Duluth week 19

So today is Zone P-Day and we all have like 25 min to email so i wont be able to respond to very many emails today and this will be short... ill make up for it next week! I promise!

So we had an awesome lesson with the K family this week (the part member family that walked into church a few weeks back). We brought a joint teacher and taught the word of wisdom. We knew it would be a tough one going in because the returning member loves coffee and she didnt get why her father could drink 2 or more liters of soda a day and be living the word of wisdom but she cant get coffee. The joint teacher bore powerful testimony of the blessings of the WoW and talked about some of his kids who had made a lot of mistakes with it. He testified of how their kids need this in their life and so they need to all commit to live it. The family committed. at the end the husband looked us in the eye and said, "i will be baptized on March 28th." so cool :D

Last week we had one of the most powerful lessons of my mission with a returning member, DP. A prospective Elder. We felt prompted to teach about the atonement of Christ and how to apply it. We talked about how it was an infinite atonement and there is always enough for us. It will never be "used up." We read from Alma 34 about it and then we started reading about repentance in the Gospel of Christ pamphlet. the very last section talks about relying upon the Savior and that we cant do it alone. DP was reading the section and he broke into tears as he read it. I looked at our joint teacher, Brother Faerber and he nodded at me, then opened his mouth and bore an incredibly powerful testimony. Then i went. then Elder Zerkle went. At the very end DP told us that for the first time in a long time he feels like there was hope. it was cool stuff :D 

well, sadly i must be off. sorry for the lame email this week. 

john 6:8-13 

 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, 9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? 10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. 12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. 13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

So I love this story. And here is an interesting twist on this perhaps some of you have never taken from it. The Lord created a miracle so that everyone could be fed, and then there was a ton left over too! So it is with the Atonement of Christ. It is infinite. There is always more. We cant use it all up. There is always more for us to apply and be healed with. 

I love you all! have a fantastic week! 

Elder Ethan P. Damron