Wowzers! This week was crazzzzyyy

This week was sooooooooo awesome y'all!!! This week fetchin flewwwwww by. We had a blast. Monday i roller bladed that was so fun hahahahaha we were just outside the institute building! That was so funny i was out there with Elder Bryan! Then that night we played apples to apples hahaha that game is legen........dary! We always have ab last at FHE! Wednesday we did exchanges! That was LIT!  I was with Elder Bryan! I love that guy! He is my homie from the MTC so we literally go back like babies and pacifiers (in mission age). We had so much fun! We met a lot of fun people we helped with a FHE for this family and the little baby thought it was the funnest thing to throw crayons at me hahaha and he was laughing so hard for like an easy 20 min doing that haha! Then we met this guy Adante hes a really cool guy! We were knocking on this guys door seeing how he has been and he answers and we chit chatted a little bit then i asked him if he remembered anything about the message we shared last time and then adante's pops open the door and walks out and says i wanna hear a message! It was so cool! Then that night we had an appointment with Bryan! We watched the hour long Restoration film! It was so solid!!! He said "This movie is really awesome i really feel like i watched a history movie and not a fictional one" that was so cool! Then Thursday we ate at the church and we had a couple of investigators there. Then we went to a members house it was so awesome! Kansas has super awesome people! I love them all!!!! Then that night we went to the institute building and played pool! That was fun! Then Saturday we cleaned the church and then went and did more service! We helped that same family as last week with more yard work! It was awesome! Then we went and saw a couple people! Then we played basketball with some investigators and that was awesome!!!! Then sunday we had church  we went to the ward again! All the talks were amazing during the ward. Then during the branch i got to speak! I spoke on the topic of Happiness and gratitude it was so awesome. At least i hope so hahaha it was awesome for me learning about it hahaha here's a few things i used in my talk! 

Pres. Gordon B Hinkley once said :
“How magnificently we are blessed! How thankful we ought to be! … Cultivate a spirit of thanksgiving for the blessing of life and for the marvelous gifts and privileges each of us enjoy. The Lord has said that the meek shall inherit the earth. (See Matt. 5:5.) I cannot escape the interpretation that meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgment of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments. This is the beginning of wisdom. Walk with gratitude before him who is the giver of life and every good gift.”
D&C 78:17-19    
Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye are little children, and ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the Father hath in his own hands and prepared for you;
And ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours. And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold, yea, more.
Alma 34:38
38 That ye contend no more against the Holy Ghost, but that ye receive it, and take upon you the name of Christ; that ye humble yourselves even to the dust, and worship God, in whatsoever place ye may be in, in spirit and in truth; and that ye live in thanksgiving daily, for the many mercies and blessings which he doth bestow upon you.

I was reading in 2 Nephi 5 and i read in verse 27 and it says:

2 Nephi 5:27

And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness

So then i went back and studied on how they were able to live in that happiness and in verses 11&15-17 it says:

2Nephi 5:11&15-17

11) And the Lord was with us; and we did prosper exceedingly; for we did sow seed, and we did reap again in abundance. And we began to raise flocks, and herds, and animals of every kind.

And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which were in great abundance.
And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built of so many precious things; for they were not to be found upon the land, wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon’s temple. But the manner of the construction was like unto the temple of Solomon; and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine. And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be industrious, and to labor with their hands. 

Thank yall so much for all the birthday wishes and everything! Yall are awesome! I love yall so much (yes even you Damarcus). 

P.s. I will be staying in Junction City for another 6 weeks at least my new companion will be Elder Saari (Sorry)! 

Elder Bischoff