Im just gonna make the subject to all my emails something random. Cool? COOL!
So this week has gone by so fast! I got to go on exchange this week
to portishead which was super cool. The flat was right on the harbor so
i could litterally throw a stone and it would hit the water. They had
some awesome sailing ships which were awesome and I now know that
someday I want to get one...... Haha. But the other missionary was
brutal. He is amazing but he has six weeks left till he goes home so it
was non stop work. Contacting literaly everyone that we see. Apprently
they have tried to contact the same guy three times.. Awkward. It just
makes me appreciate the area im in and the work im doing, with the
companion im with. So funny story about my companion just to keep you
laughing. My companion needed mouth wash and he was complaining all day
about how he needed some. So when we finally got some, we went back to
the flat and i sat down. Well he comes in gargling mouth wash and then
spits it out. He then asks " Do you think if you drank this that it
would really kill you?" "uh, yes" i said. " "but wouldnt it make your
insides really clean?" He said. " no of course it wouldnt" I then look
down. When i look back up he is chugging the mouth wash. I mean like
downing the stuff. I freak out of course. tell him to stop, He asks
"why" and then keeps drinking. HE gets all the way done and i think my
companion is gonna die! So i finally grab the bottle and then i smell
it..... it was apple juice. It looked the same color and everything.
Evil little man. I litteraly thought that he lost his find. I was
screaming and everything. FUNNY!
So mom and dad I need you guys to do me a favor. I dont know if i
told you about Jo, but she is this recent convert in the area who is the
mission mom. She litterally takes care of us. We have a lot of DA's at
her house and we can always go there and share a message if my companion
is feeling sick. She is an amazing women but she has some marital
issues that are going down. Im not going into specifics but after the
divorce, he has most the money and her son though she kept her daughter.
She feels humiliated and is going through a great trial of her faith.
We have amazing expereinces with her, where we come around share a
message and it was exactly what she needed to hear. Enough to keep her
faith going and her spirits up. But what i would like you guys to do is
write her a letter. Just saying thank you for everything she does for me
and Elder Harrison. Her address is
Jo Wakefield
15 The Rows
Worle
Weston-Super-Mare
Somerset
BS22 6DU
I think knowing that everything she does for us helps the work and helps other would reallly help her faith grow.
So mom i did wash my pants but they actually looked fine. Well
they look better after i took them to be dry cleaned so dont worry about
that. I didnt buy a suit but i think we are going to look again today. A
store called next. Anyways... mom really? Conservative. They dont know
what that word means over here...... Mwahahah
So tania that house you got looks really fine. Better than my flat,
thats for sure. I hope everything works out with the new girls that you
are moving in with.
Issac way to go bud!!! Thats awesome that you got honored again by BYU. Thats talent my main man.
Simeon. That takes dedication bud. Way to sand that car.
Caleb. Im proud of you bud. I know your going to do awesome with
that solo and all i can say is that i wish that i could see you do it.
:)
Nate. I know things dont look so hot sometimes but I know that if
you work really hard that you will do amazing in Basketball. And pray
about it. The lord says that he gave us our talents to further
ourselves. So why wouldnt he be able to help us develop our talents if
we asked for it in prayer. The lord can do all things.
So guys a story I want to share actually happened today. I know
that pride has always been my week point. Im puffed up and i think i can
do stuff myself. Well today i was reading in Chapter 6 of PMG and I was
studying on humility. And I've always asked god to make me humble, but
not through trials or anything. Haha during my companionship study, my
companion got a laugh out of that. Trials is one of the main ways that
we gain Faith, Humility, Love, and Experience. So i had the guts this
time to ask heavinly father to help me be humble and do it through
trials or what ever it takes to make me a better servant. So I might be
going through some hard times pretty soon. Pray for me. But
something that my Companion taught me was that to Endure trials well is a
commandment that God gave us. And that to shrink from challenged and
problems is actually a temptation from Satin. There is a scripture is 2
Nephi 31 :20
Wherefore, press forward with steadfastness in christ. Having a
perfect brightness of hope and a love of god, and of all men. Wherefore
if ye pressforwad, feasting upon the words of christ and endure to the
end thus sayeth the lord, Behold, ye shall have enternal life.
Something like that. I memorized the scripture, but i think i did it wrong. Haha its pretty close though.
Family I love you guys so much. Way to show service by runnning
with sister harris and the jacobs and to spread that hope. I dont have
much time left and I still need to write the president. We got some new
investigators. While i was gone on exchange my companion and Elder Gull ,
a elder from my mtc group, got a referal from Mormon.Org and they got
to go meet them. The girl is 17 and while they were teaching the mother
came in to listen as well. After the lesson the mom starting asking
questions and actually said " i feel like im lacking in wisdom"......
golden.... Well here lets go to James 1:5 and then let me tell you a
story. Haha it was awesome.... or so i heard. They didnt come to church
though which was really sad. But Pray for them and hopefully they will
be able to open up their hearts and let us in again.
So to finish im gonna tell you what not to do on your mission. Do
not promise a recent convert/member that you will go running with them.
Especially when this guy is 6'5 and weighs probably around 230 lbs. Just
a mammoth of a fun. He loves to exercise. Because if you do promise to
run with him. You will die. And you will hurt for the rest of the
day....
Love ya guys. ;) Hope you have a great week. Mom your asleep right
now. We are seven hours a head I think. So when i call you for mothers
day it will probably be on skype and it will probably be early in the
morning there.
Love - Elder Hale
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