Dear Mom,
This week brought a lot of interesting things. We met a bunch of new people, and have a lot of exciting things going on, and then I found out this morning that I wont be finishing my mission in Roswell. I'm being transferred to an area that is actually an adjacent ward to the one I started my mission in way back in the day. I'm really depressed about it, but such is life, it never goes the way you want it to, and I know the Lord must need me to do something there. So needless to say, It'll be a good measure for how much stuff I need to condense to get home. I did learn something cool this week though. I realized that repentance isn't about changing what you do, it's about changing who you are because of what you do. It seems so simple, but it was a major breakthrough for me. I want you to know that I know God lives, and that he loves us. I know that he is guiding and directing us, and that he wants us all to return to him. I also know that there are angels among us. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Mail's Here
Dear Family and Friends,
This week we heard some exciting news, the church is going to start their multimedia mormon.org campaign next month, so everyone in the mission is super excited. With the new mission president there are some changes being worked on, so it's pretty exciting to get to see how different people do things. Things are getting better for our investigator that had to have shoulder surgery, and hopefully she'll be able to be baptized soon. We had a neat opportunity Saturday to help out with a 9/11 memorial project so hopefully you like the pics of me and my companion. I have learned something this week through experience that I'd like to share with you. When we harden our hearts against the Lord, which is done in numerous ways, he withdraws the sustaining influence of the Spirit which then leaves us to kick against the pricks, and it becomes very difficult to see his hand in our lives, but when we humble ourselves, and as they say "count our blessings" we see that he never leaves. I know that our Father in Heaven loves us, and is always there to guide bless and inspire us in our lives. I know the Savior lives, and I know that through the Spirit we too can know of these eternal truths. I know that we are children of God, and that he has a plan for us in our lives. I testify that the Book of Mormon is true, and I know that it contains everything we need to return to the presence of God. I love you, and miss you. Know that I remember you in my prayers, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love,
Elder Hughes
This week we heard some exciting news, the church is going to start their multimedia mormon.org campaign next month, so everyone in the mission is super excited. With the new mission president there are some changes being worked on, so it's pretty exciting to get to see how different people do things. Things are getting better for our investigator that had to have shoulder surgery, and hopefully she'll be able to be baptized soon. We had a neat opportunity Saturday to help out with a 9/11 memorial project so hopefully you like the pics of me and my companion. I have learned something this week through experience that I'd like to share with you. When we harden our hearts against the Lord, which is done in numerous ways, he withdraws the sustaining influence of the Spirit which then leaves us to kick against the pricks, and it becomes very difficult to see his hand in our lives, but when we humble ourselves, and as they say "count our blessings" we see that he never leaves. I know that our Father in Heaven loves us, and is always there to guide bless and inspire us in our lives. I know the Savior lives, and I know that through the Spirit we too can know of these eternal truths. I know that we are children of God, and that he has a plan for us in our lives. I testify that the Book of Mormon is true, and I know that it contains everything we need to return to the presence of God. I love you, and miss you. Know that I remember you in my prayers, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love,
Elder Hughes
Friday, September 9, 2011
The Monday Holiday Slowed down Delivery
Dear Mom,
Tyler just needs to understand that he can't beat everyone, and besides that it's only a game...Until he beats my record of 3 point or bigger for 5 straight years he has no room to talk. (Craig is talking about Tyler beating his high score on the Cabela's xbox Dangerous Hunts game- then dad beating both records two hours later, and the fact that he has to win in real life "deer hunting" as well) Anyway, couldn't email yesterday because of the holiday, the libraries were all closed. The baptism didn't work out, the lady decided she wanted to wait for her daughter, but that's not a problem. The weather last week was straight up hot, but it's been raining for about 48 hours straight, but most of it has been a very light rain so there's not a ton of water but everything is soaked. Today it's almost cold enough for a jacket on the bike. Nothing too interesting to report here, keep an eye out for a package that I'm going to send tomorrow, hopefully I wont need to send more than one more after this one. I have acquired a lot of stuff it seems, but I think I might be able to fit back into my suitcases now. I'm hoping that I'll be able to fit everything into one suitcase so I wont have to pay anything at the airport, but that'll really be a stretch. I still haven't decided what to do with my bike because I want a bike when I get home, but shipping it home is sooooo expensive, so I'm still not sure there. Just fyi, I've known my release date since I got here. I don't know what time I get home and all that stuff, but I figure I'll know when I need to know. Things are going well, we learned in District Meeting today about Faith and murmuring, it was a really powerful lesson, and it made me realize that I complain too much so I'm working on not doing it anymore. We noticed an interesting thing the other day, everyone that we're teaching currently has some kind of physical ailment that is preventing them from coming to church or getting baptized, but it's alright, we know it'll work out. I know the Savior lives, and that he loves us, and I pray that we might be obedient to his commandments so that he can truly save us from death, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. Love you all!
