Our Church Has Special Features

December 6, 2010


Dear Family and Friends

This week has been great. The work is slow but miracles do happen and it's picking up. The ward has really been helping us out. The Lord has gotten 11 less-active members back to church and our goal is 30. Additionally we are now getting more referrals from the ward and it's boosting up our investigator pool.

My companion no longer needs socks, but if you bought them already I could use a couple extra pairs. Also, I have lost the cord to my electric razor. Is it possible to just buy the charger alone? I lost it a while back when I moved apartments and have been using straight razors.

There’s this cool thing that a member in our ward has and it gets rid of the purpose of a water heater. It’s just this coil thing that goes around the water pipe or something like that. And the coil stays hot and you never run out of hot water. They said it has cut down there gas bill by 2/3. I thought it was cool.

Sounds like a busy week! Congratulations on the award Shane. Is he still graduating early? What does he have left to do? Maybe you could have Jeremy and Sherry take Shane and Chris and you could watch the girls? It’ll be really neat concert. Someone has to use the tickets.

Did you watch the First Presidency Christmas Devotional? It was really good we watched it at a member’s house while we ate dinner. You can watch it on the internet too.

Food of the week. We had a member invite us and an investigator over to dinner. It was great. It was such a blessing to have a member fellowship them and we were able to teach a lesson as well.

Elder Yeaman’s Quote of the Week: "Our church has special features!"

Explanation: Special features are always made to improve the item. Cars have special features such as automatic windows, cruise control, 5 cd holder stereo, buttons on the steering wheel, and even a back up camera. They all mske driving easier and more enjoyable. The church is much like that car but with a few different features. One, we won't go more into debt by having it but we will grow and prosper. Two, instead of automatic widows, we have members who are automatically willing to help. Three, instead of a 5 cd holder stereo, we will have several friends and our savior Jesus Christ to hold us up. The list goes on. Now, not every one in our church is perfect and there may be wards where it's difficult to find those special features. Additionally, there are several other churches that are willing to do the same things. But the most special feature that this church comes with is unlimited understanding. We know we lived with our father in heaven before this life. We know our purpose in life is to daily improve and have joy while doing it. We know what will happen after we die. We know the gospel has blessed our life, and we know the Book of Mormon to be true. We have continual revelation come to us from God through prayer and prophets that he has called. And the revelation that God gives us through prophets are only there to help better the quality of our lives and strengthen us. Now “don't ride in your car alone”. Offer people rides so that they too can see the special features that this church has.

Love Elder Yeaman