So first of all I am sorry if any of you went through withdrawls because I didn't write a letter last week. The Library was closed and that is the only place in our area we can email, we also did not have time during the week because we have just been so busy. I don't know how well I can remember two weeks ago but I will try. We have been having a lot of success in the area as of lately. Ever since the ward split and we started finding down south it has been exploding! We have met a lot of really cool people and a lot of not so cool people haha. That is just how it goes though. We met a guy that has been looking for his parents for like 10 years. He is adopted and has just never known. He said he thinks his mom is the lady that lives on the end of his street..kind of crazy but hey you never know. We also met a couple that had been excommunicated because they were practicing polygamy in the 70's. We had an interesting conversation. We have found some solid people though.
We met this family yesterday that was super prepared. We knocked on their door and they invited us right in. Their niece lives with them and is a bit of a troubled kid. We talked with all of them and shared the restoration and they loved it. We really hit it off with them. We are going by on Wednesday to teach them so I will let you all know how it goes. We have set baptism dates with 5 people, it has been great! The Lord is preparing people right now to receive the gospel and he leads us to them. It is so cool to find those people, you can definitely tell when someone has been prepared.
We didn't do much on the 4th. We had a ward breakfast that we helped with which went really good, we had about 100 people show up. That is more than we have every Sunday at sacrament meeting haha! People will always come if there is food involved. My companion and I went to Hardee's to get the all american burger but they apparently don't have it anymore. We were pretty bummed. When we went out that night we didn't have any lessons planned so we went and visited some less active members and did some tracting around them. It wasn't anything special. I'm sure you all had a much more fun 4th than I did haha.
So we got to meet the new mission President this week! He is a really nice guy, seems to be a bit more laid back than President Cusick so we will have to see what happens with the rules if they change at all. Him and his wife are both really good people though. I am excited to see what he brings to the mission. As of right now nothing has changed. It will be a while if anything changes.
One of our investigators that I worked with that we had to pass of to the Riverview area is getting baptized on Sunday! It was supposed to be today but it changed for some reason. I will be giving a talk there and I prepared it all today in a rush just to find out that it has been moved haha. Oh well, at least I don't have to stress about it now.
All in all I have been doing really great. Today marks my 8 month mark, that is 1/3 of my mission already done. It is so crazy to look back and see how fast the time has gone. I wont say I have loved every minute of it, but it has all been worth it. My testimony has been strengthened so much, I love serving. I hope that you all will be able to feel that joy that comes from missionary work. It is something you can't get anywhere else. I love you all so much and thank you for the emails and support you give me. I am truly blessed. Have a great week!!!
Love Elder Hudson
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| New mission president, President Cooper and his wife |
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| Ward 4th of July breakfast |
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| Self explanatory |
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