E-mail dated 3/1/10

I have no idea why you didn't get that email I sent last week. hmmm. Oh well. I hope this one works and I resent last weeks. I will admit I was kind of tempted to make up a crazy story about a monkey chasing me and my companion in the bush and what not . . . but even if it was true you wouldn't believe me. he he he.

The highlight of the week was our zone conference on friday. Both President and Sister Squires gave some great instructions. Sister Squires showed us a video of a story titled the Miracle at the Sink. Maybe you've heard the story but here it goes. It starts with a very young girl who was really excited to take a break from her chores and go with her family on a picnic. She was devastated when her father told her that she needed to stay home and tend to her little brother. She rationalized within herself that her father never told her where she needed to tend her brother and she got the bright idea to meet the family at the picnic. In order for them to make it in time they would have to take a shortcut through a place called the sink. Her father had told her that they were never to go to the sink because of the dangers there. Belle continued thinking her father would forgive her when he realized how good her idea was. Halfway around the sink they could follow the path no more. A rockslide had covered the path. Belled chose to carry Joe across the rocks and in the process she started the rockslide again. She said her most heartfelt prayer in her life and as soon as she ended she felt a force lift them out of the slide and put them back on the path towards home. Belled vowed that day never to disobey father again and to follow God. She went home and told no one of the event, and she was grateful that Joe was to small to tell anyone. Many years passed when Belle's father asked her if she and Joe were ever in trouble at the sink? Apparently while Belle was on her mission Joe got very very sick. When he had a high fever he started talking about the experience at the sink those many years ago. Joe said that angels lifted them out of the slide. The father questioned Joe about the incident after the recovery and Joe had no memory of the miracle at the sink at all. Upon questioning Belle the truth came out. She had wondered why Joe had seen angels when she could see nothing. She realized that she was the one that was disobedient and she wasn't worthy to see that angels.

Well there are many things we can learn from this story and I'll let you just let you learn from the spirit. "One of lifes hardest lessons to learn is obedience."

President Squires gave a great instruction on the meaning of keeping an eye single to the glory of God. It should be given in the next General conference it was so good. I won't even attempt to share it, but just so you know, it was good.

Everything else is going great. We are going to try and find new investigators this week, because some of our current ones aren't keeping thier commitments. Kind of sad, but we can't let that from stopping this branch from progressing. Elder Lauti is back to perfect health, nothing could be better.

Elder Degen

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