Scripture of the week: This comes from hymn 134 I Believe in Christ "I believe in Christ so come what may, with him ill stand in that great day"
We sang that hymn church yesterday and that line really just hit me, i am so grateful for my testimony of the savior.
What a week it has been, full of crazy business, and miracles as well. I dont know why this just came to mind, but it did, so im going to say it, right now i am very grateful that i like Nephi have "been born of goodly parents". Mom and Dad thank you for your constant examples of faith, hope charity and love that you have always displayed as you have raised us. i know that i would not be who I am today were it not for your constant loving care to guide me down the path that we should go. Tadd R. Callister gave a great talk about that in conference. So just thank you a million times over for teaching me the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
So it has been a few weeks since i have been able to come to monday email time with a miracle to report, but that is not the case this week. So here it goes. First off yesterday was fast sunday, so as part of my fast i was fasting to be able to find someone to teach. I specifically said a family, but any one to teach would be welcomed. So yes that was part of my fast. Well i just love church, nothing better than sitting there just soaking in new knowledge about the gospel. So Elder Adams and i were sitting in Priesthood and Elder Harman one of the Senior Elders comes and grabs us. The way he looked made me think something was wrong, so at first i was pretty worried. So we go out into the hall and he says, "youve been looking for someone to teach, well weve found them, he said he is waiting for you up at the monument, you wont miss him, he is 6 foot 10 and has red hair". So we high tail it up to the monument, and sure enough there he was all 6 foot 10 of him,. he has quite the past to overcome, but that is totally ok that is what the Atonement is for, we will be able to help him get through it all. He has read the Book of Mormon, as well as almost every other church book. we had a lesson with him and invited him to be baptized and he said he would. So we have alot of work to do with him, but we are so ready for it. The biggest challenge will be if he stays living here or not or if he goes back to california where he is from. He is just here temporarily, but either way we will get a good start on him and then will be able to send him off to some solid missionaries in california. Such an amazing blessing. Fasting really really does work. Dont ever forget that.
Ok so now back to the beginning of the week. Monday we got to go to Billings farm, and it was so amazing. It gave me my cow fix for a little while at least. As you walk out to the barn they have a heifer pasture. There was only 4 heifers in there, and they were all clipped and one of them looked really really good. So i asked one of the guys working there what she was, and he had no clue but directed me to the farm manager. So i go talk with the farm manager and we go out and talk about those heifers, i then told him that my dad recenlty bought a heifer out of a sale from them that was carrying an ET. He instantly knew who i was talking about, and then said yeah that heifer right there that you like so much is a sister to the one your dad bought. I thought that was pretty cool. I dont remember who this one was sired by, but she was good. She stood like 10th at expo. He then took me into the barn and showed me our heifers dam and the dam of the ET heifer. He also told me that he had 5 pregs out of that flush, and they sold one of them, (the one we bought), and the four that they kept were all bulls and we got the only heifer calf, so that is a huge blessing. They had some good cows in the barn though thats for sure. They only milk like 30 head but they dont have to worry about making money on it so i guess they can do what they want. All in all it was a good visit thats for sure.
Had a good time giving lots of tours this week, and we also did some good work just doing work here at the memorial. Elder Adams and i got to lay a water line so it felt really good to do some good hard core work again. I absolutely love serving here at the JSM. I dont care if it is giving tours our laying a water line, i just love being here on this sacred ground. I think i might just move into a tree house here on the property and be a spiritual hermit at the JSM. yup i think that is what i will do. I love the revelation that comes to mind as i email you guys.
Well i hope you all know that i just love you so much. I will attach some pictures from the week, so be looking for those. Ill just end with a good quote for the week.
".... the Savior of the world will walk that... journey with you. He will strengthen you when you waver. He will be your light when it seems most dark. He will take your hand and be your hope when hope seems all you have left." - Jeffrey R. Holland-
love you all so much. Dont count the days make the days count.
Hold to the rod
Elder Zilles
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