Hello dearest Friends and Family,

Elder Strauss and I have been working our butts off and keeping really busy. It’s fun! But it’s also exhausting. The Key indicators are looking good but actual people are making progress toward Christ, which is what those indicators supposed to be about.

One really fun experience this week was teaching 3 college kids. Two of them are from Calvin College and one is from Kuyper. FYI, Calvin College is where the majority of Anti-Mormon literature worldwide is printed. These students are legitimately interested in learning about the Mormons and one of them is now writing their term paper on Mormonism. x) Pretty awesome.

On Saturday Elder Strauss and his last companion, Elder Thompson, went to the Detroit temple with a bunch of members from their last ward (up in Midland). Meanwhile, I worked in Holt with Elder Thompson’s companion, Elder Reynolds. We had a lot of fun and we helped a member family clear a bunch of stuff out of their house, which recently burned down. Luckily none of them were harmed and things are working out for them in finding a new home, but it was all we could do to help them move the things they were able to salvage.

I love you all and I testify of the reality of our Savior Jesus Christ. The Bible was given as a witness of his existence and his perfect example and ministry in Judea. The Book of Mormon testifies of His divinity as the Son of God, and of his love for everyone in the world. I’m so grateful for these two witnesses which have helped me to not only learn more about Christ, but apply those things into my life, one by one, which is what has brought me to be the person I am today. I am happy. 🙂 I can truly say that I feel happy, and I did not always feel that way. We talk to and teach many people right now who do not feel that way either. The Gospel is the greatest way I know to find it. It’s really the only way I know, that brings true and lasting joy. So plant your feet on the Rock! Serve your fellow brothers and sisters! Do what Jesus would do!

Have a wonderful week and enjoy this picture of me feeding a rabbit cilantro. It reminds me a lot of a rabbit I once had named Oreo. Oreo ran away.

Elder Breinholt