July 29th, 2013
Ok, family so this past week has been pretty good. I`m loving the people here
more and more and the work is becoming just part of my day to day activity. Not
really work anymore but a routine, which is good. I think. Ha ha! It’s still
hard to talk to people randomly, but we had a cool experience this week where
the spirit just pushed us to talk to one more person and we found a nice young
women. It was right before a DA and we had 15 minutes to knock. We picked a
neighboring street and couldn’t find anybody. We knocked about 5 - 7 doors. We
were walking to the house for our DA and we saw a girl coming towards us but
past the house. I turned to my companion
and just said. "Hey, let’s go talk to her." We had a great
conversation and we are now going to be able to meet with her this week.
:)!!!!!!!! We have had a couple experience like that and the lord is giving us
more and more the more we work.
Another highlight of my week was an exchange that I had with the district
leader’s companion. I got to go over to Edenbridge and stay in a huge house
that belongs to some members, super nice house guys. Well the Elder I was with
was Elder Simpson and I`ve talked to him before and I knew that he worked for
the British/Scottish Marines but I didn’t know to what extent. He told me some
stories that were crazy. He was enlisted at 12 into a military academy and at
16 he was put into training and 3 and a half months later he was out in the
field. At 16 they can go to college here or go to work. They put him to work.
He was on the Special Forces and served for 6 weeks in Afghanistan. He did
Jason Bourne/James Bond style ops and was the top operative out of
his class. This guy is crazy! I won’t tell you all of his stories but wow!
So that was a fun exchange. After my mission he says that I can come to
Scotland with him and he will train me. Ha ha! Don’t know if that will happen
but I am so hoping it does.
So in other news our flat is
infested...... Nasty right? A couple of times now we have gone to get in the
shower and have found winged ants or whatever crawling around all over it, but
most are drowned in the water. It’s so creepy. And I have a few pictures of the
flat that I`m going to send you guys. :)
This week I also
had the opportunity to go to a zone conference. I love those things with all my
heart. The Assistants to the Presidents or AP`s gave the most amazing lesson on
Pride. I learned so much and it really made me take a look at my life and what
kind of prideful habits I have. I realized this past week, that I really try to
prove everyone wrong. I try to be right and only once I exhaust every possible
route, do I finally give in and let the person win. Oh, then I accept it and
become teachable. But I try to be right that a little contention might come of it.
Since, that lesson, I have had the blessing of having my eyes opened to when I
am doing that, and I’m able to stop, think if it’s my pride that is compelling
me to speak, and then move forward from there. I know that pride is one of my
biggest weaknesses and I hope that I will be able to humble myself before the
lord does, because the lord WILL have a humble people.
I love you family!!!! So much. I have you guys right next to me on my bed
stand and I can’t wait until I get to take part in your nerf wars again. :) I
have them with my companion, but we don’t have the arsenal that we did back
home. ;) Ha ha!!!!
It’s good to hear you guys are out
hiking still. I miss that so much and wish that we could go hiking or camping
or something.
Where was Stephanies letter this
week? Did it not come or did I just not get it? I Hope everything is ok with
her.
Till Next week Family - Elder Hale
P.S. MOM!!!! Jo loved the present
you gave her. She put it on the mantle right about her Teli and she looks at it
quite often. I think that I will just have to send you that part of the E-mail
she sent. :)
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