Spring has sprung and I'm definitely
ready for it! I hope you've all had a great week, and I'm grateful for
your emails and kindness. You're the best! I was sad to hear about the
passing of President Grey Larkin this week. A lot of you didn't know
President Larkin, but he was a great man, and a righteous servant of God
who I looked up to a lot. He'll definitely be missed.
Things are great in The Hat, and we were quite a bit busier this week
teaching more less active members of our ward, though we still haven't
been blessed with any new investigators to teach yet. Jason and Brenda,
who we've met with before, are doing well, though Jason just got laid
off from his job, which is tough. A lot of families are having to deal
with that right now due to the slump in oil prices. (At least, that's
what I think it is, with my very limited access to news.) We were able
to teach them about the Restoration of the Gospel through Joseph Smith
this week, which I love to teach. How blessed are we to have the
fullness of the restored gospel in our lives?
We also
started meeting with Sarah, who was baptized a few years ago, but hasn't
been out for a while and struggles with some health issues. We'll
hopefully be able to start seeing her at church some more. Another less
active brother we tried to start teaching this week, Steve, wasn't so
interested in coming back, but it gave us a great opportunity to testify
to him that he truly has a Father in Heaven who loves him so dearly, no
matter what we do or have done.
Eva was doing pretty well
this week, though struggling with her health. A lot of her health
problems have been caused by her smoking habit, which she seems to be
starting to overcome! Boo yah! She even had a non-member friend at our
lesson this week, Dave, who we gave a blessing to. We actually gave a
blessing to both he and Eva, and it was a great experience. We gave
him a couple of pamphlets at the end of the lesson, and it turns out he
already had one. I was a little caught off guard, thinking that maybe
he'd been given some Jehovah Witness stuff, but it turns out he'd found a
Book of Mormon and pamphlet that I'd forgotten in the front entrance of
the nursing home they live in a couple weeks ago. That was a pretty
miraculous mistake. Hopefully he'll be interested in learning more in
the future.
This weekend we also had the privilege of
being a part of the Medicine Hat Stake Conference. Elder Donald Deshler
of the 70 was visiting, and it was a great conference with a lot
learned. One thing that I gained a new appreciation for in particular
was the family. Elder Deshler invited us all to read, ponder, and pray
about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World", and I took him up on
that. (I invite all of you to do the same, too!) I also want to testify
that that truly is an inspired document, and that we need to commit
ourselves to protecting the family. It really is ordained of God! Our
family members aren't just people we're related to, they're people we
can be with forever in unimaginable joy! They're people who have helped
and who help us become who our Heavenly Father wants us to be. They're
also people we have a responsibility toward to help and bless and
serve. I want to thank my wonderful family for being so wonderful to
me. They've all helped me become better, and they've all served and
loved me so much. I especially want to thank my good and righteous
parents for doing all they've done to create such a loving home for all
of us. I've been so incredibly blessed with the family I have.
I hope you're all having a great day, and that you have a great
week. Thanks again. Remember to smile! Be good! Have fun!
Love,
Elder Hafen
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