It's Autumn Time 4/3-4/2011

My Orem boys: Elder Rawle is from Provo and went to Timpview, Elder Levin went to Timpanogos. We're really cool.This is the chapel that;s in Hastings, but we could just as easily be in Orem!

Aren't sunsets just so great? This is Anderson Park.



I think my large head ruins the picture, but maybe you like sunsets better when I'm in it?



Hello my beautiful family!

Well, this week has been a bit of a slower one, compared to the excitement of the baptism last week. But of course, plenty of good has still happened.

The most exciting news for me this week was Church yesterday. Gabriel and Michael came and they even wore dress shirts and pants as opposed to their usual gym shorts. They both loved it! It was a particularly wonderful Testimony meeting that we had yesterday and I think Gabriel almost wanted to go up and share his own, but I think he, understandably, got a bit scared. I don't know if I explained all that much last week about him, but Gabriel is our latest golden investigator. He loves everything about the Gospel, and so he loved church. It's especially great that he has Michael as a member for friend because they're both way excited to be at church and getting to know the ward members and have us come over and teach them and to just do the best they can to have the happiness that comes from the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

In Sunday School Elder Triantafillakos and I taught the Gospel Principles class about prophets and got everyone excited for General Conference this upcoming weekend. In class I asked Gabriel something like what would it mean to him to be able to hear a prophet speak and he said it would be amazing and he can't wait for this weekend! And neither can I! Gabriel is so ready to be baptized. He just needs to quit smoking. So that's one of our biggest focuses now. Soon enough, Michael and Gabriel will stop smoking and all will be perfect!

Rebecca also came to church again. Sadly, she got her test results on Saturday and she didn't pass. So it's another two months until she takes it again. So she's not feeling ready to be baptized, especially not this weekend, but it's still in mind. We just hope to help her to regain that desire and not be so discouraged.

I listened to a talk on Elder Triantafillakos's iPod entitled The Fourth Watch by S. Michael Wilcox. Borther Wilcox talks about Mark 6:47-51, where it tells of Jesus walking on the water. The apostles were all out in a boat in the sea during a storm and Christ was back on land because he was off praying, and it says "He saw them toiling in rowing for the wind was contrary unto them." So the disciples were struggling as they tried to cross the stormy sea with the wind blowing the opposite way and Brother Wilcox pointed out, it's not until the "fourth watch" (which means between 3-6 AM) that Christ came to rescue them.

And so that's how Christ is with us sometimes. When we're going through the storms of life, Christ doesn't necessarily always come in the "first watch" or even the second or third. But after the long night of struggling He comes when He knows it's best. And He will say Be of Good cheer. And the winds will cease.

i gotta go! I love you!

Remember: True happiness comes only by making others happy.

Keep doing what is right and praying day and night!

I love you all so very much!

Love,

Elder David Rowe