Email July 6, 2015

Goooooood afternoon! Happy late 4th of July & Independence Day!!! It is so amazing to know that God is watching over us. It's really sad to see everything that is happening because we are slowly losing our freedoms. But I know that if we are faithful, Heavenly Father will keep the promise that He made to us that we will be able to stay a free people. I am so grateful for all of the people who have given their lives and who still give their lives in defense of this country and all of the rights and privileges that we enjoy. This truly is a God-blessed land! I was really blessed this week to be able to have an interview with President Marston! It was time for the quarterly interviews and mine was super awesome! We had a really good talk. One of the subjects has been something President has been talking a lot about lately, the Good/Better/Best spectrum. He said something that really made me feel so good. President said he trusts me because he feels I will always choose the best. That came as a huge compliment to me because I constantly worry about how good of a missionary I am. And when he said that it made me feel so good. I love President Marston!!! So on to the missionary work! We were able to have some good lessons this week, although we had so many people out of town so it was hard to have lessons. It's like it was a holiday week or something. This week was really good though! We had a really good talk with an investigator last night. She is getting the gravity of everything! And that is super awesome! We talked with her and decided, with her, to move her baptismal date back one more week so that she has more time to pray and to study and ponder. Things that we were telling her over and over to do, but that she wasn't doing. One of her close friends really got her thinking about what this all could mean and it has affected her so she is really thinking about it now in a way that she hasn't before. Pray for her that she will find the answer that baptism is what Heavenly Father wants for her! We also had a great lesson with another investigator. And, as of this last week, she is married! She and her member fiance got married! We had an awesome lesson about the Plan of Salvation and most of it is stuff she hasn't heard or thought of before, but she feels it is good! She is praying and studying and she is excited for a baptismal date that we set with her for August 1st! Please keep her in your prayers that she will pray and study and come to know that these things are true! August 1st is going to be an amazing day! Transfers are coming up in two weeks and I only have 2 more so I might be going somewhere! It will be crazy to see because 2 transfers isn't a long time to spend somewhere, but it is enough to still be transferred to a new area. So I have no idea what will happen! I'm honestly fine with whatever happens. I think it would be super awesome to train again because that's how long the program is to train a new missionary, but I have no idea what will happen. Again, I just honestly want to do whatever Heavenly Father wants me to do! I love you guys and I know that the gospel is true! I have been super blessed by Heavenly Father this last week to see a lot of different ways my testimony has grown and become stronger since I left on my mission. It makes me think about the blessing it is to have a testimony and really truly how much stronger our testimonies are than we often think. I have been reading in 3 Nephi, it's where I am in my personal studies. And I absolutely love how the Book of Mormon shows Jesus Christ's love for His people. I know Jesus Christ is there, He is real, and He loves us. He loves everyone, no matter what. He is perfect and His love is perfect. It's always there! I love you guys! Have a fantastic week! Love, Elder Cevering