DAD,
I am so glad you all had a good week! :D The pictures were
great and the content of your letter was just as good if not better. I am so
excited you all got to go to the Philly temple grounds! HOW NEAT! And by the
way, your hastags are quite phenomenal! I hope, like you said, I am building a
strong foundation out here, just like the Helaman taught his sons to do! The
building process can be really rough sometimes but it wasnt ever meant to be
pretty! I learned a little bit about that when I was reading D&C 101 today
in my studies. There was a verse that said, in essence, without trials and
afflictions we cannot be sanctified or made holy. So trials really are training
ground for become like our Savior and more fit for the kingdom of heaven. I
hope I let my trials make me holy.
This week was pretty cool! It has been weird adjusting from
the busy, running around, what time is it again? lifestyle in Aurora to a
countryside, farmers paradise, old folks stomping ground lifestyle in Brighton.
I'm not hating, I'm just explaining the transition taking place hahaha the old
folks here are quite kind though! We live with Sister Roquemore, probably the
COOLEST older lady ever! She has a laugh that makes you smile wherever in the
house you are! We have great leaders that we work with, mission and ward alike.
Our Bishop is Bishop Shaw and he really wants to get to ward more involved in
missionary work, he is a great bishop. We have carried on the Aurora tradition
of zone blitz on Saturdays and its working out really well! Since we work with
2 zones its interesting to see the differences and the challenges. Sister Pitts
called us this week and asked us to come in to her seminary class on Wednesday
morning and to be on a panel of missionaries to answer questions from her
students. we are really excited to do it and afterwards she is feeding us
breakfast! #BEASTLAKEBLESSINGS.
We had an interesting experience though at the
blitz, so we pull up and we see a set of elders walking away form this house
and this lady standing outside pointing at them. We get out and she is spitting
out profanity on top of profanity. Apparently they had talked to her son at the
door and she had pulled up as soon as they were leaving and they offered to
help her take in her groceries and she freaked out and said she was going to
call the cops for talking to her kid and allegedly threatening him... SO they
said whatever and walked away but the lady wouldn't quit so the zone leaders
ended up having to stay there to calm her down while the rest of us went on
about our business. The ZL's said later that they calmed her down, the cops
came and everything worked out but I learned just how unhappy people are
without Christ in their lives. Little did that woman know how many blessings
she turned down by turning the missionaries down. It makes me sad that people
chose to "dwindle in unbelief" but I am thankful I have the gospel in
my life. We had almost all of our investigators drop us this week but we have
been working hard to find the elect. On Friday we had a funny experience. it
was about 8:45 and we saw Christmas lights up in this one house so we thought
it would be fun to check it out. We knocked and this older man with a weird
little beard thing, a black bandanna and some really gaudy rings opened the
door. He said "Oh you came! Beautiful women! Just gorgeous! Please come
in, party with us, (he was alone...). I will join your church, come in, party
with us." He was SO drunk... There was a huge bottle of tequila on his
kitchen table and it smelled like weed as well... Yeah, that was fun but it
lifted our spirits and gave us a good laugh!
We have a great week planned and are excited to exercise our
faith and to seek God's will for this area and his people here. Please pray for
us to find people to teach. also, the church has released another video for
easter! check it out! its helives.mormon.org
Elder Nelson has invited us all to discover his sacrifice, embrace his
teachings, and share his joy. I am excited to take this challenge. I know my
Savior lives, I love him and I seek to feel his love every day. I hope you know
I love you and I am doing my best to work as hard as I can so that you and mom
and kenyon hailey shelby and calvin can be blessed while I'm here. Thank you
for your example to me and the ways you show me your love. XOXO HUGS, KISSES,
BEST WISHES.
<3 SISTER HOOPES
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