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As I wrote my email
to Hayden for the 100th week in a row, I couldn’t help but think
about when we sent him his 100-day package.
He had been in the mission field for 100 days so we sent him things that
were 100 such as 100 stamps, 100 $1.00 bills, 100 skittles, 100 kit-kats and
100 M&Ms. His 100-day mark was in
July and by the time that candy got to him in Tampa – well, it was completely
melted. That all seems so long ago to me
– so much has happened since that day… some good and some not so good. Through it all, we knew that the Lord was
blessing us for the dedication and sacrifice of our Elders. As much as I don’t like it (at all), I do
have a testimony of the missionary program and what it brings to those that
find them as well as to the young man who comes home a man. We love him, we miss him, we can’t wait to
see him and we are oh, so proud of him!
Enjoy!!
Chapter 100:
1) Oh, no big deal!
2) Y’all can come visit me in the hospital!
3) Your friends are here!
Hi everybody! Sorry for forgetting my weekly email last
week. In the words of my first companion, “I don’t have Alzheimer’s, I have Sometime-ers.
I only forget things sometimes.” We had a really fun week this week here in
Providence. I am here for the next and final 6 weeks of my mission and that is
really exciting! I love this ward and many of the ward members were praying
that I could end my mission here and they could send me home!
Our first quote is from an investigator we are teaching who
is AWESOME! We gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon last week and randomly
went by last Monday to see if he was able to read what we gave him. When we
asked about his reading he said, “I ignored where you told me to read, started
at the beginning and I’m halfway through it now. I was interested so I kept
reading! I’ll be done with it by next week and you can come by then and we can
talk about it!” So we will be seeing him this week! Pretty cool stuff!
Second, a man we are teaching recently had a baby. That baby
wasn’t eating very well so he asked us to come pray for her. We went to the hospital
and I think there should be a written rule that missionaries with less than 6
weeks left should not be allowed in the NICU because that could seriously wreck
some of these baby hungry missionaries that are out here. Luckily I am battle
hardened so it didn’t faze me! (Psych, it did. I realized that I am NOT
anywhere near ready to have a baby!) It’s stressful stuff! Good luck Hunter and
Lexi! You’re in my prayers! Anyway, we prayed for his little baby girl with him
and his wife and this baby was all smiles and giggles and it was pretty cute!
Then we stopped by the house of that family which brings us
to our third quote. When we went by, his wife answered and yelled up stairs, “Honey!
Your friends are here!” And then we hear an excited, “THE MORMONS!!!” As he
hurries downstairs like a young child on Christmas morning because he was so
excited to talk to us. We talked for a while and he told us he wants his whole
family to be involved, which includes like 5 teenage kids and his wife so that
will be awesome!
I am really excited for this upcoming weekend to publicly
sustain our new President of the Church, President Russell M. Nelson and to
hear who the new apostles will be. Everyone in the mission has their guesses.
Most of think that either Craig C. Christensen or Whitney L. Clayton are going
into the 12 but we aren’t sure. It will be fun to watch. Please watch and
please seek inspiration for improvements you can make in life to help you
follow Christ more. I promise and know anything you desire to learn or understand
will be answered as you listen with an open heart.
Love you all and I will see
you all very soon!
Love, Elder May!
