Hey Holmans,
I wrote this email
early this morning, but i didn’t quite finish it...we ran out of time and had
to go find an investigator to go play some futbol with us and the ward...but i
was happy to get your emails later in the day, it’s super nice to know what
your all up to! So here’s the letter for the week, love ya all!
Hey Holman Clan
I hope your all doing
well this week. Chance said that you guys got a ton of snow and that your
shoveling left and right! haha good luck with all the snow. Majority of people
here have never seen snow in there lives... when i tell them there’s snow up to
your knees where i use to live the response is always wow, that’s just like in
the movies. haha actually that response is pretty common around here. i showed
someone a picture of our house.... they just happened to be living in a brick
poop shack and there response was the same...wow its just like in the
movies...haha so count your many blessing your awesome house and all that
cold glorious snow! Gods givin’ you all a lot to be grateful for, all we have
to do is say thank you for it!
Wow i got sidetracked
easily! How was your guys week! i hope it was good! Let me guess dads
traveling, moms raising the hoodlums and selling real-estate...stars as happy
as ever cuz she’s living every returned missionary’s dream...haha Married with
that perfect person! Chance is what i like to call a copo because he writes
me... copo means a complete stud! Skys a studying student in what i like to
call the Lords blessed university:) haha no not the U star. Brock...i have no
idea what brocks up to...you should send me an email man...Colesons reading
books on how to ski...or is actually learning to ski...Williams voice can be
heard clear down to Argentina...and baby Jaden is a copo just like chance! haha
was i pretty close! I’d love to hear what your all up to!
As for me this week
flew by like crazy. I guess that’s what happens when you work like crazy.
Tuesday was a pretty
awesome day for me because i got to see once again how much god loves his
children. He sends his servants (the missionaries) for those that are seeking
truth and light in theor lives. On Tuesday night me and my comp set out to work
with one of our ward missionaries named Magali. (Someone that companions the
elders so they can teach with a member of the ward, and so the investigator
have a friend in the church) as we set off to work with Magali we didn’t have a
whole lot of success we went from door to door looking for people to
teach...but we didn’t have to look long until we found someone by the name of
Tanya...she was a friend of Mageli...is married and has one son and a devote
catholic. We began to share the first lesson with her, and explained very carefully
our message, when we began to explain joseph smith a small miracle
happened...she felt the spirit. She began to cry because it rang truth in her
soul, she told us that her whole life she had been looking searching and
praying for something like this, and that God had finally answered her prayer. After
we were walking away from the lesson i couldn’t help but smile and think about
how great it is to be a missionary. God answers prayers, and he sent us his servants
to share with Tanya the most important message in the world. There was such a
feeling of joy in my heart. haha as we were walking Magali back to her house we
saw two ladies moving a huge pile of bricks we stopped to ask if we could share
a message with them....as usual they said no, and after that me and my
companion rolled up our sleeves, without being asked, and helped them move
there huge pile of bricks one by one, as we were doing it they asked us who we
were, where we were from, why we were helping them, and they expressed there
gratitude to us the whole time we were helping. After we finished moving bricks
in our ties and all we asked if we could leave them a pamphlet about our
church. They smiled and said yes! The reason I’m telling you this is because as
i was walking away i felt so happy for some reason and i couldn’t explain it. All
i knew is i had helped certain people out in there day, weather it was sharing
the most important message in the world or moving a pile of bricks, i knew i
had helped people. As me and my comp walked back to our pench i felt such a
strong feeling that God was happy with me, that God was pleased with the work
that i was doing.
This past week we
also worked with an investigator named maxi! I’m pretty sure i told you all
about him, but he’s the guy that’s seen it all...he was in the argentine army,
lived a life full of drugs...and as he told us, he has a list of people, longer
then my arm, that want him dead. After accepting the missionaries in his house,
his life completely changed. He found God. He repented of sins, he began to
stop using illegal drugs and alcohol, he promised to keep the commandments of
God and change his life completely around. On Saturday he met with our mission
president to have a baptismal interview, and yesterday I had the incredible
experience to baptize him. As we walked out of the baptismal font i could feel
that same feeling i had felt last Tuesday, i felt true happiness. I felt that
God was happy with me, and i could feel the Holy Ghost so strongly. One of the
greatest joys in the mission is that you get to see peoples lives absolutely change,
because they except Christ in there life. Christ makes all the difference in
someone... If i had met this guy 10 years ago i would never of thought that i
would see him in white ready to be baptized, but one thing that i can truly
testify of is that Christ can and will change people. All they have to do is
except him, and follow his teachings and there lives will be changed forever.
Well that’s a little
bit of what I’ve been up to in the week. Its my goal to write in my journal
each day this week... cuz were working so hard that i cant even remember what i
did two days ago!! Maybe if i write a little more ill be able to tell you all
the cool things that happened during the week!
Well I gots to
run, but i want you all to know that i love you and that you’re in my prayers!
Thanks for sending me emails, they make p-day a lot more fun!! Remember
that Christ changes lives, its my prayer that we will always search for Christ
and follow his teachings, if we do this we will find the absolute most inner
peace and happiness that’s inexpressible! Love you guys!
Elder Holman
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