"The Only Unconditional Surrender Which is Also a Total Victory"

Howdy folks! 

Shout out to my girl Tara for giving birth to a bouncing baby girl! I love you guys and I have been praying for your welfare. I'm super excited to one day get to meet little Josie :) Also, I was just gonna write a paragraph about how tired I am, but I didn't give birth or anything, so I have NO ROOM to complain... haha. Perspective. Gotta love that.

This week has been so rewarding! We picked up some new investigators, and I feel like my perspective on life has seriously broadened. Right now on the digital mission we are skyping with a guy in Venezuela and he is hardcore Catholic! It has caused me to really think deeply about the basic doctrines that I teach, know, and love. How grateful I am for the restored truths of the gospel and the guidance from prophets called of God! Also, Sister Barney and I are on a quest for consecration and that has changed my perspective on a lot of things. It's a fun quest! Let me tell ya :) You're all invited!

It's been cooling down lately around here, which is much appreciated, and it's been misty like everyday. #there'snoplacelikehome Thus, there's been all sorts of cool sunsets with the clouds, and lots of frizzy hair. Let me tell ya, folks. It's the lucha getting ready in the morning. Like should I try to look like a beautiful, beaming representative of Jesus Christ, or should I just leave my hair wet and get on with my life? Usually I do the latter, but yeah. Good stuff. That's probably why God wanted me to train, so that I could get a little greenie fire going when I get ready in the mornings...

Haha, anyways, that's just a sneak-peak into my life. In other news... I love you all! I love this gospel! I'm gonna leave you with an excerpt from one of my favorite talks: "In conclusion, the submission of one’s will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God’s altar. The many other things we “give,” brothers and sisters, are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us. However, when you and I finally submit ourselves, by letting our individual wills be swallowed up in God’s will, then we are really giving something to Him! It is the only possession which is truly ours to give! Consecration thus constitutes the only unconditional surrender which is also a total victory! May we deeply desire that victory, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, amen." (Maxwell "Swallowed Up in the Will of the Father)

Once again, I love you all! Have a great week!

Con amor,

Erminuh Frei