It’s a little bit late but Happy New Year everyone!

Elder Laaksonen and I had such a marvelous Holiday Season, and I’m so grateful for everything Heavenly Father provided for us through members, investigators, and our families. What a beautiful way to end 2016. We spent New year’s eve with our investigators, Kevin and Alisha, and the Banners who help us with EVERYTHING, and the Bodens, who also had the Gleasons over from church. Many games were played. And Elder Breinholt loves games. >:)

Last week we were pondering and praying one night about where we should go to search for Someone who specifically needs this Gospel, and we were shown to a certain street on the map, so we went the next day. We had knocked almost the whole street and no one had been the least bit interested. There was a man out playing with his kids with their new Christmas go karts and things (seeing as this was the 26th). I felt the Spirit when I looked at him, and we went and talked with him. Immediately he invited us in to share our message, and laid out the problems he’s facing in life right now. He is a man of much faith in God, but has been very depressed due to problems in his marriage and family which I won’t disclose at this time. We gave him a Book of Mormon and invited him to get back to reading in the scriptures, both the Bible and the Book of Mormon together, to help him through this. We’ll be meeting with him later today so I’ll tell you how it goes!

I’m very blessed to be serving here in Grand Rapids, and I will be for another 6 weeks! However, Elder Laaksonen is headed to Caro, Michigan, and I’ll be receiving Elder Strauss! I hear he’s awesome so I have no worries.

Have a wonderful week everyone and once again! Happy New Year!

Love,

Elder Breinholt