"Where Did The Week Go"

Haha sounds like things are doing great back home with you guys, i hope karter gets feeling better! thanks again for the emails and pics! well this week was a good one and i can't complain, we saw some good things happen and the lord really helped us this week, it went by so fast i couldn't believe it. I spoke yesterday in sacrament meeting yesterday and it was a good experience, i like speaking, it's a lot harder in another language but the Lord is right there to help me along the way. the past few weeks i have really been cracking down on my language study, i just really want to learn it. my comp is probably getting annoyed with all my questions haha. so the work this week was good, our investigators just dont seem to want to take the step, they start to progress so much and we are so close and then something comes up and...boom, there gone. it's been a struggle for me in this area but im extremely grateful for the help we have had in the less active work! some weeks are really good and we get some great work done and others not so much, this week was right in the middle! haha we got some good work done but things were slow to progress, it's all in the process but some people are really starting to make the steps they need to. that's the best is when we see people that haven't read, prayed, or gone to church in a while and slowly they start doing all of it! it's a really great experience, i love being a part of this work and really realize how important it is! i read a lot out of alma this week and was really inspired especially with the stories about ammon and aaron, there are some great doctrine in that chapter that helped me alot this week. i'm pulling a blank right now, this week went by so fast and i can't remember anything that happened, haha i'm sorry for this letter i'm trying to remember what happened, it's a good thing i've been writing in my journal or i probably wouldn't remember lots of stuff. family i just want to bear you my testimony that i know with all my heart this church is true! Christ lives, he is our mediator and advocate with the father he can heal any of our problems. the book of mormon is the word of God and is one book that can tell us all things we need to know. continue onward with faith, have fun and get the work done, know that i am doing great and i'm having the time of my life! mahal kita Elder Machen