Song of the Heart

 Greeting family and friends.  What a great week it has been.
We have certaintly been busy with many meetings this week, which isn't
always the greatest, but I always get something great out of them.  So
we had the opportunity to meet President and Sister Weston this week.
They are great!  They have 10 kids.  All of them are grown, except for
their son Jackson who is 11.  They are from Logan, and everyone in
there family is an Aggie, so that is sweet!  He is a farmer, so that
is great, and he was a stake president right before he came out.
Sister Weston is a sweetheart, your typical Mormon mother.  So
basically all week as zone leaders we've been having tons of meetings
with them, which pulled us away from our area, but the Lord made sure
those that we are teaching were taken care of.  We did have a couple
of set backs though.  So we were teaching the couple that were solid,
just ready to be baptized, but they are living with their family.
Well, their family environment isn't the best, and they have a 4 year
old daughter.  So they decided to move to a different part of Omaha,
which means we don't get to teach them anymore, which is fine, but it
is a little sad for us because we love them so much.  Our investigator
Charles went to get interviewed for baptism on Saturday.  Because he
is on probation, he had to be interviewed by President Weston.  Well,
he can't get baptized for another year because that is when his
probation ends.  But get this, he's been on probation already for 9
years, and his crime was writting an insufficiently funded check!
Luckily our branch president is going to talk to his probation officer
on Thrusday to see if anything can be done, and if that doesn't work
we'll appeal to the First Presidency.  Luckily Charles is taking
everything really well, and he still came to church yesterday, just a
sign that he is truely converted.  Even though we are losing some of
our "golden" investigators, the Lord continues to provide us with
those who are preparred for the gospel.  One great man we are teaching
is named Bobby Lucas.  He is a minister, but isn't ministering right
now.  We are getting him into the Book of Mormon, and he loves it.
Hopefully he will get baptized soon as well.  All in all things are
great, and the Lord always provides us with His tender mercies.
          So my thought this week is on music.  Music is so awesome,
and it is such a great tool to bring the Spirit into our lives.  As
with all things, there is counterfiet ways that Satan tries to use,
especially with music.  I've experienced both sides of the music
world, and it is so refreshing to be on a mission where you don't have
to worry about driving the Spirit away by what you are listening to.
Being in the hood, you hear a lot of music that is very vulgar, and
you can see it reflected in the lives of the people.  But good music
can uplift us.  I think of the Psalms of David, and how beautiful they
are.  As D&C 25:12 says, "For my soul delighteth in the song of the
heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it
shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads."  Let us seek the
blessings that come from listening to wholesome and uplifting music.
I promise as we do our testimonies will grow, and we will truely feel
an increase of the Spirit in our lives.  I love you all so much, and
hope you have an amazing week.