Hello All!
So I first want to say congratulations to Dixie High School's class
of 2015. You've done it! You got through 13 years of school...and now
you're off to bigger and better (and just as stressful) things! Good
luck with everything. Thank you for your friendships and examples, even
though you're still just little sophomores in my eyes. ;)
It's been another great week up here! As you may know, it's transfer
week this week, but not too much is changing for me and Elder Averett.
Both of us are staying in this area, which was a pleasant surprise, and
I'm excited to finish strong for these last five weeks with him! It's
going to be great, and I can't wait to see what the Lord can do in five
short weeks as we give Him our all.
We've had lots of cool developments this week, and I'm excited to share them with you!
Our less actives and recent converts are progressing really well!
Travis is as solid as ever, and the plan is for him to receive the
Aaronic Priesthood this coming Sunday, and then to go and do baptisms
for the dead with his member girlfriend up in Calgary. We'll probably
try to find some family names he can take with him to help him feel the
Spirit of Elijah and just get even more solid in his conversion than he
already is.
We also started meeting with another girl
this week who recently moved into the ward. Her name is Adrienne, and
she's in a pretty rough spot right now. I won't give you too many
details, but suffice it to say that she's gone through some pretty
terrible things in the last few years, and has been making some choices
lately that are not helping her be happy. We've met with her a couple
of times, and she seems to be getting more and more willing to repent
and return to the Lord, even though she's struggling at times with
feeling like He doesn't want her back. I think we all feel like that
sometimes, I know I have. Let me just interject my testimony in here
that that is not true! Our Heavenly Father and our Savior will always
love us with a perfect love no matter what. I don't care who you
are or what you've done, They still love you more than you know and
want more than anything for you to be happy!
We had some
other great and spiritual visits this week with Jake, Kim, Tyler, Sam
and Bernie, Liz and Lindsay, and a few others as well! We also started
meeting with a few other less actives this week.
Holy
Cow! This is a lot of information to share. I still need to tell you
about Peter and Marco! We were told about Peter a couple weeks back by two
separate and independent sources. (We thought he was two different
Peters at first.) Anyway, we met with them for the first time on
Saturday in the home of one of the members who told us about them, and
they're awesome! Peter and Marco are from South Sudan, but have been
here in Lethbridge for quite a while now. I believe they're both doing
their studies here. They come from a catholic background, I think Marco
is more devout than Peter, but have a very strong faith in Christ and a
belief in the Bible. As we were teaching them about the Restoration of
the Gospel on Saturday, I was so impressed with what they already knew
and understood! Peter basically taught us about the role and importance
of prophets! We invited them to be baptized, and they said that once
they know the Book of Mormon is true, they will be. We have a couple of
things that we need to resolve with them before then, but I think it's
pretty inevitable. Maybe I'm being over confident, but I can definitely
see the Lord's hand in their lives, preparing them to receive His
Gospel.
Before I close, I want to share a scripture that I
read this morning. Talking about the creation of man, Abraham 4:31
says, "And the Gods said: We will do everything that we have said, and
organize them; and behold, they shall be very obedient." When I read
that, it prompted me to think if that was true for me. Am I very obedient? Am I even sorta obedient?
Obedience brings blessings. Obedience brings miracles. Obedience
brings the Spirit, protection, strength, power, peace, and so many other
good things! What can we do to be more obedient to what the Lord has
asked us to do? It's worth any effort to change what we need to change.
Thank you all so much for your love and support and all that you are and do! Have a great week. Be good! Have fun!
Love ya!
Elder Hafen
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