As the Days Get Thinner, so Does My Hair

While we were at a member's house for dinner this week, their four or

five year old son looks at my companion, then looks at me and says,

"wow, you don't have very much hair". It was at this moment that I

realized that as the number of days I have left on my mission

decreases, the amount of hair on my head has been decreasing with it.

At this rate, my head will begin to radiate the light of the gospel in

a very literal sense...!

Anyways, hello again everyone and HAPPY MAY! This last week started

off on an amazing note as last Tuesday, Elder Talbot and I were able

to attend a session at the temple, which, as always, was amazing! I

really do love the temple a lot and while I am very sad that we

haven't been able to go nearly as much anymore over the past year, it

has made me appreciate the opportunity to go that much more! The

temple really is the House of the Lord and the place where we can feel

of our Heavenly Father's love for us most strongly! It was also really

cool/strange for me because I realized that the next time I attend the

temple will be about two weeks before I go home, which is really weird

to think about!

Thursday, we were able to visit with Omosayin again. When we got their

we discovered that he is still being poached by online missionaries,

which is annoying but not surprising. Nevertheless, we were still able

to have an amazing lesson with him and teach him about fasting,

tithing, and answer a bunch of questions he had from his lesson with

the aforementioned online missionaries. We were also able to set a

date for him to be baptized on the 21st of this month, which is super

exciting and we can tell that he is very ready to make his step in his

life and feel of the blessings of the gospel and he is very excited

for it as well!

Friday, we visited with Christiana again and taught her the Plan of

Salvation. She continues to be awesome as well and really has a desire

to learn more and find the truth, which is awesome to see!

That day, Elder Talbot also suffered his first ever battle with

seasonal allergies and as a result, he was pretty miserable for the

next few days (and is still a little under the weather, the good news

is that we now know that it is allergies and not a cold, which is what

we thought it was originally and are now treating it accordingly!)

On Wednesday and Sunday, we were also able to help our Bishop visit

with a less-active member of the Ward who has expressed interest in

returning to church and we have therefore been teaching her the

lessons, which has been a really good practice for us and has also

been really cool to see the Flame of the gospel be reignited in the

person! I know that the Gospel really does have the power to help us

change our lives and allow us to be blessed by helping us rely on

Jesus Christ and the knowledge of his sacrifice for us!

That's about all from me this week. I love you all! Have a great day

and a fantastic week!

Sincerely,

Elder Sam Williams

8301 Ashford Blvd #606

Laurel, MD, 20707