I paid an old bike dude to weld my bike gear fixed.
It lasted a total of 5 hours, skidding and living the glorious fixed gear life. #worth.
50 cents. Every. Single. Morning.
We ran into a super cool riverside street soccer gang:
We went fishing at a stocked pond for $1:
Elder Allred swiped one up with a sneaky fishing net maneuver:
My gloomy river:
Weird question of the week: Would Heavenly Father yell at the referee like my earthly father as an expression of love? Hmmmm...
I've been reading the Book of Mormon a lot this week. I know that it is absolutely essential to gaining and keeping a testimony in the gospel. The Book of Mormon is the way to answer the question of whether Joseph Smith really was a prophet.
Elder Ballard tells a cool story about this:
One of his missionaries came to him and said that he didn't believe anymore and had too many questions. Elder Ballard asked him, “How long has it been since you read from the Book of Mormon?”
The missionary's eyes dropped. He looked at the floor for a while. Then he looked at me. “It’s been a long time, President,” he confessed.
“All right,” I said. "I want you to promise me that you will read in the Book of Mormon for at least one hour every day between now and our next appointment.” He agreed that he would do that.
Ten days later he returned to my office, and I was ready. I pulled out my papers to start answering his questions, but he stopped me.
“President,” he said, “that isn’t going to be necessary.” Then he explained: “I know that the Book of Mormon is true. I know Joseph Smith is a prophet of God.”
“All right,” I said. "I want you to promise me that you will read in the Book of Mormon for at least one hour every day between now and our next appointment.” He agreed that he would do that.
Ten days later he returned to my office, and I was ready. I pulled out my papers to start answering his questions, but he stopped me.
“President,” he said, “that isn’t going to be necessary.” Then he explained: “I know that the Book of Mormon is true. I know Joseph Smith is a prophet of God.”
“Well, that’s great,” I said. “But you’re going to get answers to your questions anyway. I worked a long time on this, so you just sit there and listen.”
I know that the Book of Mormon is true. I know that if you read it and ask God about its truthfulness you will know too. This will then open up a whole new world of blessings for you if you act and follow Heavenly Father's teachings.
Love,
Elder Osborne
note from Sam's mom: the following link will take you to an article on the Mormon Newsroom site in Cambodia about the English classes Sam teaches. There is a set of pictures on the bottom half of the screen and you will see Sam and his great smile in four of them. http://www.mormonnewsroom.
