Week 46-- It's okay to make mistakes as long as The Spirit is there

Hello again peoples!

The fist thing to mention I guess is that the boy we baptized this week got confirmed yesterday! Nothing went too wrong this time so we only had to do it once luckily, haha.

In other news we have another baptism this weekend in the YSA ward with a guy by the name of Bobby. He's a really cool guy around 26 who "hangs out" (I think they're dating but they don't tell anyone) with a sister from the ward about the same age. He came to a "break the fast" the ward held yesterday along with all 3 hours and he said he likes it a lot (He's been going to a family ward). He's already given up his smoking and drinking before we even knew him and he already keeps all the commandments so he's very prepared.

The trio is doing pretty great but we're still getting used to each others teaching styles and teaching in a group of three, so it's a work in progress. We always like to make fun of Elder Hepworth on the district when he says "It's okay to make mistakes as long as the spirit is there" but I'm finding out he is actually spot on, cause we messed up pretty bad sometimes and people still seem to feel the spirit and invite us back.

Speaking of messing up, I've got a story to tell! We went over to this little 4th of July party that an older couple in the church was throwing and had a HUGE lunch. I mean there was more food left than the 30 or so attending actually ate. There were a lot of non-members there and we thought it'd be good if we left a good impression on all of them. We spent about 45 mins of companionship study working on our singing so we could sing a song for them with 3-part harmony. When we went to do it though the other Elders in our ward wanted to join in and they..... hadn't been practicing (to put it nicely). So basically it was a train wreck. We started to share a good message but another Elder cut us off and added on a bit that was.... interesting. We fixed it all up though when the 3 of us just did our song though. When we went back to finish the food off the next day (which we fail in) the sister told us that people had called and commented on us, so we were happy.

So in spirituality this week I'm gonna tell you about this cool thing we decided to try out. It's called the 40-day fast. We each fasted this Sunday to be inspired on things we need to do to be better missionaries. We then wrote them down and have promised to keep each other honest in our goals and, over the next 40 days, break our bad habits. In light of this I re-read one of my favorite talks ever, by Elder Ballard called, Do Things That Make a Difference. Here's the URL:https://www.lds.org/ensign/1983/06/do-things-that-make-a-difference?lang=eng . If you haven't read it I challenge you to. If so, re-read it! It's so good. 

I hope you all have a great week and that you had an awesome 4th of July! God bless and stuff!

-Um no exercito de Deus

Elder Teela