Monday June 27, 2011

So go on an awesome vacation with out me. I see how it is. Haha. Actually I am glad to hear that you are all going out and having fun, I wouldn't want it any other way. That sounds like it will be fun (or was fun by the time you read this) I don't think I know where Duck Creek is. How did you get a cabin? Just remember where it is so when I get back we can go too.

This week went pretty good. The weather is hot but the ac is cool so all is good. We had a couple of really cool lessons. One was with Liz, a YSA girl that has been taught by the missionaries for like 1 and 1/2 years. She wants to have the Holy Ghost in her life because she could see that all the Mormons she knows have this confidence and glow about them. She wants to have it but she doesn't think she can live the lifestyle it takes. This last lesson felt different. She actually sounded like she was going to try and apply it so she could feel it. We will see if we can get her to start living it.

We also had a lesson with a girl from the family ward that has less active parents. The dad is starting to come back but the mom is having a hard time. Madison is the girls name. She is 14 and wants to be a part of the church and has a few really good friends in it. We are just trying to get the parents more involved in church so she can stay active. Madison's mom has some hard habits to over come and has kind of taught her kids that if they are going to drink and do drugs that they should just stay out of trouble. All of her older siblings are in bad places now so our hope is to break the chain and help her so she can have a chance in life. The Gospel has so much freeing power. It can heal and free anyone from anything as long as they will let it. Jesus Christ loves us so much. I hope the trip was a blast.

Love ya.

Love,

Elder Hurst