Sorry I couldn’t be there to
wish Grandpa a Happy Birthday! I am sure the food and pie were DELICIOUS :)
Felcidades Abuelo!
Looks like Megan and Haylee´s
costumes turned out awesome! I loved the pic of the two of them on the porch.
Megan looks great as Maleficent and Haylee too as a cute little Hermione. Homemade
costumes are the best!
And ShayLynn and Luis made a
great couple as well as Rapunzel and Flynn. It is great that she was able to
have fun through the stress of planning and driving and all :)
Congratulations Whitney! That is
great that you were able to go to her baptism. Hope that Mac and Laurie are
doing well. It is also exciting to hear that Amanda was able to go to the
temple! Wow! That means that her time to leave is getting close :)
Thanks for the One-Year-Mark
wishes! The time feels like it has gone by fast, but at the same time, if I
look back, I feel like a lot has happened.... That is good I guess. I hope to
be able to keep chugging along, becoming a better and better missionary =) I
bought myself a piece of chocolate cake to celebrate :) It is better than
burning a shirt in my opinion :)
I don’t feel like I have a lot
to tell this week...
On Friday, Halloween, we had a
Zone Conference with President Bird. We talked a lot about faith and the acting
part of it. We also learned about Personal Revelation and how we can look for
it better. The Zone Leaders taught us a cycle we can use. Fist we need to be
worthy to receive revelation. Then, we need to Pray, then read, then think or
meditate on what we learned, write down what we learned, and then do the cycle
again, asking further knowledge. Pray, Read, Think, Write. And then the most
important: act on it. We also learned how we can follow the spirit better while
teaching lessons.
We were not able to have a lot
of success that night with Halloween though...
While were in the street, we
even saw a protest against Halloween by a Christian church, a truck driving
down the street with a man in the pickup with a megaphone, and a crowd of kids
dressed up as angels following, with signs that said If You Love God, Say No To
Halloween! It is interesting how big of a controversy it is here. Many really like
the holiday and others do not, even among the members. It is interesting
:)
For my district meeting this
week, I also trained on how teaching the Atonement can answer almost any doubt
that our investigators have, and it is true. We really need to constantly be
studying and thinking about the Atonement. There is always something to learn
about it. The prophets even admit to not understanding it fully still. But it
is real. And it is powerful. Alejandro is still going strong, going to church
and everything, but doesn’t want to set a baptismal date... I think that he
needs, also, to understand better the Atonement.
On Tuesday we had companion
exchanges with the Zone Leaders, and I worked here with Elder Arizmendi for the
day. It was great. We walked a lot though, looking for fake addresses... We got
to knock a few doors though. We can do that now. Not like all the houses in a
row on the same street, but at random, and if we feel like we should. So that
is something new we can try. I was able to learn a few things from him too
:)
And then today to celebrate my 1
year mark, we went to the Temple, and saw the new video. It is very different.
Some things I like better and other things not as much. It did help me though
to learn a little more about the Atonement though, and for that I am very
grateful. The Lord´s sacrifice for us is something we can never set aside. It
is amazing that He took our place, to suffer the punishment of our sins, even
though he had nothing to do with it. And even after all of that pain, he doesn’t
blame anyone for it either. He just wants everyone that will do what he asks,
so that that sacrifice isn’t in vain. It testifies of His great love for all of
us.
Ok, maybe I did have things to
tell :)
Thanks for all your love and the
news from home! And the pictures!
And yes, I think that my clothes
are holding up. I just have a few little stains here and there on my shirts,
nothing to worry about. I bought a few pairs of garments today at the temple as
well.
Enjoy Chuck O Rama!
Love, Elder Hayden Redford
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