New Companion Elder Lindsay...Surpirse Luau for Pres & Sis Bowen

This week started out really crazy with a surprise Lu'au for President and Sister Bowen and it was a lot of fun. We had each language do a dance representing our culture to send the Bowen's off with a party with tons of food and fun. I am going to miss them a ton. They leave this Thursday and a new president is going to be very interesting.

My new companion is Elder Lindsay and he is awesome! Super different than any other companion I have had so far but he is a great missionary and this transfer is going to be awesome together. I really love how we teach together and how we can push each other to be our best. We had a lot of meetings this week and so we really had to make the most of the time we had to teach our investigators but it went really well. The Gonzales couple is doing really well. They were able to come to church, they love the testimony that Joseph Smith gives in the Book of Mormon, and they feel good about everything we teach.

We did a lot of work with members this week since we are both really new to the ward and all the members. It helped to have a Father's Day party to get to know the members more and spend some good time with them. They were a lot of really good experiences this week but one that was especially cool was with Orlando. We hadn't seen him all week and were worried about him so we stopped by last night and actually found him! He told us about how he has read up to 1Nehi 8 and loves the Book of Mormon because of how he feels when he reads it. He also told us that he has prayed about it and said he just felt so good about it after he had prayed. He says that was his answer that everything we are teaching is true! We are helping him talk with his boss to let him come to church on Sundays so that he can continue having spiritual experiences. He has trouble comprehending everything that we teach but he is humble and has really awesome desires to do what is right.

It was a really good week but we have a lot to improve on. I am really excited with all of the people that have been prepared in this area and to be able to help others come closer to Jesus Christ and His gospel is the most amazing thing in the world! :)




Love,

Elder Hyde