Hello All!
For all you down in the
states, Happy Veterans Day tomorrow, and for Canadians out there, Happy
Remembrance Day. Wherever you are, be sure to remember those who have
gone before and fought and died to preserve the freedoms we all enjoy.
We owe so much to the people who have been willing to sacrifice their
lives for the good of others. As the Savior said, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)
Things are as great as ever here in the CCM. Only... it's cold. It's
about -14 degrees Celsius right now, which is about 7 degrees
Fahrenheit. After our very warm summer, I'm definitely not used to this
anymore. It's great, though! The bugs are all gone, and snow is
honestly beautiful. Plus, I'm actually learning how to winter drive! I
would have never learned how to do that back at home. It's pretty
awesome. :) Anyway, enjoy your autumn, everyone.
I told you a bit about Lana last week, and she's doing great as ever.
We taught her again on Saturday, and will have another lesson with her
on Tuesday. She was at church once more yesterday, and the ward is
welcoming her wonderfully. She's still on date to be baptized on the
29th of November, and I don't see anything stopping that from happening.
We were also finally able to meet with Crystal this week. She's the
investigator who came to church a couple weeks ago who was found by some
other elders. Anyway, it turned out she was friends with some members
in our ward, so we taught her over at their house the other day. She
had remembered and understood the Restoration well from when she'd been
taught it before, so we taught her the Plan of Salvation, and I think it
really made sense to her. She accepted baptism without any concerns,
and is now on date to be baptized on the 22nd. She does need to be
married to her fiancee before that happens, though. We're pretty
optimistic about everything, though. She's super awesome.
We were also able to meet with Ishan this week. It was a pretty decent
lesson, but I don't think we were really able to help him understand
the importance of the gospel and the need for one church to teach and preserve the truths and doctrines of salvation. We'll hopefully be able to get him there, though!
I just wanted to share with you something I learned yesterday. We had a
lesson on being in the world, but not of the world, and it was
something that stood out to me throughout the day. We were reading in
the President Joseph Fielding Smith manual, and he said something I
really liked. "The Latter-day Saints are as a city set on a hill that
cannot be hid, and like the candle that gives light to all who are in
the house. It is our duty to let our light shine as an example in
righteousness, not only to the people among whom we live, but to the
peoples of the whole earth." We've been given what everyone needs, and
if we don't show it, how will they know that it's what they need? We
cannot be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We need to realize how
important it really is.
I hope you're all doing well. Have a great week! Be good! Have fun!
Love ya!
Elder Hafen
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