Lesson for the Day: Stay Away From The Edge

hey bloggers,
how are you all doing this week? some letters would be nice (hint hint), also christmas is coming up and it takes 2 months for things to get here. another big (hint hint) anyways the work is great this week. we have a few new families who are doing great. they even came to church so i will make sure to see them this week. they are amazing and i love the people here.
garndersville is like my home ward now. you could blindfold me and i could show you to almost any members house. i love it. except the 5 swamps where my new shoes get wet and muddy. but this is the lords work and who cares about shoes anyways.
i have been struggling with my new companion a little. he chooses to read his scriptures and let me do all the teaching and when i do force him to come in he teaches a different lesson and i feel like he is just ruining what i was working so hard for. but maybe i am the one messing up and maybe the lord just needs to give me more patience. we could all use a little more anyways.
my mom sent me a nice email on living on the edge. i was just studying in the book of mormon. 1st nephi chapter 8. i was thinking about the river that represents hell. i think of the snake river how it bends back and forth. then i thought about the little sins that are closer to the iron rod. the ones that dont take very many steps to fall into the river. where the river is so close to the rod that you have to hold on for dear life or you will fall in. i though about satan and how he makes those places more dark and tempting. so stay away from the temptations and study your scriptures. just an insight i had.
i got plenty of letters from my grandma pay and one from my grandma lamb and of course my uncle neldon who always writes. one from kayla and that was about it. no package this time. maybe next time president comes. i love to read letters and i love to write anyone back.
we had interviews with president squires and i loved mine just like i always do. he is such a great man and i hope to keep in contact with him when i get home. he is amazing.
i love the work and the people here. the river bends really close to the rod with the law of chastity and many people have a problem with it. we see many less active people who are too ashamed to come to church because they know that the members know. i am still working with the home teaching and now one of my new goals is sacrament meeting. the spirit just isnt there and there are many little things that need to change. so i have plenty of work to do. dont worry i dont even have time to worry about the stupid cares of satan and the world. let the people in the large and spacious building call the white man a devil. i am used to it now and the gospel must go forth. thanks for all that all of you do. i love to hear from you and at least write me a letter for christmas or something.
love
elder lamb