Anyone remember Kenneth? He has muscular dystrophy, and is bound to a motorized wheelchair. He lives in an apartment by himself, but is about the nicest and smartest man I've met. Anyway, he came to church for the first time 2 weeks ago, just 2 days after we found him wheeling around in a parking lot. Yesterday, he came for the second time, and stayed all three hours (he left after sacrament his first time). Anyway, it just so happened that in Priesthood, someone from the stake was boldly chastising the ward for being the only ward in the stake without a self-reliance program to help people get educations, find jobs, and provide for families. We were a little worried about what Kenneth thought of it, but instead of being discouraged, he offered to help out. He said, "I know I'm not a member of your church yet, but I would love to help people with this self-reliance program." And so we've been in contact with the bishop, and pretty soon our investigator is going to have a calling as ward self-reliance specialist. So if any of you feel like things aren't working out the way they're supposed to in your ward, I encourage you to have a Kenneth attitude, and see what you can do to help out, even if no one asks you to or expects you to.
Tomorrow is transfers, and Elder Bushman is off to his home in Logan, Utah. My new companion is Elder Twitchell. He's a veteran, and has been zone leader for a long time. I'm pretty excited to begin anew out here in East Texas.
I love you all!
Elder Watts
Elder Watts
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