It is hard to believe in some ways that 24 weeks have passed
and in other ways, we have felt every moment pass by. I think that our family misses him right now
too with Hunter getting married and knowing he won’t be there physically but he
will most definitely be there in spirit.
It’s a huge milestone for our family and his absence is missed more so
than I think in normal circumstances.
We
are especially relieved that he is safe especially all the news coverage of
Hurricane Matthew. I am grateful for his
leaders that follow the promptings of the spirit to make sure that the Elders
and Sisters in the mission are watched over and protected. Love and miss this Elder so much but oh, so
proud of him! Enjoy!
(the pictures with Hunter are a life size cardboard cut-out
of Elder Hayden for the upcoming wedding festivities…see below)
1) "You two are great missionaries."
We had a great week here in Hudson and we had a lot of fun
while doing so! We actually had two exchanges take place here this past week
but all of us were here. A zone leader came to our area for the day to talk
with us about the recent decision for a new stake to be built and then Elder
Brau took Elder Sites to my area and I went with Elder Reese to his. Really we
just went to one another's investigators for the day. It was really fun though!
Elder Reese has absolutely no fear. We also had interviews on Wednesday so that
is why we are all gussied up in that picture. 
We were able to do a lot of amazing things this week and
meet some really cool people! Some of the advice that President Cooper gave to
Elder Sites and I is not letting someone know who is the senior companion and
so I have been having some fun with that. I told one lady that Elder Sites is
training me on how to be a missionary and she completely believed me. Also
another really cool miracle. Last week all us missionaries went to church in gray
suits. But there was a problem, I don't have one. But then we got home and I
found a suit in the closet I am using and it is gray, from men's warehouse and
it fits pretty alright. So miracles are happening in this mission.
Nick- Nick is sooooo cool. We met him at a parking lot when
we only had 15 minutes before we had to be home. We talked to him and said a
prayer, taught about the gospel, he invited us to his house, and we set his
baptismal date. He wasn't able to make it to conference this past week but he
did come to a really powerful church tour Saturday and church yesterday. He had to go to work at 12:30 but he made it
to sacrament meeting and really enjoyed it as well! He is excited!
Agnes- Agnes I talked about a couple weeks ago. She was a
tracting miracle. Anyway, we haven't met with her since that day so we sent a
text to let her know that if she was interested to call us. She then, almost
immediately, responded and said "Sorry I have been sick. When is church? I
will try to make it." So if we see her there we will start teaching her!
On a final note I want to mention a baptism we had here at
the church. It wasn't a convert one but it is the inspiration for the verse for
this week. A family in the ward just had their daughter baptized and it was
really cool. The mother was walking quickly everywhere before church to get it
all set up. She asked us how we make the programs for our baptisms so she can
do it. Instead, we just told her we would do it. We finished doing so right
when the program started and we were able to help with the font and the father
asked us to join in the confirmation circle. After the event we went and
thanked them for letting us be a part of the circle. The mom thanked us for all
that we did and was on the verge of tears as any mother would be on such an
awesome day and she told us that we were both great missionaries. That is a
wonderful thing to hear when we hear rejection all day.
I just want to let each of you know that I love you. Thanks
for all that you do. You all excel at every task you do even if you don't
recognize it right now. I love you, so do countless others and especially our
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
Love you all, Elder
May
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