Dear Family and Friends,
Aside from the crazy hot weather, and gallons of sweat pouring off us as we ride, this week was not the most productive in missionary work. We had an investigator that had surgery, but she's doing well we hear. We're really depending a lot on the members for help right now. I've been learning some cool things, and have come up with a neat little equation. Will = Desire which dictates Priorities which shape Choices = Agency. So following with that, the only thing we really have in this life that doesn't already belong to God is Agency, and we must sacrifice that to him to become who we need to be. I'm also really starting to understand the difference between a testimony and conversion. A testimony is understanding things physically, and experiencing the Power of the Holy Ghost, and conversion means undestanding things spiritually, and experiencing the Gift of the Holy Ghost. As we strive to help people become converted, it requires that we act so that our understanding sinks deep into our hearts. We heard a quote in church Sunday that said, "we need to understand and apply these principles" (talking about honesty), but I thought to myself, that's not true, we need to apply these principles to really understand them. It never ceases to amaze me how perfect the gospel is, and how everything is designed to lead us back to God, drawing closer and closer along the way. I know this is the gospel of Jesus Christ, restored in these last days to prepare the world for his coming, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love,
Elder Hughes
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
A Quick Note...
Dear Mom,
The new companion isn't bad, he reminds me a lot of me. I finally have a companion that is taller than me, thich is cool, but at the same time he might beat me at basketball. He's doing alright with biking, but we haven't had to do anything too crazy yet. He reminds me a lot of the time like a deer in the headlights, he's just trying to soak everything up. I can't believe I drew out for the elk hunt, that is AWESOME!!! Make sure to tell dad that he knows that my gun needs a new scope on it, especially after the last adventure....We were actually supposed to have a baptism Saturday, but it got cancelled on friday morning. But, such is life. We've not had too much exciting going on this week other than lots of biking. I did get my bike fixed, without buying new pedals though....The last thing I want to do is spend any more money on that crazy thing. Anyway, I don't have lots of time so I'm going to have to cut todays letter short. Love you, talk to you again soon.
The new companion isn't bad, he reminds me a lot of me. I finally have a companion that is taller than me, thich is cool, but at the same time he might beat me at basketball. He's doing alright with biking, but we haven't had to do anything too crazy yet. He reminds me a lot of the time like a deer in the headlights, he's just trying to soak everything up. I can't believe I drew out for the elk hunt, that is AWESOME!!! Make sure to tell dad that he knows that my gun needs a new scope on it, especially after the last adventure....We were actually supposed to have a baptism Saturday, but it got cancelled on friday morning. But, such is life. We've not had too much exciting going on this week other than lots of biking. I did get my bike fixed, without buying new pedals though....The last thing I want to do is spend any more money on that crazy thing. Anyway, I don't have lots of time so I'm going to have to cut todays letter short. Love you, talk to you again soon.
Monday, July 11, 2011
News Flash
Dear Family and Friends,
This week was a slow one, until the weekend. I got to help put some new toilets in, which was a refreshing change from the norm. We also are starting to prepare the Sister that just got baptized oldest son for baptism on the 30th. We also had one of our investigators tell us that she would love to be baptized, but wants to make sure she and her husband don't get spiritually separated. That was pretty exciting, and hopefully we'll have another one getting close soon. The work here is going great! We're getting very excited for next transfer when Elder Ballard is coming to do a mission tour. We found out today that my companion is getting transferred, and I'm getting a fresh off the plane new guy. I'm excited and scared all at the same time, and still trying to figure out in my head how I'm going to do everything that I'm supposed to. It'll be tough I'm sure, but I know the Lord will help us. I hope everyone takes the chance to check out my profile on mormon.org via the new button on the blog, I think it's pretty cool. We had a bit of an incident last Friday, we had to bike all the way around our area, and my companion wound up with some sort of heat sickness, and he's been goofier than a wooden watch for a couple days. I hope all is going well, thank you for your prayers in my behalf, and all your love and support. I miss you all, and I'll see you soon (too soon in my opinion).
Love,
Elder Hughes
This week was a slow one, until the weekend. I got to help put some new toilets in, which was a refreshing change from the norm. We also are starting to prepare the Sister that just got baptized oldest son for baptism on the 30th. We also had one of our investigators tell us that she would love to be baptized, but wants to make sure she and her husband don't get spiritually separated. That was pretty exciting, and hopefully we'll have another one getting close soon. The work here is going great! We're getting very excited for next transfer when Elder Ballard is coming to do a mission tour. We found out today that my companion is getting transferred, and I'm getting a fresh off the plane new guy. I'm excited and scared all at the same time, and still trying to figure out in my head how I'm going to do everything that I'm supposed to. It'll be tough I'm sure, but I know the Lord will help us. I hope everyone takes the chance to check out my profile on mormon.org via the new button on the blog, I think it's pretty cool. We had a bit of an incident last Friday, we had to bike all the way around our area, and my companion wound up with some sort of heat sickness, and he's been goofier than a wooden watch for a couple days. I hope all is going well, thank you for your prayers in my behalf, and all your love and support. I miss you all, and I'll see you soon (too soon in my opinion).
Love,
Elder Hughes
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
News at LAST...
Dear Family and Friends,
I PROMISE I'M ALIVE!!! I haven't had any time this last week, I've been trying to be a missionary and a District Leader, and a Ward Mission Leader, and had so much going on that we never had time to email, but we had a BAPTISM!!! WHOO!!! Long story short, we were busy busy busy, and had no time to think. We had some neat experiences surrounding the baptism though. One of our investigators that we've been teaching for a couple months came to the baptism, and felt the Spirit very powerfully. Hopefully she, and maybe her husband (we're not sure he's a member(he says he is)), will be getting baptized soon. Then Sunday night, we went to visit a referral, and they turned out to be awesome. This lady and her son were referred to us by her father who is a bishop out in Utah that converted 30 years ago, and we had a short lesson, and are very excited to start teaching them. In addition, we're going to teach the Sister that just got baptizeds' son, and he should be baptized very soon as well. Needless to say it's very busy right now, and we're loving it. I hope all is well on the home front. I need you all to know that I love you, and miss you, and that I know that through the Savior we can return to the presence of God. I know our Father in Heaven loves us, and has a plan for us all in our lives, and we can be shown the way by the Spirit. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love,
Elder Hughes
I PROMISE I'M ALIVE!!! I haven't had any time this last week, I've been trying to be a missionary and a District Leader, and a Ward Mission Leader, and had so much going on that we never had time to email, but we had a BAPTISM!!! WHOO!!! Long story short, we were busy busy busy, and had no time to think. We had some neat experiences surrounding the baptism though. One of our investigators that we've been teaching for a couple months came to the baptism, and felt the Spirit very powerfully. Hopefully she, and maybe her husband (we're not sure he's a member(he says he is)), will be getting baptized soon. Then Sunday night, we went to visit a referral, and they turned out to be awesome. This lady and her son were referred to us by her father who is a bishop out in Utah that converted 30 years ago, and we had a short lesson, and are very excited to start teaching them. In addition, we're going to teach the Sister that just got baptizeds' son, and he should be baptized very soon as well. Needless to say it's very busy right now, and we're loving it. I hope all is well on the home front. I need you all to know that I love you, and miss you, and that I know that through the Savior we can return to the presence of God. I know our Father in Heaven loves us, and has a plan for us all in our lives, and we can be shown the way by the Spirit. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love,
Elder Hughes
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