Week 19 - One week of 2018 down!

Quote of the Week:

"Wow the Peanut Butter Really Doesn't Look Good on the Wall"

Hi Friends! 

One week of 2018 down! And let me tell ya, it's been a great one! New Year's day was pretty uneventful until we topped it off with a full blown Japanese New Year's party complete with tuna cubes, sushi, and mysterious white jello (at least I hope it was jello). I should've gotten some pictures but as usual, I've been slacking as far as the camera goes. 

The work here in Middleton is really moving along! It's been tough during the holidays because everyone has been out of town and spending time with family, but things have been picking up this past week. The people are really wonderful here (be prepared to hear that for the rest of my mission)! It's amazing how much God can expand your heart when you're out doing His work and helping His children!

We ate dinner with a young couple the other day, and they told us the story of how they met, and I thought it was so cool! The husband had left the church after high school, and the wife hadn't been a member of the church at all. They were talking online, and she started to tell him about some of the issues she had been going through. Even though he hadn't been to church in years, he felt prompted to invite her to meet with a bishop, so he did. To make a long story short, the next time they chatted over Skype, she told him that she wanted him to baptize her. He ended up cleaning up his life and becoming active again in church. And now they're married, raising their kids in the gospel! It was an amazing testament to me that God often gives us promptings that we may not understand at the time. But He always has a plan and a purpose! 

There may be little promptings that God has been giving you in your own life that you may not have heeded. I know there have been in mine. This week, focus on following those promptings right away. I have a strong testimony that as we do so, we will see very real miracles in our lives. 

Love you all,

Elder Doyle 

Unusually sunny and warm in Idaho

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We made ourselves a scrumptious brownie pizza