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! |
