A Late Happy New Year
Happy New Year…(a little late). Wow, 2006 was a good year, wasn’t it? All of you probably have had a little different year than I have…isn’t that for sure? Anyways, last time I wrote e-mail was in 2006…and actually next week is MLK day..so who knows if I’ll be able to write something. Anyways…new year’s eve was pretty cool. First, we had church, and confirmed Francisco and Teresa members of the church. I wasn’t planning on it, but I was asked to confirm one of them, so I confirmed Teresa. I feel very close to this family right now, that I baptized Fransisco and confirmed Teresa, that when they eventually go to the temple, hopefully in one year, I wouldn’t hesitant in coming back. The Gospel has already blessed them and unified them as a family.
After church, in which we also had 9 investigators (actually a new high for me!), and a ton of people at church, we went to Bob’s house and spent New Year’s eve with him. We really didn’t have a fancy dinner, just a meat platter from Wal-mart. But, we ate a ton and had a good time. I think we watched like 3 church movies, “the work and the glory”, “the best 2 years” and also “the other side of heaven”. We just chilled around, avoiding all of the drinking and big parties. We did eventually come back at around 9 o’clock to the apartment and we went to bed at 10:30. Elder Ferons did wake up at midnight to welcome in the new year. But I wasn’t going to have anything to do with it, I needed my sleep, even if it was 2007. He tried to yell at me, and even though, he did wake me up, I didn’t pay attention. Also, one of the Spanish families called us at 12:05 to wish us a Happy New Year, but I still remained in my sleeping state. Good Times.
With the ushering in of the new year, the great year of 2007, we have worked hard with our members, especially the spanish members, to set goals with them. They came up with great goals, and I am excited to help them fullfill them. We are going to make spiffy looking certificates for them to put on their refrigerator, so they can, throughout the year, be reminded of what they would like to accomplish. We are working with a few to recieve the priesthood and get sealed in the temple, which would be very very cool. I have already grown very close to the hispanic people here in Henderson, I truly do love them. I would do anything for them. I am glad I am in Henderson for my “mission overtime”!
We had a really good week, taught 25 times, and we also have a good group of investigators that we are working with. Yesterday, we only had 4 people at church, but 3 was a family who finally came after 3 months of teaching them off and on. They are Luis and Orfelia Lopez, who were not progressing, but they had a bad experience on the 31st, in which Luis was arrested unfairly and was in jail for a couple days. It seems that there priorities have straightened and they finally made it out to church. It was sweet seeing them there. Church was also interesting, because I had to translate 2 whole meetings…with a whole bunch of people speaking…fast and testimony meeting…some of those testimonies were hard to translate!
Anyways, things are going well…as always…Elder Ferons is staying another transfer until February. Then I will have 3 transfers left with probably 3 companions. Also another weird thing that has happened, is that the AP’s called us yesterday and we are going to have exchanges with them tommorow. Elder Franco and Elder Scribner are the Spanish AP’s. Elder Scribner was my MTC companion and now he is a big bad AP, it will be tons of fun with him tommorow, doing missionary work. Good experiences….
Well, hope everyone enjoyed the email and I enjoyed hearing from many of you on Christmas and in emails I have recieved.
Elder Hardy