August 23, 2016

WOW School has started once again?! how nuts is that!!! Funny to think that rachael is a senior now....and scott  in middle schooll........wow how time has really flown!! But the pictures look great, scott is repping some sick socks and vans (i dig that style) also rachael looks wayyyy more mature that i would have imagined and she just needs to be careful not to draw the eyes of the guys too much because she cannot even imagine what damage that does to the guys and where their thoughts go to! i just say, be careful and take care of those who are around you....even if you dont realize it, you are always being observed.

Powell sounds like is was a killer experience!! Im pumped to hit it that first week:) gotta put some color on me;) haha but as far as plans that i have.....just getting home the 13th....maybe on the 18th if there is anytime, go to a little get together with some missionaries from the mission to celebrate the chile independance day...but we will just have to see haha:) i just know that after powell i have to get right into working, and a calling in my ward...but other than that nothing is planned haha

These last days have been an eye opener. On saturday night as Elder Young and I were planning, we were fixing our goals and they were elevated and i just thought to myself "what does this goal serve if we dont have a plan to complete it and work diligently to do it" and so i shared my thoughts with Elder Young and we made specific plans...and the next day we were able acheive the very elevated goals that we had made, the lord made all fall into place thanks to our diligence in working. We were running around working miracles.....one of the most satisfying days of my mission and it made me reflect on myself and i strongly felt the need to really be as diligent as i possibly can and even more so that elder young can have a good high level to keep living up to once i go and him and his new companion can really achieve much more.

Our investigator that is Jewish.......has a baptismal date now!!:) he is wow......the book of mormon really was written to convince the jews and gentiles that jesus is the christ! The ward is really taking charge on helping him capture really everything and he totally has a testimony now:) Sad that he will be baptized after i am at home, but i will be able to take part in his preparation and also for Valeria.....she completely recieved her answer from the Book of Mormon as well this week!!!! she now has no doubts on being baptized but she just has a little bit of fear of water....but that will be overcome:)

Really things are just amazing, working my little tail off until i cannot more:))

Love you

Elder Collins