March 9, 2010

ok so i promised a long letter this week so here it is. so the first picture is my pride and joy, my book of mormon cover. its captain moroni. the guy thats doing it for me is the bomb his name is rich. for my bible he hand drew the statue of jesus in the SLC visitors center and is HAND CARVING it into leather. both of them are done by hand. the second picture is of a kid name levi that we baptized + confirmed. he's the bomb way good kid.

so the majority of my letter is going to be what ive been studying..... prayer. i studied so that i can explain so a little child can understand, so the what, why, when, and how. most of what i got was from the new gospel principles book. first scripture 3nephi 18:15 "so we wont be tempted by the devil, and be led away captive" hahaha good enough reason for me. another reason why is the lord commanded us too moses 5:8. it will help us become closer to god. the next scripture D+C 10:5 probally one of my most favorite scriptures. so that we will come off conquerer!!!!! punch satan in the mouth. another thing prayer does for us is protect us. alma 34:17-27 verse 22 is the protection from our enemies. i was trying to find an example of someone in the scriptures that was delievered from there enemies by them praying. found mosiah 9:17-18 because of there prayers they were delivered from there enemies and slayed 3043 of them. i loved studing about prayer. i thought back to an experience i had in the temple. while on a mission ive been worring about how im going to support a family. so instead of debating inside of myself i took it to the lord. i said a prayer and asked him what i should do. after i finished an overwhelming feeling of peace came over me. and theses exact words ran through my head.... serve a mission with all that you have and ill take care of you afterwards. i have a huge testimony of prayer now from that experience. i know the lord answers prayer