Dear Family and Friends,
I've already
been out for over a month and it has flown by! I can't believe how
quickly things have started going. We are still struggling to find
people to teach, but they'll come. As long as we keep working hard,
they'll come.
We got a chance to go to the Newport Beach Temple this
morning. We had to wake up at around 3:00 am to get there though. It was
tough to get up so early but it was worth it. The temple was beautiful
(I forgot my camera so I don't have pictures D: I'll get some next
time.) and the session we went to was really nice. They have a lot of
really cool painting and murals and stuff like that. It's amazing how I
just keep learning more and more from the temple. I love it and I can't
wait to keep going back.
As usual, I'll send out a letter this week that you
guys can put up. I hope you are able to read my writing all the time. I
think it's getting better. At least I hope so.
I
just want to share an experience I had. We having a rough day. Nobody
really seemed interested in what we had to say and our appointments were
falling through. We got to an appointment and nobody was home. It was
at an apartment complex. We decided to knock on some doors around us.
We went to the first door and when the guy answered things
felt...Different. He was very receptive and we were able to have a great
conversation. I invited him to be baptized (my first invitation). He
didn't say yes but he also didn't say no so it's a start! I learned that
as long as you keep trying and keep having faith the Lord will bless
you.
I hope all is well at home. It was really nice to talk to you all on mothers day and I hope that was a great holiday for you.
Love,
Elder Sanderson
