February 15, 2016

Hey everyone,

  So this week is transfer week. We just got the email saying if we are staying or leaving, me and my companion are staying. I was kind of hoping to be transferred or to be training. So me and my companion have 6 more weeks together. I guess we have some more work to do here.  

       We have had a pretty average week this week. Not a whole lot has happened. We did have 5 investigators at church this Sunday though which was really good. We had a valentine's dance on Friday night for all the adults and we were the photographers haha. It was pretty fun. We had a DJ come and everything. I got to listen to music other than the Mormon tabernacle choir for three hours, that was probably the best part of it. Some of the people there should not have been dancing though, it was pretty bad. Watching middle and old aged people doing the whip and nae nae was not a pretty sight. I will never volunteer to be a photographer again haha.

       There are so many old people here. I swear the average age here in our area is 95. With age comes wisdom right? No not really, at least not here, people are so stubborn and think they are "set." My favorite thing to do when we tract and someone answers the door and then immediately says "I'm not interested" is to say, "Not interested in what??" Most of the time they don't know what they are not interested in haha. It is pretty funny.

       My favorite scripture this week is in Matthew 10. The whole chapter is great but the part that hit me was when Christ said, "freely have ye received, freely give." I don't remember what verse that is in but I remember that phrase. This gospel doesn't cost a dime to receive. It may cost you 2 minutes to talk to someone about the church and it could change their life forever. We should all remember that we have something that everybody needs to hear about. Part of enduring to the end is sharing that message which you have freely received. You never know what kind of an impact it can have on somebody if you just told somebody that they are loved by God. I've seen it happen, I've seen miracles happen on my mission. I feel the most joy when I help somebody else realize that there is so much more to this life and that they are able to have a new beginning through Christ. It is amazing, it really is.

       I hope that you all had a good valentine's day and that you all have a great rest of your week. I love you all so much!

Love Elder Hudson