Love,
Tyler just needs to understand that he can't beat everyone, and besides that it's only a game...Until he beats my record of 3 point or bigger for 5 straight years he has no room to talk. (Craig is talking about Tyler beating his high score on the Cabela's xbox Dangerous Hunts game- then dad beating both records two hours later, and the fact that he has to win in real life "deer hunting" as well) Anyway, couldn't email yesterday because of the holiday, the libraries were all closed. The baptism didn't work out, the lady decided she wanted to wait for her daughter, but that's not a problem. The weather last week was straight up hot, but it's been raining for about 48 hours straight, but most of it has been a very light rain so there's not a ton of water but everything is soaked. Today it's almost cold enough for a jacket on the bike. Nothing too interesting to report here, keep an eye out for a package that I'm going to send tomorrow, hopefully I wont need to send more than one more after this one. I have acquired a lot of stuff it seems, but I think I might be able to fit back into my suitcases now. I'm hoping that I'll be able to fit everything into one suitcase so I wont have to pay anything at the airport, but that'll really be a stretch. I still haven't decided what to do with my bike because I want a bike when I get home, but shipping it home is sooooo expensive, so I'm still not sure there. Just fyi, I've known my release date since I got here. I don't know what time I get home and all that stuff, but I figure I'll know when I need to know. Things are going well, we learned in District Meeting today about Faith and murmuring, it was a really powerful lesson, and it made me realize that I complain too much so I'm working on not doing it anymore. We noticed an interesting thing the other day, everyone that we're teaching currently has some kind of physical ailment that is preventing them from coming to church or getting baptized, but it's alright, we know it'll work out. I know the Savior lives, and that he loves us, and I pray that we might be obedient to his commandments so that he can truly save us from death, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. Love you all!
Love,
Friday, September 2, 2011
Weekly Good News
Dear Family and Friends,
I must say thanks to all of you who've sent me letters recently, I'm working on responding, it's just taking a minute due to a lack of stamps. We had a couple cool things happen this week, we had our first zone conference with President Wolfert (which brought the awful realization that it was my last), and it was great. I feel like I'm really getting a lot better at listening to the Spirit so it was very powerful. Another cool thing that happened was Saturday, my companion and I decided to stop by an investigator that we hadn't seen in a few weeks house, and she let us in. After a short discussion we found out that she had felt a very strong impression earlier in the week that she needed to be baptized, and it was super cool. So, we commited her to be baptized this Saturday. Hopefully it all works out. This week was a great testimony builder to me as I've pondered over a lot of things and reflected on things I've learned recently. It has been amazing to see how the Spirit works in our life when we let him. It has strengthened my faith in and testimony of the Atonement, and the power it can have in our lives to draw us ever closer to God. I know he loves us and wants to help us in our lives. I know the Holy Ghost can and will tell us all things that we should do if we humble ourselves and accept the will of God. I know our Father in heaven loves us, and he wants all of us back. I testify of these things, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. I love you all, and hope all is well.
Love,
Elder Hughes
I must say thanks to all of you who've sent me letters recently, I'm working on responding, it's just taking a minute due to a lack of stamps. We had a couple cool things happen this week, we had our first zone conference with President Wolfert (which brought the awful realization that it was my last), and it was great. I feel like I'm really getting a lot better at listening to the Spirit so it was very powerful. Another cool thing that happened was Saturday, my companion and I decided to stop by an investigator that we hadn't seen in a few weeks house, and she let us in. After a short discussion we found out that she had felt a very strong impression earlier in the week that she needed to be baptized, and it was super cool. So, we commited her to be baptized this Saturday. Hopefully it all works out. This week was a great testimony builder to me as I've pondered over a lot of things and reflected on things I've learned recently. It has been amazing to see how the Spirit works in our life when we let him. It has strengthened my faith in and testimony of the Atonement, and the power it can have in our lives to draw us ever closer to God. I know he loves us and wants to help us in our lives. I know the Holy Ghost can and will tell us all things that we should do if we humble ourselves and accept the will of God. I know our Father in heaven loves us, and he wants all of us back. I testify of these things, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. I love you all, and hope all is well.
Love,
Elder Hughes
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