November 14, 2022 - Nevada > Any Other State

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Another week in the books! I'm not sure how many people read these haha but I continue to write these for Mom and my grandparents!

This week went by pretty fast. It was pretty cool it snowed like 3 inches on Tuesday so that was pretty sick. But then because of that it's been freezing outside and there's been some long cold afternoons out talking to people and knocking doors. It's been a good time tho we've been really busy. There's a lot to do so I've been trying to make sure we're being effective with our time and not just straightening the deck chairs on the titanic only for them to slide out of place again (Thx pops for the analogy). Satan is working hard on our friends, he's been throwing a lot of obstacles their way as soon as they keep a commitment or get close to baptism. We'll keep working at it and hopefully they get there soon. 

President Nelson, his wife Wendy Nelson and President Ballard gave a devotional specifically to Nevada it was pretty dang cool! President Ballard spoke on being pure in heart, Sister Nelson spoke on the "weightier matters" from Matthew 23:23. President Nelson talked about temples and he said, "We'll build the temples, you build the people who are ready to enter them" it was pretty cool. They also talked about the history of the church settling Nevada so it was pretty sweet. 

Miss yall, shoot me an email sometime if you get a second!

Elder Barlow🌀











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