Where to start?? This week we had
some of the other Elders in our area working with us to help our area progress!
Elder Ethan Foote, and Elder I trained with Elder Marin, and Elder Buck, my
fellow Ogdenite! I love those guys! Grandma Hunter had written me an email
about how Elder buck lives in their ward and that he took them the sacrament,
so I asked him about it and he said, "Dude! That's your grandpa?! He
always used to tell us, 'Fill your pockets with goodies before you leave!' and
always had a ton of tootsie rolls!" hahah his impression of grandpa was
perfect. We ended up hugging because of how excited I was that he knew grandpa
and grandma. It was awesome to find that cool connection! Small world!!
While those guys were here in
Pehua, we talked with SO MANY PEOPLE. But almost none of them let us teach
there in the moment or let us come back. It was tough and I was very
frustrated. I kept thinking, "Why aren't these people open to us? What are
we doing wrong?" And then the next day, we were eating lunch with our
recent convert Paula and she said, "I have a friend coming to talk with
you guys about the church. She's super interested." And so we taught her
and one of her friends and then we found another man who let us into his home
to teach him. I now understand why the Lord kept telling me to study the bible
all through out my mission, because that guy tested me on just about every
doctrine he could think of and didnt let me use the Book of Mormon. I was
humbled as the Lord helped me to find all of the scriptures I needed and the
man left without doubts on what we had spoken about. It true what D&C says
about treasuring up the words of life.
Also, speaking of Paula..... SHE AND
HER DAUGHTER ARE COMING TO UTAH TO VISIT US IN OCTOBER!!!!! She is incredible!
She wants to go to the temple with us to do baptisms for the dead in the SLC
temple!! How cool is that?!
Also, I want to know who wrote
"Baby Ducks" in a concert venue in SLC. That's awesome. If anyone has
info on who did it, write me!!
I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!
The church is true!!
-Elder Holmes
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| A member we visited from Tandil got her mission call and emailed me with this picture saying this, "Gracias por haber estado en Tandil cuando preparaba los papeles, realmente me ayudó mucho aunque usted no lo crea!!!" Which means, "Thank you for having been in Tandil when I prepared my mission papers. Really, you helped me a lot even though you don't believe it!" |
