Hello family,
How goes it? Umm, so question, what was with all the half naked pictures you guys sent me. You know, this is a church run emailing program and I don´t know if they would approve of such inappropriate pictures being sent to a missionary :) But I must admit, Ammon, you can probably grow better sideburns than me. But I still have more facial hair overall and definitely have more chest hair :) And Savannah, YOU ARE ADORABLE! Honestly. So sounds like things are going semi decently. There are some hard hitting things, but you all keep pushing on. “Don’t give up, boy. Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead...You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.” Jeffery R Holland. Sounds like Next To Normal was awesome. Yeah I think I remember there being some language. Like some f words. But yeah, editing is always good. Hopefully they took out at least some. What is it about really?
So this week has been transfers. Meaning we were up until 2 last night and are still working. Therefore this email is short. Sorry about that. Mostly my thought for the week comes from that quote from Jeffery R Holland. There comes a time that all we can do is just move forward. I think of times when faced by crowds or groups yelling or mocking me, really that´s only happened here in the mission. But there are times when groups of teenage kids or even adults will just laugh and call out names and things and all you can do is just move forward. You don´t turn, you don´t yell back, you just move forward. Like a lamb to the slaughter he did not open his mouth, neither shall we. We just put our heads up and we walk forward. Christ did not speak or call out to those that spit upon and yelled at him, but he did not lower his head either. He knew his purpose and who he was, and although he was completely humble and meek, he would not lower his head and be defeated. And really he never was beaten, he GAVE his life. And so should we in a sense. We will not be beaten by the world, instead we will give our lives to him that is our strength and help. I made this little card for investigators and stuff from a picture of the savior from the Bible videos and one of my new favorite scriptures (when you are up until 2 in the morning and your comp is working on the transfer and you don´t have much to do, you get creative :) ) I´m attaching it to the email, hopefully it will work. But just know that I love you and am thinking about you and praying for you. Have a wonderful week and keep on keeping on!
Love,
Elder Flint

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