THIS WEEKS EMAILS

Que tal! Greetings from the south! Its finally starting to warm up a bit more down here but I havent made up my mind what season it is, one day it is hot hot hot, the next we is cold cold cold and then the next its raining, I guess that would mean it is spring.Things are going GREAT. I started my English fast last Thursday. The rule is I have to always speak in Spanish except when I am helping my companion learn English. A few English words slip out here and there completely on accident but I quickly repent. It is good for me, good control practice. My comp is a gem. Really, she is the sweetest, funnest, cutest, littlest thing in the world. We have a blast and work hard. It is kind of nice to have a language barrier because it helps us to only talk abut things that are important, things about the mission. We have seen so much success in our first week together and I am stoked to see how things go. I know we are going to see miracles.I have had to learn to lean more on the Lord this week. I felt a lot of pressure, getting a companion who is almost brand new, and then the President asked me to work with the other companionship, do divisions and help them to find more success. I felt completely unprepared and so totally not ready. It is interesting how the Lord prepares us. The day before transfers I was reading a talk from President Monson and found this quote that I put on the back of my planer, “Do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks.” I know that I was not asked to do this because I am better than any other missionary or because I have the ability to do so, I was asked to do this so that I can progress, so that I can learn and grow. And now I have to lean on the Lord so that he can give me the ability to do what I am asked. I don't think that words can describe how I feel right now, I have never felt so happy and so ready to do anything. I know that ANYTHING is possible when we put our faith in our Heavenly Father.I know that right now I am in the work of the Lord. I know that the only way that we can bee happy is if we follow the commandants of God and if we share our wonderful message with others. Keep the faith, always remember who you and and who you can become! I love you all. Write. ;)

Hna Redfern

Hey! Well this week was a great week now wasn't it? I got a phone call from the presidents wife during a lesson on Wednesday and i told her i would call her back when we were down. She told me she had some great news for me, and even without her telling me i knew what she was going to say! WE WON! Oh man there is nothing more promising and joy filling than the prospect of going to the Lords house and sealing your family together for the eternities, oh man, just soooooo amazing. My heart was overwhelmed with love for my Heavenly Father and my little chubby nephew who will soon be sealed to our eternal family. This is just so chido, padre, suave or however you wanna say it. This is also the best part of being a missionary. We are still teaching Jorge and Saras family, they are just sooo awesome. On Tuesday we went there and they busted out a keyboard for my comp to play, and we listened to him play and than Jorge goes, lets start with a hymn! ANd all the kids were like dad will you buy us himnarios? and he is like of course i will.Its just sooo awesome marellous amazing to watch people progress in their own desires to do what God wants them to. sara is the one who is a little more skeptical, but she is coming along, we keep on challenging her to just pray and ask God, but Satan is all in that trying to stop as many people as he can from praying, just like it says in the book of Mormon. But its so easy to know the truth, all you gotta do is ask. How simple is that? But why wont more people do it? The promise is for everyone. But we also have to look for the answer, we cant just pick up the phone ask God a bunch of questions than hang up without receiving the answer. WE have to meditate it, study it out in our minds, and search diligently for Gods answer, and in his hour it will be there without a single doubt. We had a ward Family home evening and we watched the Joseph Smith movie, a lot of tears were shed and we bore our testimonies at the end. It was such a great experience. Does a mission really have to end? I love you all and hope you have a great week, with your normal life, a mission is just so much cooler. Haha. i love you all

Elder Redfern