The One and Only
Here we are again, you are all recieving another letter from the one and only Elder Hardy, serving in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission. Or, am I serving in Alaska? You would have thought that if you had been here this past Thursday….because…it….snowed!!!! It was a sight to see, reminded me alot of home, and it totally freaked out Elder Ferons (who just happens to be, where the sun don’t stop shining in San Diego). So, he was all giddy about the snow…it was cool. We went out running in the morning at 6:30, and at that time, it was just ice flecks…much like the 5 minutes of that weather last year. But, around 7 to 7:30…the ice became snow. It was a sight to see and it probably last about 2 hours of solid snow. A little tiny bit accumulated in the grass, none on the cement. But because of the snow, the cars were grounded (which means, we couldn’t drive anywhere). So, we had our weekly planning in the morning and then walked a huge long distance in the afternoon (and talked to an interesting mexican along the way), and by the time we got to this trailor park we were going to knock, it was already time to go back to the apartment! Oh boy..was that fun! It was coooold, I was wearing my long sleeve shirt, my sueter, my suit jacket and my coat, along with gloves and a hat…and I was still freezing!!
Well, what else happened this great week. We still have our 5 baptismal dates. 3 for this next Saturday..and we sure our excited. The Lopez family, consisting of Luis, Orfelia and Alberto will be baptized. This is the 2nd entire family that I have been involved in the baptism…and it is one that we have really worked hard with. I can say that I really love this family, they are great. We had a few great lessons with them this last week. We reviewed the plan of salvation, and they basically knew it all (it surprised me, cause we only taught it to them the day that I arrived in Henderson). And then we went over some other commandments…they accepted all of them like it was nothing. One of the exchanges that we had to visit them was President Culler, the branch president (who need I remind you, doesn’t speak spanish). So, we translated for him. That night also, they told us that they wanted us to baptize them and also invited President Culler to baptize their son, Alberto. We are so excited…this is going to be a great week!!
We also have 2 the following week, Feb. 3rd…Alfreda and Alfi. Alfreda is looking more solid…both of them were also at church. Alfi is this 19 year old, who is just way excited to join the church. It seems like he really wants to rush into…which is good and bad at the same time. He already wants to go to the temple and recieve the priesthood. It’s funny cause we really haven’t taught him that much, he’s just a very intelligent kid, who has already read the gospel principles book and now is reading the teachings of Spencer W. Kimball. It’s a lot of fun teaching him.
I guess, not much else is happening. We are just trying to progress the work here. Our recent converts are doing great, except for Anastasia and Munoz family…who have been missing church recently…but we are going to have a sweet family home evening with them tonight. Fransisco and Teresa are flying right now…Fransisco gave a talk at church last Sunday and then he recieved the aaronic priesthood yesterday. Along him recieving the priesthood also was Israel Tomas…who was baptized a year and a half ago, but still hadn’t recieved the priesthood. We taught him and help him feel readier and he finally did it! I am way proud of him.
Mission is going well, but my time is coming short…I am working with the amount of months that I can hold up with one hand…scary
Have a great week!
Elder Hardy