Letters from Elder Alston: September 23, 2013

Hey everybody! this past week, nothing much happened. After we emailed last tuesday, I got sick. So we went home and I stayed in bed from about 3:00 Tuesday until 6:30 saturday morning. Throwing up and having a super high temp. So that was awesome... Church was normal. Except it's now in english which threw me through a loop. haha. During sacrament meeting, I was sitting there with my head down and this little blonde girl I have never even met, was sitting right in front of me taps the top of my head and says, "Elder Alston...I drew this for you." It was a picture of a heart, and in the center of the heart it read," I AM A CHILD OF GOD". I just broke down crying. the testimony of a child is so strong. In fact, the testimony of EVERY child of God is powerful. Which is the topic of my challenge for you all, which I will get to in a little bit.

After church, we went to dinner at the stake presidents house and ate with his entire family.

We dont have any investigators yet, but we have a few refferals coming down the pipeline from members. so hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will have people to teach. for now, we just work with members and get them going on missionary work.

Ok now back to my challenge. Testify to somone of the truth and divinity that is the Gospel of Jesucristo. I dont care if you testify to your mom, your nonmember friend, your bishop. I promise that whoever you share it with will feel the Power of the Holy Ghost. You never know who needs to hear someone else's testimony. And with that, I leave you with mine. I know this church is true. I know that Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon. I know that the more we share what we have, the more people we can bring into the fold of Jesus Christ. Families are forever. God IS our Father in heaven. I love all of you and I know you can do it!! have a great week! -Elder Taylor Alston