Well transfers has brought lot of new
changes! I'm now back in Lethbridge, Alberta, serving in the London
Road and Victoria Park YSA Wards.
My new companion is Elder Averett
from Yuma, Arizona. He's awesome. The area's awesome. Things are
generally awesome. Another cool thing, our area actually covers
Raymond, and the 12th Ward (Now Willowbrook Ward) is in our zone. It's
been pretty awesome to already see some familiar faces and get to know
the members and missionaries and others I've been called to serve here.
I'm excited to be here!
I don't know if I ever mentioned it when I was here before, but Lethbridge is very windy. Very windy.
It's nice, though, as it's a warm wind and it reminds me that I need a
haircut. I've had a lot of opportunity to get to know the city a little
better in the last few days as we've been running around from different
appointments and teaching some awesome people. We're working with a
lot of less active members in this area right now, and it's awesome. A
lot of these less actives that we're meeting with are progressing really
well, and something I love about working with young adults is how
humble a lot of them are. Since this is a pretty strong area of the
church, a lot of them have been raised in the church and fallen away for
various reasons. However, they have such strong foundations in the
gospel, and it's so great to be able to help them build on those. One,
Braden, is doing really well after coming home from a mission early. A
lot of his friends are starting to come back, and he has a really
sincere desire to get back to the temple. Another one, Kim, is
struggling quite a lot with health and family issues, and is pretty
discouraged by it all. We were able to help remind her of the love her
Heavenly Father has for her and give her a blessing, though. I've only
met a few of our members and others we're working with, but I'm loving
them already, and I can't wait to get more and more familiar with
everyone and everything.
This weekend we also had the
opportunity to have Stake Conference here in the Lethbridge Stake, and
it was a really edifying experience. The stake theme is something like
"seeking daily guidance", and the messages taught me a lot about that.
I've realized in the past few days how much God really does listen to us
and bless us as we try to put forward our best efforts. If you need
help with something or aren't sure what to do, "Ask, and ye shall
receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." (D&C 4:7) I
testify that our Heavenly Father loves us the most and knows us the
best. He wants us to be truly happy, and He'll help us all find that
happiness as we seek it and ask for His help in finding it.
Thank you all for your emails and love and support. I'm excited for
these last couple of months, and I hope to serve the Lord with all of my
might, mind, heart, and strength so that I can return to all of you in
honor. Have a wonderful week! Be good! Have fun!
Love ya!
Elder Hafen
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