Oh glorious day!
There are lots of great things going on
this week! Tomorrow is also the birthday of an amazing person, my
Grandma "Honey". Even though she's not here to celebrate with us in
body, I know she'll be able to feel all of our love for her.
Thursday is also the day of American, or real, Thanksgiving. :) One of
our YSA members is being very kind and making us a real turkey dinner,
so I'm very grateful for the opportunity to join in the festivities with
all of you!
Saturday's also pretty sweet, since Lana is
getting baptized! We had a great lesson with her on Saturday, and she
seems as good to go as ever! We'll be having one more lesson with her
on Tuesday, and then her baptismal interview on Friday. We also had a
really cool experience in the lesson on Saturday, because her sister,
Lisa, showed up. I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but Lana has
been feeling quite a bit of opposition from her family because of her
meeting with us, so it was nice to actually meet a member of her
family. It turns out that Lisa had actually met with missionaries....
for a long time. It was a while ago, like 8 years ago, but she still
remembers quite a bit, and even keeps in touch with at least one of her
missionaries. We're hopeful that she'll come to the baptism, and that
Lana's example will have a positive impact on all of her family.
It's been a real blessing knowing her.
Other than Lana, we
really don't have anyone else who's progressing. I know that the
people the Lord has prepared are out there, though, and I can't wait
to find them! It's amazing how much the He provides
I
just wanted to share this week how truly beautiful it is to have the
Holy Ghost as your companion.
I
just wanted to share this week how truly beautiful it is to have the
Holy Ghost as your companion.
We went to the temple on Friday, which is
one of my all-time favorite places to be because of the Spirit that I
always feel there. It's nice to be in a place where the Spirit can move
and communicate so easily. He helped me feel and learn some things
that I think I needed to feel and know. There's also no feeling in the
world like receiving a prompting from the Holy Ghost, and actually
acting on it! I had the opportunity to act on a very small prompting
this week, and the joy I felt was so pure. Parley P. Pratt once said
something about the Gift of the Holy Ghost that I really love,"The gift of the Holy Ghost … quickens all the intellectual faculties, increases, enlarges, expands and purifies all the natural passions and affections; and adapts them, by the gift of wisdom, to their lawful use. It inspires, develops, cultivates and matures all the fine-toned sympathies, joys, tastes, kindred feelings, and affections of our nature. It inspires virtue, kindness, goodness, tenderness, gentleness, and charity. It develops beauty of person, form and features. It tends to health, vigor, animation, and social feeling. It invigorates all the faculties of the physical and intellectual man. It strengthens, and gives tone to the nerves. In short, it is, as it were, marrow to the bone, joy to the heart, light to the eyes, music to the ears, and life to the whole being". It's true. I'd invite all of us to do whatever we can to make sure we have that companionship all the time.
Thank you all for your emails and your love! I hope you have a great
day and a great week. Congratulations to the Flyers for another state
championship! Keep fighting for the cause of Dixie! I love you all.
Be good! Have fun!
Love,
Elder Hafen
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