Dear Family,
Well, this week and for the next two weeks we're going to be on bike. Last Friday was the second time I've spent the whole day on bike and I'm pretty sure it was one of the hottest days of the summer. We're getting a couple hot spurts here and I swear it never rains down in southern oregon. We biked about 4 miles and beasted up some very large hills. the first day just contacting and for appointments. We felt inspired to go tracting on one of the streets we had picked out the night before in planning and no one was home but one person on the street. At first she told us she wasn't intrested, but noticing our sweat and tiredness invited us in for some water. We just started talking with her about what she was intrested and we tied it back to the gospel. I love experiances like this because all conversations you have will lead to a gospel principal. Everything we do as members of the church can be tied back to it.
The rest of the night was spent contacting. We contacted a part member family, who wasn't even home but the roomate of the father was. (his girls live with their mother) He sadly, was pretty intoxicated when we knocked on the door, but was coherent enough to understand what we were saying about the church. It is just so sad to see how people think that worldly things will make them happy. Everything we have (except for our families and this gospel) is so temporary! It's when we are obediant to him and his teachings is when we will be truely happy.
We've been busy this week with mission tours! On Saturday, Elder Nelson came and spoke to the whole mission. He talked about his experiance a bit about how he was called into his calling of being an apostle, and blessed us with our work as missionaries and our families.He told us that this is the most important thing that we will ever do besides being a mother or a father in rearing a family. He then blessed our families that as we serve here in the mission field and that if we serve faithfully here the Lord will take care of our families and loved ones at home. He was very specific in what we needed to do as missionaries because we are the arms and legs of the great work in building up the Lord's kingdom.
I love you! Sister Embley
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