smith is a prophet and that we have a Father in Heaven that loves us so much he has blessed us with Familys and a Prophet to learn and grow. Sorry I will get off my soap box but that was just my little high for the week a little thought that I had.
I love you guys
Elder Bloomquist
P.s the picture is of Me and my companion Elder Grillone Elder Mooney and Elder Matthews on P Day making Chicken Cordon Bleu
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