I hope you all had a great New Year's
Eve, and that 2015 is treating you well so far! It's crazy to think
that another year has passed, and that time just keeps getting faster
and faster.
We had a pretty exciting New Year's surprise.
Ready?.....We're starting Facebook proselyting! Yeah, I was pretty
surprised too. So, from now on, you'll be seeing me on Facebook again.
(Unless you're not my Facebook friend, in which case, you should
definitely send me a friend request.) However, I won't be on Facebook
as a quote on quote normal person. I'll be on there as a missionary,
striving to fulfill my purpose to "Invite others to come unto Christ by
helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ
and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy
Ghost, and enduring to the end." So if you want to keep in touch with
me a little more personally, please send me an email at tanner.hafen@myldsmail.net. If you want to talk the gospel, though, Facebook message me by all means! It's gonna be awesome!
We were pretty busy with some administrative stuff this week, but we
did have a really awesome lesson with some members of our YSA Branch.
They had some questions and concerns, and it was great to be able to
talk with them and relate with them. I think it was an edifying
experience for all of us.
I've been gaining a lot of new
knowledge and insights on the gospel lately, and it's been a really cool
experience to listen to the whisperings of the Spirit teaching me
things I've needed to learn. Something that has been especially
emphasized to me is the fact that each and every one of us really are
eternal beings with divine potential. We are literal spiritual children
of God! He wants us to become like Him! However, it's up to us if
that happens. That's why we're here as strangers in this wicked world.
That's why we're here for only a short time as well, as it says in
Alma
42:8 "Now behold, it was not expedient that man should be reclaimed
from this temporal death, for that would destroy the great plan of
happiness."
That scripture really helped me to realize a little bit
more just how important our time is here. We knew what we were getting
ourselves into when we came here, and we knew it would be a huge trial
of faith, but isn't it such a strong testimony to how worth it we knew
it would be that we chose to come anyway? (I hope that made sense.) I
hope we all make the most of the time we've been given here and in every
calling and situation the Lord puts us in.
I love you all
so much. I hope you have a fantastic week. Thank you so much for your
examples and love and prayers. Be good! Have fun!
Love ya!
Elder Hafen
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