Morning! The trip sounds amazing! I think it would be especially cool to see how the people worship, like you guys got to see at the church you went to! Also you got to ride elephants?! That is the coolest thing of all time. Did you see any giant snakes on the jungle jeep ride? I bet it's going to be awesome going to the Taj Mahal! I'd love to get a picture. Things are going great up here at Weber State! It's so incredibly different from Layton but definitely a huge learning experience. Elder Kozak is a really hard worker and has been a great example to me in that aspect. Also he's super creative so we have been coming up with some pretty cool ideas of things we can do, to try and get the work moving on campus! Like I said in my last email we are coaching the Weber State Rugby team during our dinner time on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and it's been great! We are teaching a kid on the team now named J who has never been receptive to missionaries, but now because we are coaching the rugby team he's letting us teach him! Yesterday we had rugby practice and somehow we had about 10 polynesians show up who weren't from weber state to help out in practice. Somehow it turned into a full contact game between the weber state team and the polynesians. There was a guy with the polynesians that was gigantic and I recognized him as someone who had played for the Miami Dolphins a few years ago. haha. So i asked him if he used to play in the NFL for the Dolphins and he said yes, that he used to play fullback for them. haha SO crazy. But I think we might be able to teach him somewhere down the road. Things are definitely a little harder up here on campus with member support, but we are getting that going too. It's just hard because so many college kids don't think they have time to do missionary work. Also I am having to learn how to teach again, kind of! It's so different teaching college kids because they are a little more relaxed and don't see the need for or really even care about religion right now in their lives. I'm pretty sure that's part of the reason I'm here on campus is to learn and grow in a different way and learn how I can help people understand the magnitude of this message! Also, I learned something awesome this week in sacrament meeting. So this girl that's like 28 gave a talk on Sunday about how we know Heavenly Father loves us. And she started off by saying that she used to know Heavenly Father loved her because He would bless her with things that she asked for. And than she talked about how her life became so bad. She started having health problems, her husband cheated on her and a whole list of other things that just turned her life upside down. She said at this time in her life her testimony changed. The reason she knew her Heavenly Father loved her wasn't because he gave her the laundry list of things she asked Him for but because of the tender mercies which he sent to her in her trials. Even though she was having such a rough time and nothing was going right, she still knew He loved her. I just really loved that. It made me ask the question to myself, "How do I know Heavenly Father loves me" and so I'm trying to recognize the hand of the Lord in my life more. I feel His love as I keep His commandments and I can feel myself become more sanctified through the atoning blood of Christ. I love this Gospel so much. Trying every day to become better and progressing is more exciting to me than anything else in the world. I love that we can always progress! I love you all so much and hope you have a great Easter and truly think about how much The Savior loves us.
Love, Elder Powers