Elder Bloxham - Hey!!!!

Hello family!!! Sorry about not giving you the heads up on Preparation Day being Wednesday instead of Monday, but i didn't know until Sunday! haha thanks for the heads up right? :)

     But anyway, to start it off, we got our transfer calls today and i'm getting transferred! I don't know where yet, but it's somewhere! haha!!!

     This last week has been amazing!!!! We went on exchanges with the Zone Leaders, and i was with Elder Burt! He is so sick!!! We talk about fishing and hunting like the whole time, it's awesome! :) He is from Idaho, and when i get home me and him are going to shoot and fish like it's going outta style!! haha that's what he wants to do with me i guess!! But i mean, thats forever away :) 

     What i have learned this week is Patience, Faith, and Diligence. I gave a talk in church this last sunday and it was Alma 32: 41-43. It was such a fun talk to give and you know what? I learn more preparing the talk then i think the people get out of it! Being patient and allowing the Lord to put people in our path is probably the hardest thing. I think i should do all the work, but all i have to do is get out of the house and start applying myself. God has is elect prepared, we just need to find them! As we diligently talk with everyone, patiently waiting for the elect, then having faith that god will bring them to us, there will be people coming closer to Christ. Sounds like a simple thing, but sometimes god's will isn't aligned with ours... That's where patience plays a huge role. But as i learn and grow, the more patient i become.

     Then i thought about you guys at home. With bad things happening, like that dang boat, as we are patient with that, god fulfills the important blessings. Mission funds, living in the house, and putting food on the table. Those blessings, although we wish it was with everything, are the important ones. As we are diligently preaching the gospel to strangers, neighbors, and friends, miracles will appear. Soon enough this gospel will flood the earth and everybody will be boarding Noah's Arc! It just takes Patience, Diligence, and Faith. 

       I love you all so much and hope you have a great week!!!

-Elder Bloxham

This is my face while walking last week! it was like 98 we were told!! crazy!