I hope you're all doing well this
beautiful morning! It sounds like everything is going well, and I'm so
grateful that my family and friends have been so abundantly blessed.
Things here are just great! This week we had a fun time with
our water supply here. You see, since the temperature rose so
drastically, the snow is all melting up in the Rockies, and the water
purification systems can't keep up with all of the run-off. To
compensate, they dumped a whole bunch of chlorine in to purify it. If
you are familiar with my skin, you probably know that I don't like
chlorine, at all. But it's okay! It's pretty much gone now, and the
warmer weather is more than worth it.
On the much more important side, we had a wonderful visit with
Elder Nelson this past Saturday. He spoke with some of the other
brethren, including Elder Maynes of the Presidency of the Seventy, and
President and Sister Nicholas also spoke. It was really wonderful and
taught me a lot about what I need to do to be the missionary I am
supposed to be. Mostly, I just need to open my mouth and show my love
for the gospel and for all of my brothers and sisters. I really think
that's what's held me and a lot of us back from bringing more people
unto Christ. We're afraid. But the more we face our fears and conquer
them with Christ's help, the more our Father in Heaven will bless us to
meet those whom He has prepared.
Our investigators are doing just swell!
Rob is
great. He came on splits with us this past week, and loved it. We're
still just waiting on his divorce to come through.
We had a
great lesson with Darren and his family this past week, and talked
about him quite a bit when we were correlating with our ward leaders on
Sunday. We're hoping to meet with him on Wednesday and show our love
for him and our desire for him to receive the blessings of the gospel.
Maybe this is finally his time!
We also had a lesson with Darcy yesterday, which was great! I
was on an exchange with Elder Lusk, the District Leader's companion,
because the District Leader, Elder Bluth, and Elder Law weren't feeling
well, so we stuck them in our apartment and did some missionary work.
We learned a little more about Darcy; his family in Ontario went
less-active when he was about 4 years-old, but he still has quite a bit
of knowledge about the church. He's really looking to "explore his
spiritual side" at the moment, and he's very open to what he's learned
so far. He also has a brother, who's another adoptive son of their
mother who lives in our ward, who grew up in Calgary and just returned
from his mission. Anyway, we taught him The Restoration, and it went
really well. I'd say the Spirit was definitely helping us, and Darcy
accepted the invitation to read and pray about the Book of Mormon, as
well as the invitation to be baptized when he gains a testimony! We
also had the YSA missionaries in the lesson to see if Darcy was
interested in going to the YSA ward, but he wants to stay in the family
ward with his mother's family for now. So, we still get to teach him
and help him towards baptism. It would have been great either way, but
I'm happy we get to be a part of it, especially to see how this can help
his mother and her fiancée and children, because they are less-active
at the moment, but making great progress! He's a solid kid, and I can't
wait to see his progress!
I don't have too much time left to email today, but I just
wanted to share a scripture that I found this morning as I was studying
charity. It's in Colossians 3:14,"And above all these things put on
charity, which is the bond of perfectness." That's something I've
really been trying to do lately. I know that no matter what happens to
us, charity can keep us close to our Savior and always doing what He
would have us do, especially towards our fellow men. That's what should
motivate our actions. It's what motivates our Father in Heaven's, and
it will bring us such great peace in all we do. I know that is true.
Good luck with everything you're all up to! Remember that
whatever happens, your Heavenly Father loves you so much. Be good!
Have fun!
I love you all so much,
Elder Hafen
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