Dear America,
Face biscuit is a missionary thing and I don't have any idea if the Woods are going to Utah with Eric.
One of our old investigators, Kenneth, was involved in a serious accident. He is a firefighter and was called on a scene where a petroleum tanker crashed. There were some explosions and the firefighters were called. When they came, they were trying to keep the fire under control and ward off thieves who were scavenging valuables from the wreckage. When they finally got things at a manageable condition, the tanker exploded again. Those tankers are sectioned into nine different compartments, and they were exploding one by one. They weren't prepared for this and they didn't know how many explosions there would be before it finished. Quite a few people were seriously burned. Kenneth was lucky and escaped with some minor burns on his face and more severe ones on his hands and arms. Not everyone is as lucky as him. We've gone there several times in the last week to show our concern and support for his family. We are praying that this trial will draw his family closer to God.
This Sunday we tried extra hard to help people be able to come to sacrament meeting. We went to their houses to help bring them to church. Before we made it to church, five investigators had already failed their commitment to come. But we were still blessed to have a few other ones show up who we hadn't visited.
I was listening to a few talks this week and they made me think more about the Sacrament. As we strive to improve and become more Christlike, the Sacrament is a great time to look back and reflect on how we've felt the power of the atonement; we can also look forward and set goals with God on how we will become better. The Sacrament is an ideal opportunity to ask our Heavenly Father what we need to improve on. We should really be doing this all week, but there's something special about this ordinance.
Love, Elder Nelson
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