When did June get here? Yesterday I had a realization that we were in
June. Not only June but we are in the middle of June. For some reason
I thought it was still May. Haha oh well.
Happy Birthday Mom! I love you! Also happy Father's Day to the
wonderful Fathers in my life. :)
This week Alfredo got Baptized! It was really great to see him really
happy and it was a really spiritual baptism. Sergio, his brother that
got baptized two weeks ago, gave one of the talks and did an amazing
job! He was also one of the witnesses because he received the
priesthood last week. It was so awesome and his mom came and is really
excited to start taking lessons from the sisters. President and sister
Taggart also came and it was fun to see them using the Spanish they
know to talk with the members and Alfredo's mom.
President and Sister Taggart also chose to come to our zone training
this week. It was my first one being senior zone leader the first one
for Elder Cottle and it went really well. We prepared really well for
it and then let the spirit guide us and it was a really powerful one
about finding. The whole zone participated a lot and it was very
instructive. President Taggart told us it was one of he most uplifting
and spiritual zone meetings he has ever been in and it really humbled
me because we didn't do anything special. We just did our best to
invite the spirit and that's what made the difference. The Spirit is
everything. Just like that conference talk that says if you can't feel
the spirit, you are lost. So we need to do everything in our power to
invite the spirit into our lives. Whether that is through music,
prayer, scripture study, temple worship, or just keeping our baptismal
covenant of always remembering the Savior. Something that president
Taggart always says is "the Spirit is eager to come when we invite
it."
This week we had some huge miracles, especially at church. Rosi
Loemli, who hasn't come to church in a long time finally came after we
taught her this week and she didn't come alone. She brought a friend
that really liked church and is interested in meeting with us. Also
That morning we went to wake up one of our investigators named Leo
because he has committed to come to church for 3 weeks in a row but
hadn't come. Anyways we got to his house and he had a thousand excuses
why he couldn't come and why he should stay home. We told him that if
he didn't come then he wouldn't be able to be baptized in 2 weeks and
that hit him pretty hard. He sat there and thought about it for a
second and then said okay I'll make it work. He made some arrangements
and came to church for all three hours! It was awesome! Alex, is doing
well and could be baptized any week but is just worried about the
commitment of baptism. She is coming to church and reading and praying
so it is just a matter of time.
Although time may go by fast I am really enjoying every moment of
missionary work right now. It's difficult to see people reject the
gospel but it is by far worth it when you find those few elect that
are. Have a wonderful week and don't forget to review your general
conference notes and watch the talks online. It's super easy and it's
something that has really helped me a lot he past few weeks.
Love you all!
Elder Hyde
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