I hope you're all doing well and have
had a great week! I got a few updates on some of my wonderful friends
today, and it sounds like that's the case. I just wanted to
congratulate all of my friends who are heading out on missions and
getting engaged and doing all sorts of other wonderful and exciting
stuff. Life is good. :)
Things are going just great up here in The Great White North!
We're still trudging around trying to find those whom the Lord has
prepared for us to meet and teach. We're getting pretty good at it,
too, the trudging part, at least. ;) As far as the missionary work goes,
the Lord is definitely helping us. We're blessed to be in a great
ward, as well. We had ward conference this week, and as we sat in ward
council with the stake presidency (and some delicious cinnamon
buns(rolls) from the bishop's wife) it was cool to see the progress that
really has been made in this ward in missionary work. You don't always
know how good things actually are going when you're only in a ward for
three or four months, but we have a fantastic ward.
We're still working on finding new people to teach, and we were
definitely blessed as far as that goes this week; On Tuesday, we went
over to Ben and Beth's to start the new member lessons with them, and
Ben's brother Sam chose to join us for the lesson. I don't think I've
shared too much about Sam, but he's a great guy. Like Ben, he's had a
really tough life, but has made some wonderful changes in his life.
He's living with Ben and Beth right now, and during the process of us
teaching them, he hasn't been directly involved, but we could definitely
see that there was interest. At the start of Ben and Beth's baptism,
our Ward Mission Leader asked him if he was next, and he kind of just
laughed it off. Then, after the baptism, he asked him what he though of
it, and Sam said, "I'm next!" He does have some concerns about certain
aspects of the gospel, but he's doing what he needs to to gain the
answers he needs for himself. He's come to church for the last two
Sundays, and has definitely felt the Spirit. He's awesome.
Rob is also doing well. He was out of town on a job for a
lot of the week, so we only were able to meet with him once, but he's
progressing very well! He's already into Jacob in the Book of Mormon,
and though he has had quite a few concerns, his fiancee, Dawn, has been
able to do a lot as far as resolving those goes. Having a member there
to help him through this process has been such a blessing, and I know it
will be for Sam as well. Rob came to church this week, and had a good
experience, I think. He even stayed for our gospel principles class,
but didn't stay for Priesthood, sadly.
We also had a pleasant surprise at church yesterday when the
ward missionary who was supposed to be teaching the Gospel Principles
class came up to us before sacrament and let us know that he wouldn't be
able to be there, so we'd be subbing the class. Hooray! It actually
turned out pretty well, I think, and the topic was a great one. It was
all on who God really is and what our relationship to him is. Of
course, we know he is our Father, but I wanted to concentrate a little
more on who and what else he is. As I was searching through the Topical
Guide for some scriptures to use, there was definitely no shortage.
There are several pages with scriptures upon scriptures teaching us
about God's glory, His perfection, His power, omniscience, mercy,
justice, and everything else. It's pretty astounding to realize what an
amazing being He really is, and that He is our Father. Puny,
insignificant, very-flawed us. And He loves us, more that we can
comprehend. That can be such a strength to us, I think, especially in
those times where we really don't know what to do, or when we are
confused or scared. Like Nephi, we can say, "I know that he loveth his
children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things.) (1
Nephi 11:17)
Well, my wonderful friends and family, you're great! I hope you all have a fantastic week! Be good! Have fun!
I love you all so much!
Elder Hafen
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