There has just been a lot of rain over here

hmmm.... well lets see ima tell you straight up ima cop out for this week because y'all are just calling next week!, but for anyone else ill write a little letter haha! I'm guessing well call after church, we also have church from 11:00 to 2:00 so i would plan on calling sometime after church, I would guess around like 4:00? or 5:00 y'alls time, but im not super sure whats going to be happening on sunday. no one has really reached out to us and we don't want to just try and invite ourselves over to someones house on mothers day... so... plan around 5:00 if anything crazy happens well let ya know some how... haha!

There has just been a lot of rain over here the last few days! we have just been knocking a lot of doors and talking with a good bit of people. It's been about the same haha! Elder Whetten and I are going to be staying together for another 6 weeks here. transfer calls were last night and were both staying together so were excited about that! Last week we were "LARP"ing (live action roll play) with a less active and his non member son, we dressed up in some sweet medieval armor and hit each other with some heavy wood swords haha. we had a good ol time doing that last week!

Today we went to the thrift store and picked us up a few bibles. a Great little Gideon Bible, an NIV Bible. Over these last few months I've really enjoyed reading from some other translations of the Bible, granted most of my reading is in the KJV and the BOM, but i would like to share a little bit why I like different Bibles. 

I am SOOOOO sick of people saying stupid stuff like "If its not in the Bible God must have not done it... or God does not say anything about it in the Bible.... and I only read from the KJV of the Bible its closest one so I only read from that one of the Original manuscript." I'll be the first to tell you, the Bible is FAR from perfect, same with the Book of Mormon. Why? Because MEN wrote it! (1N 19:6-7) but what they teach is true!!! so i really enjoy reading different texts and getting to really get a good message of what God tries to say to me! 

over here people take the Bible to be soooo perfect, if there is not a text to back up a teaching it must be false!! and I hate that..!! God is not the Bible. He speaks to us threw the Bible but he is not confined in our 4 book cannon or scripture, If God wants to teach us he can do it anyway he wants. he can tell us things not found in the bible, and can help push us to be better. I love the Bible but because of what it teaches not because of the exact words in it! I will say thou you do have to be careful you dont make anything up... there is truth! I try and follow Christ teaching is John! "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself."

so learn the scriptues!! and do them!! then you will know if what we believe is made up.. or really truth!

I love all y'all and hope everyone has a great mothers day also!!!

Elder Landon Aldana!