First off, I am so so so so so so so
so so SO sorry that I didn't get an email off to you all last week. I
won't make excuses, and I'll try to make sure it doesn't happen again!
Things are great up here in the CCM! Transfers were this past
Wednesday, and yes, I do have a new companion. His name is Elder Lauzon
(Loh-zahn). (He's French-Canadian ;) ) He's from Ontario, and has only
been a member of the church for about two years. He joined while he was
attending college, and is the only member of the church in his family.
Crazy. He's been out on his mission for about 14 months now, and I
am learning and going to learn a lot from him! Elder Lauzon is also
our new district leader, so I have the opportunity to see how mission
leadership works a little bit more now.
Raymond is wonderful, as usual, and I'll be very sad to leave
this place. Since I'm not training this transfer, I think I'll be gone
at the end of this transfer, but who knows! We have some awesome
investigators who are progressing really well, and a lot of potential in
the area. We also still have our awesome dinners every night, and had a
great (Canadian) Thanksgiving with one of our favorite families in
town, the Clarks. We're off to a couple more of those today, as well!
(Surprisingly, I've only gained about 5-10 pounds here!)
Some of the big news from this past week is about Joe. We had
Joe on date for his birthday, the second of March, but were a little
worried that his difficult family situation would mean that he would be
sent back to London sometime soon. Not fun. Anyway, a counselor went
and met with he and his mom and step-dad, and things are on a dramatic
upswing! His situation at home is improving- his step-dad even let him
borrow a suit to wear to church yesterday- and he'll probably be
baptized in the next couple of weeks! I am so grateful to have been
able to teach Joe, and be a part of his life. He has been so prepared
by our Heavenly Father to hear this message, and I can't wait to see the
difference being a member of the church and receiving all the blessings
that come with that will make for him!
We also committed another one of our investigators, Shayden, to
be baptized in November! He's about nine, and is a great kid! He's
the son of a less-active member, who I've talked about a bit, in another
ward of ours, and I really hope that his baptism will help his dad see
what needs to change in his life.
Meagan and Caelin are doing well, Caelin and her little sister
came to all three hours of church yesterday, but we're a little bummed
since we can't meet with Ethan again for the rest of the month; he's
grounded. :P Don't get grounded, kids!
Everything else is going just great, and I think we're about to
start doing a lot more. Elder Lauzon is an incredibly hard worker,
and, even though I'm sure I'll be exhausted every day, we're going to
get a lot done! That kind of brings me to one of my favorite quotes
from Preach My Gospel on page 97. "your confidence and faith should be
in Christ, not in yourself." Sometimes, it's really easy
to have confidence that we can get things done on our own, but we're
pretty helpless without our Savior and His Atonement. Without Jesus
Christ, we would be pretty much hopeless. I know that I wouldn't be
able to do what I'm doing now if it weren't for Him, and I know it's
going to be that way for the rest of my life. The Atonement and Gospel
of Jesus Christ help us get through the difficult times in our lives,
and make the good times so much better! It's pretty much the best thing
ever. :)
I love you all! I'm sorry again about last week. Have a great week! Be good! Have fun!
Love,
Elder Hafen
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