Week 5

Hey Everyone!!

Sorry no greek this week the computers got reset so there is no greek keyboard. But it has been another amazing week.

We had the pageant every night until Saturday which was our last day and it was super cool. I kinda miss it but it also gives us half an hour of time at night again so it is all good I guess.

We had a member of the 70, Elder Phillips from London, come and talk to us this week. It was really cool and he talked about how we have no need to fear but we always will be scared and feel inadequate and when we do all we need to do is pray and do what the Lord would have us do.  Being a missionary makes it pretty easy to do what the lord would have me do.

The rest of the week was normal, I got to run quite a bit this week. I had a run with 7 miles. I also get to go my own speed because I just run around a field where everyone is. One day I was running around and there were some boys sitting on a wall by the field and they would cuss me out every time I passed. It made me so sad to see that people had raised their children to swear and hate the church. It also made me glad for the situation that I was able to be raised in. As I kept running they starting shooting rocks at me with a sling shot. They only got me once and it wasn't even bad. I just thought it was kind of funny.

Sunday was great again. We learned about the power of the Holy Ghost all Sunday. One really cool point that the MTC President made was that the Holy Ghost is how we develop our relationship with our Savior Jesus Christ. That is so true. It is really the only way. 

I had so many prayers answered this week and had so much peace come through prayer. Whenever we are in need we just need to get on our knees and God will listen and answer our prayers.

Today we went into Chorley, it was just me and my companion today. As we were walking through the market a guy stopped us and asked us what we taught about. It was really cool. We talked to him about the word of wisdom and also the temple. We got his contact information for the Manchester missionaries because it is against the law for us to teach him. That was too bad but it was just really cool to know that we could be making a big difference in his life.

Always know that the lord will hear and answer your prayers, and that through Jesus Christ we can do all things. I love you all.

Love,

Elder Halverson

Brigham and Brother Peel his teacher