"Walk in the Light of your Fire"

This week was HOT HOT HOT!!! I felt like I would evaporate into thin air so many times!! But I guess it builds character right??

PDAY was pretty awesome!! We went over to Jason's house early to prepare for the lesson that we were going to have, while we were doing so we saw a family outside playing some ball. We went over and talked to them, gave the fam a Book of Mormon and invited them to church. Hopefully we will be able to meet with them soon!!

Jason's lesson was awesome!! We didn't have Bro. Pugmire over to translate into chinese this time, but the spirit was still there in Abundance!! We asked him to continue reading the Book of Mormon and we read a chapter while we were there. His english has improved significantly and he is reading a lot faster!! So that has been a miracle. Also, later in the week we called him to see how he was doing and he said that he was having a new feeling come over him as he read the Book of Mormon. He wants to read it now more than ever!! So that has been pretty incredible!! Please keep him (Jason) in your prayers!!

Tuesday we were following up with some potentials in the night time and we came across a younger lady named Beth. Neither of us had ever met her before but when we first met her she told us she was a proud Atheist. So you can imagine the next hour and a half were pretty interesting. She was bagging on the church and was sharing all sorts of blasphemy. This was actually a cool experience because at the beginning of my mission I probably would've reacted to what she was saying but I feel like the spirit constrained my words and it was all the much better because of it!!

Wednesday was a pretty awesome day!! There was no enormous miracle that happened, but I think the small things made the biggest difference. That night President and Sister Foote gave me a call to wish a very Happy Birthday!! Did I already mention a million times how much I love those guys?!? They are the best!!

Friday was very interesting. We finally had some service we were able to render at an event called Relay for Life. It was basically a fundraiser for those that are going through cancer or have gone through cancer. It was pretty awesome!! After that we went to the Dentist's office to finish the surgery on Elder Frandsen's Root Canal. That took all day so that was that!!

On Saturday I was drenched with sweat all day long!! I think I have sweat more in Georgiain an hour than any day in Utah combined!! Its been pretty awesome!!

We went tracting for a lot of the day and found a really cool lady named Mercedes! Turns out that she has read the Book of Mormon already and knows it is true. She wants to come to church next are Sunday with her 4 little kids!! There are quite a lot of challenges that she is facing right now so please pray for her and her family!!

Sunday, Mothers Day!! YEEET!! Seeing the fam especially mom on skype was such a fun time!! I am so grateful for families, this church and gospel and technology that makes the distance feel smaller!!

For a little spiritual thought on Mothers I always refer back to the Stripling Warriors!! I don't know the exact scripture reference so I will just try to quote it, "they did not doubt that their mothers knew it." I have seen that in my own life and I am so grateful that my mother raised me in the Gospel and bore testimony to me many times of her beliefs!

Love y'all

Elder Northrup

p.s. I just wanted a title from the scriptures that had to do with heat since it was super duper hot!! Also it sounds pretty cool!

Helmet Hair

The clan (Elders Henderson, Lopez, myself and Frandsen)