Hey mom, well i cant believe its snowing again. the day i left the mtc it was snowing and it seems like it was just yesterday so its kindof crazy. maybe its because i have had the everlasting summer for the last year. haha. but i think id rather be roming the streets sweating than freezing. but anyways it was another really good week! selvums full family came to church!!! they all loved it too. there daughter sharine mary has been wanting to come for a long time and finally it happend. they made friends and are excited to come next week! there was a lesson in gospel principals and this week the topic was about families and the responsibility each member has. it was perfect because we have been focusing on how important the gospel is for there family. maybe it took so long to get them to church for a reason. but as i have seen there family change it has brought so much happieness to my service. they are having daily family prayer and scripture study and leaving all of there tea, coffee habits. im so greatful for the gospel and to have had it my whole life because it truly is the way to have a happy family. so im greatful to you and dad for always keeping a strong testimony and showing me how i need to be.
this week we found a lot and we were able to find 15 new people to teach. we tried to work through members more and we were able to be introduced to some of there family members. so im very thankful that they are willing to share the gospel with the people they love. if every member of the church would do that the church would easily double.
so thats cool rue met a kid from my mission. find out what his name was. im glad you got a scare in the conference that you were going to have to maybe go up and talk. now you know how i felt. except when i was siting there i had a 1 in 3 chance. haha sounds like dad had to speak too so you lucked out.
the service project went good to. we were able to get everything done. there was so much stuff rooms full of kits and tons of blankets and other things. i was tired by the end of it. haha.
and about clothes. ill probably just buy it here so you wont have to spend money to ship it. everything is just starting to hit the wall. haha. when e reeses parents came one of the kids i came with said that e reeses dad the first thing he said was "elder your shirt is yellow" haha mine arent that bad tho. i might have you send Gs in a while though because sometime the office takes forever to get them to us. anyways im still doing great and loving it! thanks for all you do. i love you and dont have to much fun for halloween.
love kaden
hey pops, sounds like you had a good week and a fun time talking in church or whatever. haha. but im sure that pres randall wants to see all the wards doing good with the young men like you are. i can tell that your helping prepare them to serve the Lord and become great people. i wish i coulda heard the talks from eyiring and ballard. this sunday is some asia area 70 brodcast so thats what ill be waching this sunday. so im excited to hear them speak.
but this week has been a good weak for me and i feel i have learned a lot. having a new elder makes all the presure on me. but i like it. at first planning and finding and everything was tough but its coming around and things are looking really good. we have found a couple great families, and a couple more potential families so thats good. i feel like i have had to rely on the spirit a lot more than any other time of my mission and i have felt the lords hand in everything we do. i love learning and studying about Christ and his atonement. somthing that touched me thismorning as a studied. i was reading in mark 14 and in one of the vrses it talks about how mcuh He suffered in gethsemane. it says he was "sore amazed". as i thought about that the thought came to me that christ knew he had to complete the atonement and had been preparing for it for his whole life but when the time came it even suprized him at how painful it was even to the point that he was "sore amazed". but it made me so thankful for Jesus Christ and that he was willing to suffer for all of the bad things i have done in my life so i can be forgiven. maybe you can read that chapter if you want. but i just felt like to share that. because i dont think people realize how important and powerful the atonement is and how me He really suffered. i know i never did.
everything is going good though and im enjoying the mission. i told to mom about selvums family and how happy they are now in the letter i wrote her. but during priesthood class the teacher asked someone to stand and share and experince of how the gospel changed there life and immediately selvum stood up and bore his testimony and how elder barr taught him about the truth and he has been able to quit smoking drinking and everything because of the gospel. it felt good to hear him say that and he was greatful for me but the thing that toughed me is because i have been able to see his life change tight before my eyes. when i decided to go on a mission while listening to the elders teach katie and i had the thought if i could make even one person feel like i feel now i would be happy. but so far it has been greater than i ever expected i have seen many people feel of the spirit and thats what im here for. but thanks for all your advice know that your the man. im doing good and i hope all is going well with work and everything else. love you.
kaden
p.s GO YANKS!!!!!!!!
