Without a living prophet there's no accountability

 ok what the crap is up fam ?!

wow my motivation to write emails is rapidly decreasing 😻 but dont worry I'll keep up the updates because I love you all and wanna hear updates on life back home (when I call the kids all they give me updates on are brain rot and stranger things)

aight random fun things that happened this week: 

• gloria serenaded us again ANDDDD she let me record this time 😜

its moments like these that I thank the Lord for sending me to South Carolina (no one asked Gloria to sing us a song she just started singing) 

• met Frederick - this guy looks EXACTLY like Grandma Belnap, like exact same face like could easily be siblings. So if Grandma happens to mention a long lost brother - I found him. We pulled up on Frederick and interrupted a convo he was having to share a scripture and chat. He told us later that he prayed that God would "cut out his tongue" if he were to say anything hurtful that day - and APPARENTLY the convo we interrupted was headed there... "yall were the knife" ok thanks Frederick glad to be of service 

☝️😛 he also told us (tearfully) that he prayed that God would speak to him today and that was the day we showed up 😻 then he didnt show up at church on Sunday🔫😐

this is what he texted me during church lol

holy most southern thing ive ever read. dont worry Frederick I wont give up on you😖🤧

Let's seeeeee what else happened... not too much crazy, just living the good life over here in simpsonville, its becoming more and more BEAUTIFUL everyday - holy greenest place i ever seen. 

here's a bar I heard this week about prophets: (lots of people ask why we need prophets or leaders like we have today, why cant we just believe in Jesus and be good people) and I always think about a line from Holmes talk in conference,  he said that (paraphrasing) without a prophet Jesus Christ becomes whatever we want him to be. AND ITS SO TRUE😻 without a living prophet there's no accountability or validity to keep His church ESTABLISHED ☝️ people can basically interpret the scriptures however they want and there's nothing to prove whether they're right or wrong according to God's teachings. In our district testimony meeting last night an Elder shared a quote "when we choose to neglect prophets in our own lives we find ourselves in a personal apostacy." BARS 😻 God calls his prophets☝️ all we have to do is listen to their council and do our best to faithfully apply it to our lives, just another way to trust in God no matter what 😌

oh also this last week we sheared alpacas for this random chill guy named Rob- he thought it was so hilarious to make me collect the poop they use to test for parasites. bro holy most rated r thing ive ever seen what the crap. the Shearer guy put on gloves and then reached up into the alpacas ah and grabbed the poop out of it (all while I stood there like a retard with the zip lock bag ready) wow holy trauma 😛

also we found an abandoned ancient school for lil black kids from the early 1900s - there was a sign but besides that it was basically just sitting there abandoned, no gate no nun. pretty cool😃

Anyway theres some lovely moments from my life recently, here's some more random pictures