Elder Alec Lange: This is what happens in 120+ heat!!!

This week was off to a hot start. It was SOO hot this week. It was like 120+ every day this week. Im pretty sure we were all over the news. There has only been 3 hotter days in the history of Arizona. So we were driving on the freeway and we got in this huge traffic jam and then our car started to drop RPMs and then died. We started freaking out because we didnt want to have to push the car out of the mess especially in the heat. Well we started it again and it died again. We truned off the AC and it started running better. We had the windows down because if we didnt we probably would of died. The wind coming in was so hot it hurt when it hit your skin. Also every one had their car running around us which made it even hotter. It felt like it was burning you. Anyway we finally got our car off the freeway after it died about 6 times and then let it cool off and we had to drive it about 5 miles to a shop to see what was wrong with it. That was the hottest 5 miles of my life. You are literally sweating from everywhere. We also have leather seats so it doesnt help in with the sun. They couldnt find out what was wrong with it. They think it was just something to do with the heat.

But we did have a pretty good week. We had an investigator finally set a solid date! She is getting baptized on the 15th. She already started inviting family to it and they are going to announce it in church on Sunday. We are starting to plan everything out for it. She is pretty awesome. Im excited for her and her husband. They are 22 and 23 and he is a member. They are super cool and they feel like family. The work is going pretty good.

Also we got transfer news last night and Im staying! Its gonna be good to stay here and see some work come though. Elder Lemley will be my longest companion I've had. We get along though so its all good. Cant wait to see what miracles the Lord has for us! The Lord is willing to bless us all and give us mighty miracles. We just have to have faith it will happen.

This was a story I came across this week. The amazing story of Charles Blondin, a famous French tightrope walker, is a wonderful illustration of what true faith is. Blondin's greatest fame came on June 30, 1859, when he became the first person to cross a tightrope stretched 11,000 feet (over a quarter of a mile) across the mighty Niagara Falls. People from both Canada and America came from miles away to see this great feat.Blondin understood the appeal of the morbid to the masses, and reveled when gamblers began to take bets on whether he would plunge to a watery death. (Most of the smart money said yes.) On the morning of June 30, 1859, about 25,000 thrill-seekers arrived by train and steamer and dispersed on the American or Canadian side of the falls, the latter said to have the better view.He walked across, 160 feet above the falls, several times... each time with a different daring feat - once in a sack, on stilts, on a bicycle, in the dark, and blindfolded. One time he even carried a stove and cooked an omelet in the middle of the rope! A large crowd gathered and the buzz of excitement ran along both sides of the river bank. The crowd “Oohed and Aahed!” as Blondin carefully walked across - one dangerous step after another - pushing a wheelbarrow holding a sack of potatoes.Then a one point, he asked for the participation of a volunteer. Upon reaching the other side, the crowd's applause was louder than the roar of the falls! Blondin suddenly stopped and addressed his audience: "Do you believe I can carry a person across in this wheelbarrow?" The crowd enthusiastically yelled, "Yes! You are the greatest tightrope walker in the world. We believe!" "Okay," said Blondin, "Who wants to get into the wheelbarrow." As far as the Blondin story goes, no one did at the time! This unique story illustrates a real life picture of what faith actually is. The crowd watched these daring feats. They said they believed. But... their actions proved they truly did not believe. Similarly, it is one thing for us to say we believe in God. However, it's true faith when we believe God and put our faith and trust in His Son, Jesus Christ. It’s one thing to believe a man can walk across by himself. It’s another thing to believe he could safely carry you across. But it’s something else entirely to get into the wheelbarrow yourself.

It’s not enough to believe that Christ theoretically could save you. Until you “get in the wheelbarrow” and trust all to him, you are not saved. 2 Nephi 26: "Christ works miracles among men according to their faith"