Looking for a Better Week

Well, I don't know what to say concerning our little dog, Maddie. She was a great little dog and she was more than great. She was awesome. Jumping around McCall Lake and falling into the river after jumping around like a jack rabbit. My best friend at home who would snuggle with me after a hard day's work. She would never complain and would even help me finish my dinner sometimes. I know the time we had with her was awesome. I will forever miss my "sister" Maddie. Wow, 15 years. I mean, she was born when I was six. I don't remember much of when she first came to the family, but I think I remember going somewhere far away to bring her home and she sleeped on my leg for most of the trip. I will miss pulling a sock around in front of her and playing with her and taking her on walks. I am really going to miss her.

For the most part I am recuperated from my soccer game and I dont think it will affect my playing soccer in the future so, I'm good.

This last week was great, but not so great at the same time. I am almost out of the office. I think I have one more Friday of writing in the office, then I go back to Mondays as my P-days. I lost a bag of money with my companion, so I had to pay for that. I used the 100 dollars that was for the package to cover that. My week just really wasn't the best. A lot of bad experiences, but at the end, it got a little better. Yesterday, I was teaching a family that my companion had found and we watched the Joseph Smith dvd and afterward I was thinking to myself about my companion, "Hey, go ahead and speak. Say something to conclude." but he insisted that I speak. I was thinking "no" at first, then I decided, "O.k., why not?" I could use a good opportunity to share my testimoney after this week, so I bore my testimony. I am glad he listened to the Spirit to let me do that. I bore my testimony of how I know that Joseph Smith is a prophet and how he knew that his vision was a vision from God. I know that God loves each and everyone of his children and that there is no greater love that he has showed us than that of sending Jesus Christ to atone for our sins. I know that this church is true and if I had not prayed when I was 17 years old in the desert, I probably still would not know for a surity that this church is the only true church here on this earth.

I love this gospel. At times it can be hard, but it's the process that God uses to refine and shape us. Stay true to the rod, like Lehi and his family and never let go. The world or the people in the great and spacious building will always laugh at you and, so what?

Love you all. Take care and this next week will be so much better.
Love,

Elder Proksch