Heavenly Father does give us the help we need to overcome problems

Hey Mom and family!!!!

No problem! I'm kind of short on time as well :/ Plans have gone a little wacky this morning so that's why we don't have that much time to email :/

But hope everyone is doing good! Thank you so much!!!! Honestly I'm not sure if there's anything I specifically need in the package. Thank you so much, Just send whatever you guys want!

Well, this week has been pretty cool. T, T, J, and Ts, a family of four, were able to prepare and make it to the waters of baptism. They're way faithful. Such a good family. Ta's testimony touched me at the service. It was something I didn't even completely know. he said "I was up at night, my wife and kids were all asleep. I was just praying that I'd be able to stop smoking", he explained that it was something that he'd had a hard time with for a long time, felt he just couldn't stop, he wasn't satisfied or completely helped with the church he was in before either. Well, I testify that it really is true that if we really plead with Heavenly Father, He really does give us the help we need to overcome problems. That's what T experienced. He woke up the next morning, and in his words he simply didn't want to smoke any more. T was extrememly touched by this experience as he shared it, and I imagine he gained a firm testimony of God's love for him, and also the power of prayer. Any way, I as well was surprised a bit to hear it, cause I didn't know he stayed up in the night praying hard, really just pleading. Anyway, his wife also shared a good testimony. She read 3 Nephi 27 with the intent to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon. It turns out that she was indeed able to gain a testimony from that chapter! I know that if we truly read, we truly study it out in our mind, and we try to find answers to our questions. And then we truly ask God where it is that He wants us to be, whether or not the book is true. I know that we really will have our prayers answered and that we'll be able to know if the church is true and also the Book of Mormon.

Gotta go bye love yous!!!  Elder SEffker