Feeding the Homeless (Week 69)

It's been a wild past two weeks. Wow. We've had some interesting lessons to say the least haha, but it's been all good stuff.

This past Tuesday Elder Olsen and I got to go up to Birmingham to do some service. We went to this Sandwich/Salad store restaurant shop thing and got all of their leftover food at the the end of the day.

We put it in these big bags that we had brought with us and went out on the streets to give to homeless people. It was awesome!! I felt the spirit as we gave to those who had nothing. Service has been a part of how I can find joy. We came up to this one guy who had a dog. We offered him food and then I asked him if we could give his dog some food. He said yes and I gave this homeless dog a smoked salmon sandwich. It was just a great way to end the day. :)

This week we got to teach our friend Fred. He is great! We talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and of baptism. We read Mosiah 18 and talked about the Covenant promises that God makes with us at baptism. Fred found this very interesting. 

One of those promises is Eternal Life for the faithful. We told Fred that Eternal Life is to live forever with God and our Families and that we would be heirs of all that God has. We told him what we have recently heard from President Nelson, "Nothing could be worth more than all our Father has!" That's what it comes down to. Us being willing to make and keep Covenants with the Lord.

-Elder Shockley