Hidee ho

Soooooooo........ This week was good!! We had a meeting up in Gridley on Friday and played softball afterward. Sister Pendleton is crazy haha. President Pendleton was on our team and he is pretty good at softball. He'd call the hole he was going to drop it in and then do it. Needless to say we dominated 23 to 11. It was fun. My hair is growing back slowly but surely. Oh there aren't any walmarts out here so I can't get any rogain (don't laugh). So I'm gonna need a ship job. Or if Alexis could just drop it off at my doorstep sometime that would be great. Yeah I'm excited to stay here. I love the people. Let's see here... Oh our mission song is being remade so that it is a little slower and appropriate for sacrament meeting and we are going to professionally record it and give CDs to all the missionaries. Its pretty sweet. We got some great missionaries here this transfer and I'm excited for the progress that is going to be made. These past couple transfers have gone by so quickly. It is a reminder of how quickly the time is going to go by. Its crazy. Oh And Elder Powell and I came up with a sweet transfer focus. As a zone we are going to go on exchanges with the apostles of the church. We made up index cards with pictures of the apostles and expectations that they have. Like Elder Perry's is the 20 lessons and following up with investigators. Elder Cook's is declaring living prophets to everyone they talk to. So this week we prepared by cleaning up our apartments and cleaning the cars and updating our area books and this tuesday we are going to randomly hand out an index card to each companionship to start the exchanges. I'm really excited I think it will be fun. Anyways I am doing good... I don't really need anything. I'm grateful for all of you and your support and prayers. I hope that you all are doing good. Have a less busy week will ya? Alright adios mis hermanos y hermanas de dios. Love You!

HEY!!

Hey what's happenin'!

Um so it was great talking to you yesterday! I have to admit that that was the most I've ever thought about home on the mish haha. Pero esta bien. I knew that school was going to come up! At least we got some stuff figured out. So....... Um you're pretty much up to date on my life..... You know I did not get the opportunity to share much of my testimony on the phone so I am going to take that privilege now. There is so much strength in the Lord. It seems like a no brainer but it is true. I've figured out a few things out here and those things came from giving myself up. I have felt the Lord guide me through many things out here. It is hard out here. It is hard keep going through each rejection of the Gospel but salvation is not easy. Some folks miss the mark on that one. Salvation and eventual exaltation comes through faith in the Christ, constant repentance and saving ordinances performed by and through the Priesthood. As we learn and follow our given Example, the Great Mediator, we start to see things as God sees them. Of course only to our limited and finite thinking but still we gain divine perspective of ourselves and others. I know that I am God's son. I know that He loves me and wants everything for me. As we study and understand the Eternal Plan of Happiness we start to have the desire to continue in discipleship of Jesus Christ. I am grateful for that knowledge because it carries me. I know what I must do and cannot lose focus. I share my testimony given me in the name of Jesus Christ. I am staying here for the next transfer and am excited for the people that we are working with! Also I have needed to repent for a while now. I need to use my myldsmail account to email so that is what I'm going to do from now on and just use this email account as storage. So if you need my other account it is dcalbaum@myldsmail.net. You don't need to send a duplicate here because it just forwards automatically from my other account. I love you so much and wish you a happy week!!

Hey Hey!

Hey Fam!

Soooooooooo... I'll tell you about a super cool experience that I had recently. So a couple of weeks ago we were going around a park and talking to people. We came across a guy that was fishing. We introduced ourselves and then asked if we could share a message about Christ's Gospel. He said that he had some time so in about 15 minutes we shared the message of the restoration of the heretoforementioned Gospel. The lesson was great, the Spirit was there and I could sense his earnest yearning for truth. We commited him to read and pray and he said he would. As we continued around the park I looked across the lake and saw him studying the things that we left him to read. It made my heart swell. So yesterday we went to his home and he invited us right in. We taught him the Plan of Happiness to him and he said that it made sense and that he really enjoyed learning about it. God has been preparing him for a while now. It has been a cool experience because in all that I do out here I can see the Lords hand in it. Out here it is hard pressed to find someone with an open heart and mind. But I know that if I keep seeking, Heavenly Father will place me in their path and visa versa. In short I'm incredibly grateful for the oppurtunity to be a tool in the Lords hand. I'm lovin it

Love you all and thank you for your support! Have a great week

Elder B

I will praise Him all of my days

Super short email for blog purposes haha,
I absolutely loved Easter and even mor than that I love the symbolism involved with that and even more than that I love the Savior to whom all of the symbolism points to. I am indeed grateful for Him and His constant care. I will praise Him all of my days.
Loves
Elder B

New Pics...

Elder Drewbers sent some new pics!
He must have loved his Easter package!

He's a chubber!

His Zone? Must have been a fun p-day!

Cool picture!

Hey!!

Hey!!
Thank you so much for the basket and shirt and such. It was great. Check out the pics. I'm grateful for your prayers. It is so miraculous to think about the many prayers that are directed toward us and the Lords work in general. I had quite an experience this week. There is a less-active guy that started coming to church about 4 weeks ago. The bishop suggested that we teach him the lessons as a refresher course. At first he was taken back at the suggestion because he is an RM and thought that he didn't need it but he casted away his pride and accepted the invite. As we taught him yesterday the Spirit came over me and started to testify of the love that our Heavenly Father has for each of His children. I started to break down as I admited that I was fearful that I cannot reach more of those children in each of the areas that i'm called to. But then the reassurance from the Lord came to me that it was ok and that He is proud of my efforts so far. The greatest gift of the Spirit to me is the comfort that comes through Him and from our Heavenly Father and from our Savior. I relate it to the blankets right out of the dryer that Mom would throw around me back home. Anyway the experience helped me realize that my best will do. It is the same with all of us. Our best will do. After all we can do, the Lord steps in. I believe in the enabling power of the Atonement. I know from experience that He will make our weaknesses strengths if we take them to him. I am grateful for that knowledge. On a more temporal not I'm starting to get my passport stuff filled out so I need a birth certificate and the birth places of Dad and Mom. I love you all and am grateful for you

Drewbers

Sup mi cuates!!

Sup mi cuates!!
Sorry I'm getting this one out a little late today. I freakin loved conference. My fave was (sorry ladies) priesthood sesh. Man it was great. It the biggest spiritual intake that i've had in a while. Fave was probably the medal of honor talk by President Eyring and then in close second was Elder Holland's talk. I get way too emotional during their talks. Man I get reminded constantly of how much I appreciate being out here. A few times during conference I sat pondering on how sick it is to be here doing what i'm doing. And not only that but doing what i'm doing at this time in the worlds history. Along with that i get constant reminders of how many weaknesses i have. The Lord is helping me through them though. I'm glad to hear that the fam is doing well. I am grateful for all of you and the strength that i get from your prayers. Please keep saying them for me. I love you and miss you guys.