More Miracles and a Poem

Hey family,

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes!

For an update, I'm not sick anymore. And miracles are always coming our way, like when we met a strong Christian protestant and I prayed to God that I could share my testimony about the Book of Mormon--and I did. And then she let us go with her to visit her daughter in jail the following morning.

There's a poem I'd like to share by Larry Beacham

If you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it;
to work day and night for it
To give up your time, your peace, and your sleep for it
If all that you dream and scheme is about it
And life seems useless and worthless without it
If you gladly sweat for it and fret for it and plan for it
And lose all of your terror of the opposition for it
If you simply go after that thing you want
With all your capacity, strength and sagacity
Faith, hope, and confidence and stern pertinacity.
If neither cold, poverty, famine, nor gout;
sickness nor pain of body and brain,
can keep you away from the thing that you want
If dogged and grimmed you beseech and beset it
with the help of God you will get it.

I love the last part--no matter how much we want it we still need the help of God to get it. And we can.

I love you all. Shoot for your dreams. Pray. Choose the right. I'll do it to.

I know this church is true and missionary work is the greatest work I could be doing right now. Keep it real and stay happy! Life's too short to be sad for too long
😁