So, this has been a great week, and
I am super excited right now. Elder Weiss and I had been having a really hard
time here in our area, but now we are seeing a ton of successful
prospects.
First off, we got two new sister
missionaries, Hermana Riches from San Francisco California, and Hermana Flores
from the State of Mexico who is a new to the field. They both got here to open
the area, and had a really hard trying to get to know the area, and on top of
that, trying to get their gas tank filled and their boiler working so that they
could shower with hot water :) They are super great and really hard workers, they
have turned the area around in one week and are getting used to things.
We also got a new Zone Leader, to
whom I am so very grateful, Elder Pendleton, from American Fork. We had
Exchanges and he came to work with me here in my area. He put a great example
to show me how easy it is to just talk with everyone and do street contacts, how
easy it is to just simply pick up the phone and call members (when I told him
that the members weren’t helping much, he just picked up the phone, went
through our contacts, and starting making phone calls, asking the members when
they could come with us. It was so easy, that I as embarrassed not to have done
it before. I have repented :). ), and how to work more effectively to find the
people who really want to listen, and to find new people to teach. I learned so
much from him, and now I no longer feel faithless and stuck in rut, but now
full of hope for the future, faith in the members, and a desire to work harder!
I am so happy right now!
Especially after some awesome
experiences that we have been able to have while working with the
members.
And we at last are having
investigators go to church! We were able to get two friends there on Sunday,
Ivon (14) and Uriel (17). We have high hopes for Uriel.
I also taught the Principles of the
Gospel class on Sunday, and my excitement must have shown, because it was a
great class. I taught the Fall :)
I have also been trying to
understand better and develop more Charity and Love for the people. I have
found that by doing so, I am becoming more bold. I have come to the conclusion
that if I love someone, I am going to do all I can to help them come unto
Christ. That I have to boldly invite them to read, pray, and go to church so
that that happens. My companion told me that he has seen this the other day. I
am so grateful to be spiritually progressing, and that the Lord is helping me
out with my weaknesses. With all these things going on, I just feel so
empowered. And I can testify that that is exactly what the gospel does. It
Empowers us to do Good, and to Be good.
We also found a living example of
the Word of Wisdom. An old Stake President came to visit his daughter, who
happened to be the sister that was signed up to give us dinner. We is 70, is
still playing basketball and volleyball, has the strength to get up at 6 every
morning, doesn’t have diabetes or any restrictions on what he can eat, and just
full of energy. He attributed it all to living the word of Wisdom, and taught
us how to live it more fully. Now, instead of snacky things, we are starting to
but fruits and vegetables to snack on when we get better, and that helps us
feel better too. The Word of Wisdom is so true!
So yeah, that is how I feel this
week.
Thanks so much for all your love
and support!
Elder Hayden Redford
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