104 and getting hotter!

104. It's starting to get warm down here in the Phoenix valley. Very sweaty.

Sometimes bikes are temperamental. Sometimes they decide they're in charge. So when you go to make a slight adjustment to your course, they let the handle bars turn, but not the bike. Then you end up flying over your handle bars going 15 mph... Not the funnest experience and the first time I've fallen hard on my bike. Luckily I've been highly trained for this very encounter from my years of skateboarding. I kept my arms in, head tucked, and rolled on to my back to slide on. The only damage done was my elbow got a little scrapped up whilst I was flipped from my front to my back. I was up on my feet within a couple of seconds from being flung from my bike. My companion looked at me ah struck and said, "I thought that was going to end a lot worse." Some members happened to be driving by right at that time and were kind enough to give us a ride the rest of the way back home which was a few miles away.

This week I got to hold 1 week old puppies! The members who have the niece and nephew investigators had new puppies at their house! They breed and sell Yorkie puppies. They're super cute. We had our lessons, then held the puppies. It was great :)

We met a man who is trying to reactivate his sister-in-law who hasn't been to church in many years. The only odd thing about the situation is that he's not a member. He is a nondenominational Christian. He knows that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints brings happiness into people's lives. He wants that for her, so he's doing everything he can to try to convince her into coming back. She lives down in Buckeye which is 2 hours from us or we would go over and help! We've sent other missionaries over to her. But now we're meeting with this man. Now he's curious why the church brings so much happiness to people. He's an interesting guy with an interesting past. He's more than willing to listen to us and read the Book of Mormon though, so we're excited to start meeting with him!

We were able to meet a less active family that no one has seen in months. It's a single dad and 3 little kids. There is an 8 year old son who hasn't been baptized yet. They also have a 10 year old and a 5 year old, both girls. So we went over to see if we couldn't meet them. They welcomed us in and we had a great conversation with them! They came to church the next day! We're going to be going over there to help them prepare the son for baptism.

It's been a solid week. We're turning this place around!

I know that Heavenly Father loves His children. I know that we are all His children. I know He is very aware of our current situation. I know He will give us the blessings we need, if we ask and seek to fulfill His will in faith.

I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!

-Elder Toph Tribe