April 29, 2013 Broke 100 degrees.

I have still not received the video of Aaron falling out of the tree and would really like to look at it, from the picture of it it looks hilarious. Sounds like the family reunion went well and all had allot of fun. Its so weird seeing snow and trying to think about how it feels and what its like to be cold...I'm pretty familiar with hot. I miss the snow.

This week it has started to get hot. We broke the 100"s for the first time and while on the bikes yesterday it hit me at one point just how fast the air takes the moister out of you. I rode by this tall wall on the side that the sun was shining on and took a deep breath and instantly my mouth was dry. But other than that my body is getting acclimated to the weather and sadly I'm beginning to like the warm air. Arizona is starting to grow on me, not sure if I'll ever really come back.

Went by Rosa"s home the other day to see how see how she was doing and from the moment she opened the door I could tell that something was not right. Not sure if she just trusts us allot or it was just so over whelming she couldn't hold it in. She began to tell us all about what has been going on with her family in Mexico. Her family down there is in a fight and it all started with the death of Rosa's dad. Through more research people have the thought that he didn't just die of natural causes but rather he was tricked into the situation. And who was suspected to have done it is the one that is taking all the stuff from him now that he is gone, inside the family, which as you could imagine is tearing it apart. She expressed such anger towards the whole situation that tears were not held back. I can't imagine what kind of pain that has to create when it is family destroying family for material gain. Not right. I gave her some words of advice and council, showed my love to her and the family and said a prayer with her to help out. The next day we went back and checked up on her again and she was doing allot better and seemed as though the situation was almost completely dissolved.

I have found a trend with the people that I have found to teach and it seems to me that the trend is we are finding those who are looked at as cast outs and people of rejection, those that have haunting pasts that creep up in their lives and try to tear them down again and again. A number of my recent converts are having trouble with past things coming back up. A few back to drugs, smoking, family, financial, and lack of happiness. I wonder what it is that I have that these sons and daughters of God need and why God has chosen me to be apart of their lives and them in mine. Am I strong enough for them to carry them out of their situation and protect them from the things of the past, or am I just to show them a glimpse of joy that they have so long been overdue for. Maybe I'm just over analyzing this but who knows. I have found such a love for these people that I'm not sure what else to do when I'm around them other than to smile and try and get them to laugh. I pray that the Lord will strengthen them so that they can overcome these addictions. The thing is they have to choose Him first. In the very last chapter of the first book of The Book of Mormon it mentions that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom He chooses. Who God chooses is all that choose Him and the gospel is there to bring the tender mercies into our lives and we learn to live it and share it for the edifying of our neighbor.

Other things that I have done this week include 3 hours of service. Shoveling rock and hauling it off somewhere, it was a rather nice exercise. We have another 3 service projects lined up for this week and can't wait to get to them. I love service! and I love you all too!