January 5, 2015

Friends and family,

Things are still going great! We still haven't had any snow yet. just tons of rain and warmer weather. This week we were able to do a ton of tracting! It makes it difficult to remain diligent when the houses are more than half a mile apart, but it is worth every second of it!

This week we were also able to start teaching a new investigator. She is only 17 years old and came in contact with the church through a friend that she works with. However her friend did not live in our area and din't know that the person we are now teaching lived in our area. So she went to church in a different area and she was being taught by the missionaries in that area. When they found out that she lived in our area they transferred her over to us so we could start teaching her and so she could start going to church here. She is so awesome! We have been able to meet with her twice so far. After the first lesson she sent us a text and told us that she wanted to get baptized on February 28th! What a blessing it is to finally start seeing some visible success!

This week I discovered how vital it is that we build a good relationship with our Savior and in turn gaining that relation ship with our Heavenly Father. Of all the relationships that we work so hard build and maintain, our relationship to God should be the most important one! If we focus on having a good relationship with Him than everything else will fall into place. I am so glad that I have the chance to help others build that relationship, and in turn better my own relationship with God. I have figured out that as soon as we take God out of the center of our life's we can still maintain other relationships, but it becomes ten times harder to do so. I love this Gospel and everything that is does for me and for those I love. The knowledge that we have is such a blessing!

I love you all, and as they say it in the south, Have a blessed day!

- Elder Jarman