Hello Everyone!
I am super excited to hear about Haylee's
baptism! I am super happy to hear about how excited she was, and about how much
support she had from the family and friends. ShayLynn says that it seemed like
a bigger deal than Thanksgiving, and well, it really was :) That is awesome
that Haylee has taken her first step to return Home with Heavenly Father
:)
In the ordinances of the Priesthood (like
baptism), the Power of God is manifest. I could feel it just seeing the pictures.
Congratulations Haylee, and thanks Dad, for being such a great example, and
using the marvelous Priesthood to bless our family! I love you :)
So I have news. I am finally leaving Moderna,
after 7 1/2 months. I am a little sad to leave, as I have really learned to
love the people here. I guess I met my goal that I set when I got here; to love
this area so much that I did not to leave :) I feel I have done my part here
though, the Ward is getting stronger and progressing, but I am mostly sad to
leave my little district. We have become a tight little family :) I thought
that maybe I would stay other Transfer, as I only have 1 with my companion
Elder Luna, but no.
We will see what the Lord has in store for me
next, then. Oh, man! And we just got new mattresses from the mission in our
apartment! :)
Elder Luna doesn’t want me to leave :)
On Monday we got together as a district to
roasted chicken and play Uno, and it was a lot of fun. That night we found Hno
Falcon, our Ward Mission Leader, and went to visit Hno Elias Reyes, who had not
attended church in over 10 years. It must have been really good for him to have
seen a member reach out to him, because he came to church on Sunday!
On Tuesday I gave a training meeting on being
more like Christ. We took a self-evaluation on Christ-like attributes, and then
each one of us picked an attribute we wanted to develop, studied it for a few
minutes, and then shared what we learned about it. It was good :) Afterwards we
had Companion Exchanges and I worked in my area with Elder Adamson. It was a
good day. We and our companions worked hard that day, and we ended the night
with some Gringas (a type of taco) :)
It was hard to find people on New Years and New
Years Eve, a lot of parties and, well, drinking. We didn’t even stay up until
midnight, but went to bed instead :) We didn’t celebrate much that night, but
when we ate that day, Hna Dorita gave us Tamales and Champurrado, a chocolate
drink, and another less active family, Yolanda and Ruben (who is a
Mariachi/Musician) gave us some chicken, which was nice of them.
On Friday we went to the offices to pick up new
mattresses for the house (as the mattress I have been using doesn’t even have
springs, just a pad), and then again on Saturday to have Interviews with
President, and they were great.
Our church schedule changed as well, we now go at
11, which I like better, as a missionary that is, because it is easier for
people to get up on time. We had a good attendance, and had 5 less actives come
back to church again who hadn’t gone for a while, so that was great! It was
Testimony Meeting, and a few members don’t know how to bear their testimonies
and say other things, but it turned out well. In Ward Counsel we planned for a
really awesome Missionary Activity to go and contact people in the Market as a
Ward this Friday, but I won't be here, sadly :)
I got almost everything packed last night, so hopefully
I can enjoy this last day that I have with my District. For now it is a great
mystery where I will go and what I will do, but as I have said in letters
before, Changes, in general, are good. They help us to learn more, to do more,
and to be more. I will let you know where I am next week, as I won’t know until
tomorrow.
Thanks for your emails, and I love you!
The Bishop here and his family (the Martinez
family) say hi, and so does my companion, Elder Luna :)
Love you!
Elder Hayden Redford
Still
anxiously waiting the packages!
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