Elder Mountford; Visalia 3rd Ward

We got a car since Elder Mountford has a broken foot so we were able to go out and work this week.  We got another call on Thursday saying we would be moved again, so now Elder Mountford and I are in 3rd ward and Elder Stojka and Elder Maas are in 6th ward.  Elder Stojka says he is doing the similar but now his chest is hurting more.  Anna came to church again on Sunday.  We are trying to help her find a place where she can move back into 3rd ward, she lives in 2nd at the moment, and that will make it a lot easier for us to work with her and to help her.  We will skype after church, it ends at 2 my time, I will get back to you with more details later in the week.  Our mission president had a recent training and upon returning has encouraged us to find through our less actives more then ever, so we are trying to be as organized as possible so we can best visit and help them.  It's so sad in some ways, the things that people allow to prevent them to receive the blessing and joys of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Whether its wanting to attend a ward outside their boundaries or being offended by what people have said.  Those can be obstacles but the Lord will help us do Everything! that he has asked of us, with God, nothing is impossible.

Applying things to be a better student, priorities, we all have the same amount of time so I need to put the gospel first and have that be the central focus on my life and also a greater focus on doing things that have meaning, schoolwork, service etc.  I have also learned to work harder and do a better job of doing what needs to be done before what I want to do.  I would say that my mission has helped me come to know me Savior, that his work and plan gives me purpose and joy and if I ever start focusing more on other things, something is going to feel missing.  As president Nelson said, we are to have joy and joy does not come from our circumstances but from what we are focusing on.  We offered to help some people but they declined, like a family who's car needed to just, we told them we would look for someone with cables but they found someone first.  We are going to go play board games after this so it should be fun.  That is so cool that Preston got his mission call, that almost shares boundaries with my mission.  We have interviews tomorrow so that should be fun.