Temples, a talk, missionary action figures, and lots of pictures!

This week has being fast, I don't know what to say but a lot of things happened that are pretty neat. St George is pretty Hot and we had rain once this week and it was an answer to my prayer. It's really hot but My companion is so funny and we are having a lot of fun finding and teaching people

I am so grateful to have the temple right in front of our apartment where we live. When we wake up in the morning sometimes we run around the temple and we get to go to the temple 4 times a year. My mission is the best. Another cool thing is I went to the St. George temple this morning and it was very beautiful and peaceful. It was started in 1871 and finished in 1877. It was started after the Salt Lake City temple but it was finish before and its beauty is timeless. I loved it and I can't wait for the opportunity to go again next quarter. 

Also  we were out tracting and we knocked on this one door and the man opened the door and said "Jehovah witnesses " we said "no" then he said "Mormons" and we said "yes".Then he said " I have been waiting for you, wait here I will be right back".  Well I thought to myself it is either this man has being prepared by God to be baptist or he hates Mormons. A lot of things were going through my companions and I's minds and we were at the door just waiting. He then comes out and said he said  "I have something for you " (in my mind I was like  oooh no baptism so what is it apart from food, because in Utah people always want to feed you or give you something to Drink).  He gave us two sister missionaries dolls and it was an awesome present but he was not interested about learning about the gospel. He wouldn't let us talk more than two words and he has been waiting for us just to give us the dolls. 

Our investigators are awesome they are at Church every Sunday and they have amazing questions about the gospel and they are learning a lot. Our 12 year old investigator Anton, is very funny and he is a smart kid. After our lessons he shares the gospel with his mom and he is preparing to get baptized this month. His family is Catholic but they are very open to him learning more about the gospel. He has great fellow-shippers who are his friends in church.  
Our investigator Rachel who we are teaching always talks about the gospel with her family and now we are also teaching her daughter chiara who is 15 and she loves young women's, going to church and she loves talking about the gospel to nonmembers.

I gave a talk in one of the wards I am serving in and at first, I won't lie , I was pretty nervous. It was in the 4th ward in Santa Clara heights stake.  It was my second talk so far.   For some weeks now I thought I was off the hook because I gave a talk a while ago and I haven't been ask for some weeks to speak and I thought I could fly under the radar, I guess not. But I was very happy I spoke and I felt like I did a good job and the people enjoyed it. 

I met this family from France and they are awesome. The children have a lot of questions about God and the parents are not religious so the parents are going to try to be religious so they can answer the children's questions. It's amazing what parents will do for their children. 
Also I can't believe Evan is leaving already on his mission. He gave a great talk , I like how he explained what missionaries do. Everyone is growing so fast, please send pictures. 

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