Feliz Cumpleanos: Elder Spencer Williams!
Mi Hermosa Familia,
beautiful/ handsome! Jared-- I love the first glasses you showed me!
You look so handsome, but make sure they are comfortable! Man I just
have the most gorgeous beautiful family ever! Ah I just love you all!
(I am starting to get really flowery, I blame it on the Mexicans) :)
Martes- we were in Harvard! We went by and saw Rosanley and she needed
our help translating. Well, one day she will get over all her problems
with offense and come into the church. It's a little nerve racking
going over to her house because she's, well not the nicest person on
the planet. After Rosanely we went finding! It was awesome! We finally
used the bikes, not too much success, but it was awesome! I was
seriously pumped the whole time. Does my bike have two different
tires? Yes it does. Is it one bad bike?Yes it is. Did we bargain for
it in Spanish? Yes we did. It's awesome! I love it! We were so tired
by the time it was done.
Miercoles- we had district meeting and it was awesome! I love district
meetings. It's such a comfort to have people out here doing the same
things we do! We all strengthen each other! We help each other out,
it's da best, I looove it. After, we got our bikes ready to do some
finding in Woodstock. It was great, not much success but it's still
awesome to have a bike. Then we had our Book of Mormon class. It was
the Elders turn this week and they taught Lehi's dream. It is SO cool
teaching Latinos this story because they are descendants of Lehi and
they all have dreams! They are seriously blessed with this spiritual
gift, they can see visions with dreams, it's so cool! They totally
connect with this story. 4 people showed up to this class and they all
loved it because they are the Lamanites. What can I say? It's awesome.
Jueves-- We made cookies ALL day. We made 375 cookies ish. Our cookie
blitz last time worked, and so we thought, it's Mother's Day we will do
it again! So we did. We worked hard all day to plan and to make
cookies!
Viernes- We delivered some of the cookies to all of our members in
Harvard. It was a good effort! Then after delivering in Harvard we had
dinner with Hermana Sori. It was so great. She has a daughter who is
really struggling, her friends are terrible, her decisions she's
making are horrible and it's really sad. The night before her daughter
threw one of her crazy scary tantrums (she does it quite often) and
they had to call the police and the ambulance, it was really bad. Pray
for this family! When we went over the next day her daughter was home
sleeping, and we were there to help cheer up Sori (her mom). It was a
great time as we cooked and cleaned together.
Sabado- We went to the city because Hermana Woolfs old investigator
got baptized! It was awesome! I LOVE THE CITY! There are so many
people to talk to, it's awesome. The baptism was so wonderful. The
lady getting baptised was so ready. When I was there I said to
myself, "Man, this really does happen!" In our branch we don't have
too many baptisms because our first priority is to build the branch so
people can be baptized into it. I love Book of Mormon classes and
working with members, but I really love baptisms! That was literally
our whole day because driving there takes awhile, but totally worth it
because baptisms are the best!
Domingo-- I gave a talk in church! Hermana Woolf and I both did about
being disciples of Christ. It went great! Then I got to talk to my
wonderful family! It was awesome! I'll be good till Christmas now! I
loved talking to you! Your all just so beautiful! Then we delivered
more cookies in Woodstock and had a lesson with Barbara and Aaron. It
went alright, but they don't remember anything from the restoration
and they stopped coming to church. So we went over the first and we
realized that they need to be taught the lessons over again, it's a
little sad because they were really awesome about going to church but
now they don't even know about the Restoration, the adversary is real.
When people come to know the truth the devil doesn't really like it.
But honestly it doesn't matter because Satan's power compared to
Christ's power is sort of embarrassing. Christ's power is the ultimate
power!
That was basically my week! I am so happy I got to talk to you all. I
miss you all so much! I just want to share a little bit from my talk.
It was about how we can be a disciple of Christ. I love this topic
because our branch doesn't know that they are disciples of Christ. So
Hermana Woolf and I tried to nail it in them. WE ALL ARE DISCIPLES OF
CHRIST! I used Elder Anderson's talk from conference and Hermana Woolf
used Elder Hollands. My talk was about how being a follower of Christ
means we all love each other. I said it really boldly that this Rama
CAN BE FAMILY if we start loving each other. Then I talked about
courage. In this world we need more courageous people! We need people
who will stand up for what is right! This is one of the quotes I used
for my talk and I need to apply it to myself. It's from President
Monson, "We will all face fear, experience ridicule, and meet
opposition. Let us--all of us--have the courage to defy the consensus,
the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings
the smile of God’s approval. Courage becomes a living and an
attractive virtue when it is regarded not only as a willingness to die
manfully but also as the determination to live decently. A moral
coward is one who is afraid to do what he thinks is right because
others will disapprove or laugh. Remember that all men have their
fears, but those who face their fears with dignity have courage as
well." This is such a powerful quote! What else can I add to the words
of the profetas! Nada!
My companion is good! Sometimes not the nicest but all is well! We
learn to get along with all different sorts of people on the mission.
She's struggling with this area and wants to be back in the city, she
misses her old investigators and old ward members. That's just part of
the mission!
I am doing wonderful! I love it out here in the sticks! It's awesome!
I love the people here, some are harder to love, but I still really do
love them all. For another week in Woodstock!
All of me loves all of you!
La Hermana Hammond
Hermana Woolf & I
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