Be who God wants YOU to be- Week 68

Hey everyone!! God bless you all! Life is too short to focus on the sadness in life we are are here to 'have joy'!! Sometimes it's hard to find joy but I promise it's always there! We just need 'eyes to see and ears to hear' and the Lord will show us. I'm grateful to be here on a mission to serve the people of Wisconsin! 

Wow it's been a crazy week! I got to give real life service on P-Day last week!! We made a dam for some people to prevent flooding of their houses! There was so much water it was wild! It's called Swift Lake. Maybe if you google search it and look on thr satelite maps you'll be able to see it flooded! They said it's been pretty bad for a while but dang! Glad to serve them. 

I was able to go on 2 virtual exchanges! 1 with a reassigned missionary Elder Rallison who got double into my last area with another reassigned missionary Elder Craig(both brand new to the mission!) Pretty crazy! They are learning and it was fun to learn more about him!

2nd one I went on virtual exchange with Elder Lacey who was one of my past companions!!! It was a fun time to reunite!! Mission relationships are fun!! We all just try our best to have a good time it's a blast.

We set a goal as leadership in the zone to contact as many people as we can with at least a goal of 20 every day! We havr already started seeing miracles!!! Its the same principle in real life, as we start doing ALL that we can to do what the Lord wants us to do than miracles and blessings happen!

I was also to attend a baptism yesterday!!! It was so amazing and the Spirit was so strong there! I was able to give him his baptismal intervie on Saturday and then he asked if me and my companion would be able to come and it was so fun to see him make the baptismal covenant with our Heavenly Father and take upon himself the name of Christ which we all renew every single week as we partake of the sacrament! What a beautiful thing!

As I was reading in Haggai I came across a scripture that I liked!! 'Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.' (Haggai 1:5,7) this was so powerful to me!! EVERY single day we NEED to consider our ways and do the things the Lord has asked us to do! As you consider your ways the Lord will prompt you with things that you can do to improve your life style! Go ahead and try it, in sincer prayers consider your ways and counsel with the Lord to make your ways a little bit more His way every single day and then eventually your ways will be the Lord's ways and you will be happier. 

DO GOOD, BE GOOD

Love,

Elder T. Ricks