18 May 2009

Hey family so guess what we just got back from a really cool Preparation day activity. We went bike riding through prague!!! It was so cool we rode through a few parks and rode our bikes on the bridge just across from Charles Bridge! It was really exciting i'll post the pictures next week for you all to see. The coolest thing that happened this week was that after many hard days (about 2 weeks in all) we have had really low amounts of success in our contacting and everything altogether. We were really starting to get down and our faith was hurting a little bit, but we said "no more!" to low faith and we each got down in humble prayer on our own and also together. We went to a park on thursday morning sat on a bench, said a prayer.
The Lord is always watching over us. he sees our struggles and hardships. He sees our faith being tested as we journey through the trails of life, and as we show forth our faith in the midst of those hard times and put complete reliance on him, he blesses and not just little blessings but great blessings! I am a witness of that. This mission is teaching me a whole lot about that absolute faith in and reliance on the Lord.

I Love you all so much and am very thankful for your letters. Oh and by the way about singing on Namestis (town squares) we do it every week!!! A lot of people really enjoy it too!! We use it as a way to find people!!!! We have had some good success from it too.

Well take care of yourselves and keep the amazing missionary work going forward!!!

Love your son,
Elder Nowland