Week 39--April14, 2014

Sorry this is late.  I thought I had already put it up.  :-(

Wow it has been a good week!

The first week of a new transfer, and we came so close to getting the Standard of Excellence this week! We are definitely going to get it this week!

I guess last week I forgot to mention anything about Tony, Tony is still on date for baptism and he is progressing great and he is definitely excited to get baptized, we gave him a blessing this past week to help him stop smoking, and he has been going strong ever since, he is great. Other than that we picked up a lot of new investigators and focused a lot on a less active family that is trying to get to the temple. They are an awesome family and they are one of my favorite families in the ward. The only problem is the husband has started drinking again and it is having a negative effect on the whole family, because instead of coming home and spending time with his family, he comes home and drinks half a liter of tequila. We turned the issue over to the bishopric and they are starting to fellowship and work with him more.

This week the church is putting out a special message and video, an Easter initiative called "Because of Him" and it can be found on mormon.org/becauseofhim,facebook.com/mormon, google.com/+mormon, and twitter.com/mormonorg 

The church is reaching out and asking us as members to share this video and these sites and posts from them, We watched the video last night and It is amazing, and very powerful, it is also very different then video's in the past. I hope that everyone watches it and shares it with friends, it is shareable with the hashtag #BecauseofHim.

As this Easter week comes up I challenge all of you to think about what is possible in your life because of the savior, and to keep your thoughts focused on him, as this week we celebrate the most important event that ever happened on this earth, the Atonement of Jesus Christ, His death, and his Resurrection from the dead.

I love Y'all

Elder Bangerter