Clayture

Wow this week went by so fast. This week we made a new friend and his name is Genghis. He is pretty sweet. A lady in our Branch gave us some cheesy crackers and I am eating those right now so life is pretty good. This week the Rovaniemi branch came down to our chapel to watch the Northern Europe Conference. It was really good and it was a lot of fun to see so many more people than usual in our church. One of the talks was about Joy. They talked about how joy has been around for all long as mankind, but many of the modern day luxuries that we have, have only been around for a little bit. So obviously joy comes from something much deeper than worldly possessions. Joy comes from consistently living the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  

This week we had a lesson with our two investigators from Africa. They were about to have a party so there were people coming in and out of the apartment and it was a little more chaotic than we were expecting. At one point someone brought in some nightstands and just set them down in the middle of the room so needless to say there were some distractions. It still went ok and we are excited to continue helping our one investigator prepare for baptism. 

This week we have also talked a lot about service in our various lessons and meetings. Service is one of my favorite things ever because it really is just a win for us, God, and the person we are serving. We offered to sweep the snow off a man's porch this week and once he agreed he just laughed as he watched us clean off his porch. Although it was really awkward it was pretty nice to serve someone and hopefully it left a good impression of the church with him. 

So down to the reason for the subject line, this week we taught an Iraqi family English. They are some of my favorite people.We can't really communicate too much with them but we still get by and usually end up laughing anyways. They made us this fig pastry called clayture and it was super tasty. The father also told us that he considers us as sons. So I've been riding on the high of achieving sonship for the last couple days. Anyways thanks for all the love and support. 

Elder Lewis