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Plan of salvation

 



Well as I often do I have left my email to the very last hour of this preparation day so I will more than likely be brief with what I say. 


This coming week is the last week of the transfer and the last week for my current companion, Elder waltman. There will be 21 missionaries leaving (including my dear friend elder riches) and 19 additional missionaries coming in! It will be a very exciting week for that reason. I will get a new companion in the area and I really hope that we will be able to train a new missionary but we will see what the lord has in mind! 

Elder Waltman and I had a really great week and we've been able to get a lot of good work done! This week throughout the mission we have gone to one phone per companionship and it really has been awesome. This is the closest I've felt with elder waltman and we've just been very in tune with the spirit and it has made a world of difference in our work this week. We have been able to meet so many great people here and have really seen the Lord guiding us to where we need to be! We actually saw a pretty crazy situation unfold in an apartment complex that ended with 2 people in custody, a 3 hour standoff and sadly some casualties in the crossfire but none of the first responders were injured, it was pretty intense.  

It was just a really great all round week. We had a really intense monsoon and also had a dust storm that completely blacked out the sun! Went on exchanges with the elders up in Catalina that live with the stake President and used their shower with 2 shower heads, it was pretty awesome. Life is good here and I'm loving the work and look forward to the coming transfer! 


I titled the email the plan of salvation because of the reading we did in come follow me this week of D and C section 76. I read this section over and over and pulled so much away from reading and pondering on its words. It truly shows how we can have a just God that shows the highest amount of mercy without inhibiting our free will and ability to choose for ourselves. I really do know that God has a plan for us and sometimes that includes us struggling and really trusting in his power but that He is always looking out for us. I cannot Express fully what it means to me but I just express my deep gratitude for this great plan that has been given for us all. 


Elder Holman








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