Week 23 - Shoutout to Philly for winning the Superbowl!

Quote of the Week: "Why is the lightbulb stuck in the glass jar? Oh, someone was pounding on it with a dictionary."

For your amusement and by way of information, we vote as an apartment every Saturday night for which quote of the week makes it onto my weekly blog post.

Hola Mis Amigos!

It's been such an awesome week! Middleton is really making a space for itself in my heart. We were able to go to the temple on Wednesday as a district of missionaries, and it really hit me that we're so blessed to have a temple so close to us! And the newly built Meridian temple has been such an awesome missionary influence in this area. 

This past weekend was the Middleton Stake Conference, and we were able to be visited by Elder Sitati of the Quorum of the Seventy. He's from Kenya, which didn't even have a mission during the time that he joined the church. His conversion was due completely to the handful of members that met in the singular branch in Kenya. And now he's a member of the Quorum of the Seventy! It really was a testament to me of what a difference members can make in missionary work! 

One of our bishops is really into long-distance running. He was telling Elder Jones and I about the last long-distance race he ran: It was a 122 miles race. No sleep. It took him 37 hours. He had to use 6 different pairs of shoes. It was through the mountains of Canada, and the total elevation of all the uphill sections was over 29,000 feet, which is about the height of Mount Everest. The bishop's wife was saying that she saw him at various parts of the race, and at every point, he looked different. Sometimes he would look alert and energetic. At other times he swayed from side to side, looking like he might collapse at any moment. Their experience made me think of how each of us often hit bumps in the road in our journey back to our Heavenly Father. Sometimes we feel like we're doing great, but often we feel like we're about to collapse and won't be able to reach our destination. I'm so glad we have another runner, in fact the most perfect runner ever to live, right by our side to keep us going if we lean on Him. 

This week, I invite you to do some spiritual cardio workout. Look for other runners who may be struggling, and help them out. We all have the same final detination!

Love you all,

Elder Doyle 

Kali, the coolest 7yr old in Idaho!

Ryker, the fearless Jedi baby!