Diet Truth

Hello everyone!

This week has been absolutely awesome! Its been hotter than heck, but we've been hitting it hard and I've got a lot to cover, so here goes:

Well Elder Walker is no longer with us. He has passed on to the other side, but he died honorably and went out in a fiery blaze of spiritual passion. It was majestic. Then out of the ashes, a little green at gills, rose my new companion! His name is Elder Crook, and he hails from Lyman, Wyoming which is a little town in the middle of nowhere, and he has a wit so sharp I'm surprised that he hasn't cut himself yet. It's definitely an honor to bring this fine young Elder into the mission, and after what I've seen this week I'm a very proud father :)

Work wise, things have started to explode! We unfortunately have had to drop a couple of our investigators, but we've also received some very good leads! One of them is the Gentry family, long time friends of the Cruzen's, some members of our ward. They asked us to go by, and we were welcomed with open arms. We have an appointment set with them for tonight, so hopefully that goes well!

Christina also came to church for the second time this week!! She was a little apprehensive after her first visit, but yesterday was a really good experience for her. She got to know some more members and really felt a part of everything. Needless to say, I'm a bit relieved. Even greater news, she texted us last night asking about getting baptized!!!! :D.....with the added request of possibly not doing it by complete immersion because of her health. That's the first time I've gotten that request on my mission haha! But hey! Now we know what to go over with her in our next lesson :) Plus that's a HUGE step forward for her.

I need to be a lot better about spiritual thoughts, so for this week I'm going to include a quote by Sister Mitchell, our WML's wife, from gospel principles yesterday: "Once you taste the truth and really embrace it, everything else just becomes diet truth. You don't want Diet Jesus." First of all, I thought this was hilarious. But more importantly, I love the principle behind it. What we have is the most beautiful thing in existence. Like Alma, it is "delicious to me." (Alma 32:28) And that's why I'm out here. To show everyone the beautiful taste that is the fullness of the gospel and help them to experience it for themselves.

That's all for now! I hope that you all have a blessed week.

Much love,
Elder Brennan Jon Rosenlof

1. My little portion of the vineyard.



2. My boy!!