Hello everyone! How are all my friends and family doing this lovely day?

This week I have learned a lot about listening to the still small voice. You’d think I would have and should have probably picked up on that more in the last year, but hey, better late than never I suppose. ;P Anyway, there were many experiences throughout this week in which Heavenly Father was testing my spiritual ears in listening to the tiny whisperings of the Spirit. And I’m serious when I say tiny whisperings, because they were so small and they are so easy to just ignore, but that little thought that comes into your head for a split second telling you to do something good–It’s not always just a random thought from your mind. I believe that more often than not, it is a prompting from God. They can be very easy to push aside or make excuses for, but for example as we were getting into the car one night about to head home, I had this tiny little feeling for just a split second saying “you should talk to that guy over there.” I noticed a man out on his back porch smoking, and he lived on a street we had already knocked a few days before. Instantly excuses start flooding into my head such as “It’s late and we’re supposed to be home soon.” “We probably already talked to him and we’ll just be bothering him again.” “He doesn’t seem like he’ll be interested.” etc, etc, etc. But I took the keys out of the ignition and said to Elder McGuire, “I have a feeling we should talk to that guy over there, to which he responded, “well then let’s go!” This man showed interest in coming closer to God, and he probably wouldn’t have been reached for possibly another year by missionaries in the future.

There were many other cases throughout the week similar to this for which I don’t have time to write. But one other thing I wanted to talk about is that Angus, our top investigator, went to church yesterday! The Scovel’s brought him and he stayed the whole three hours! It was so great! You could definitely tell that he felt the spirit throughout the meeting, and has a strengthened resolve to read more in the Book of Mormon and Bible. He is on date for baptism and if all goes well, he will be baptized on my birthday, September 24th! I know that it has been the prayer of members in this ward that has caused many of the miracles we have seen this past week, and I call upon you as well to add these people into your specific prayers

Angus & Family
Sarah & Family
Latanya & Family

I do this not out of boasting or selfishness, but because I have a testimony of specific prayer. Prayer. Truly. Does. Set. Things. In. Motion.

I love you all so much! I hope you have a wonderful week! We will continue to work hard and do our best but I hope you will, too!

Love,

Elder Breinholt