week 90 I want Molasses french toast with homemade syrup so bad

Hello!

I dont have a lot to share this week. With calling home for mothers day i feel like i have shared everything but there is something i want to share and its about Moms!

The last while since i have been on my mission  i have seen such an importance of Mothers. Of course i saw the importance in my own mother growing up but since being out its my seeing of the importance has only gotten bigger. Ive seen mothers give everything they have for their kids. Even if that means they go cold for the night so their kid can have a jacket they will do it. I think of a scripture verse from the Book of Mormon in Alma chapter 56.. When the 2000 stripling warriors are about to go off to fight.. its says

47 Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them.

48 And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it.

These boys had no idea what they were going to do. They had no experience and had every right to be scared out of their minds but they had no fear. They had been taught by their mothers and had faith in God. As i little boy I remember reading this scripture and thinking what would doing something like that feel like. Well coming out here on my mission I feel thats the closest to that I can get. Everyday with out fail something happens and I can manage because of what my mother taught me. Without my mom I would be no where and I think we can all say the same. Moms are the best. 

Hope you are all doing good. miss you all lots!

elder gsack

week 89 I want fries and a frosty

Whats up team? How are you all doing? 

This past week has been pretty laid back. We were all super excited for transfers and nothing happened.. hahaha so i am still with elder calmacio which i am actually happy about and then we still live with elder villanueva and elder sherwood. The only cool thing that happened with transfers is that our district got huge! We are now a 7 companionship with a senior couple district! So its super exciting and district councils should be a lot more fun now. 

I dont have a lot to share about our work this week but i have been asked questions so i will just answer those instead. My favorite part about missionary work is helping someones family become an eternal family. So often you hear the quote "i leave my family for two years so other families can be together forever" and i have come to see how true that quote is. It makes me think of the quote as well from President Nelson when he said " If you have concerns about your family, ask the missionaries! They can help you! Strengthening marriages and families is of utmost importance to Latter-day Saints. Families can be together forever. Ask the missionaries to teach you how this is possible for your family" Its such a great joy to me that I get to take all my time and efforts to serving Heavenly Father and His children down here on earth and its up to me to help them make it back to his presence. 

okay thats all i got for you this week. Sorry i just got an unexpected interruption and gotta get going. Love you all lots!

Elder gsack

week 88 I want a snicker-doodle so bad

Hey!

Well this past week we had a follow training for Elder Calmacio at the mission office. But mid way through the training we had a break out session and at the start they passed around a plate of cookies. It was like a little half time snack but they were snicker doodle cookies sister speirs had made and oh my goodness. They were beyond magical. It was the best tasting that i have had in a long time.

Well not a whole lot of exciting has happened this week so this email wont be that long. I apologize in advance. However in the mission right now we are really starting to focus on DAILY CONTACTS. Its one of the things mentioned in Preach my Gospel but its a lot easier said then done. We as a companionship try our best to stop by all of our investigators in the day but of course its not always possible. So if we dont stop by them we give them a phone call that night and if they dont answer then we shoot them a text. But we do our best to reach out to all of our investigators every day. The other night we were following up an investigator on the phone and I asked them if they had read and prayed that day. They replied with "Yes elder sackley we have but thank you for the reminder. We appreciate you reaching out to us.. we really see the love you and elder calmacio have for us" it was in that moment I realized why daily contacts were so important. Its not just to follow them up but its to show your love to the people you are teaching. Even with a small quick little phone call it can mean the world to someone else. I love this gospel and the chance i have to share it everyday. 

This coming week is transfers so stay tuned for the report. Hope you are all doing well! Love you all lots!

Elder gsack