Well this was another great week! Cant believe we are already in 2010! That is just amazingly crazy. The ridiculously loud fireworks woke us up at 12. Here in Veracruz, they burn the Viejito, or the old man. The make a scarecrow type old man out of old clothes and news paper. Than they put fireworks inside of him, than, yea you guessed it. They burn it. And it is super loud. The do it as a symbol that the old year is out and let the new one in. WE helped make one but obviously we didnt get to get it see burnt. We are teaching a man from venezuela that knows english but he speaks like a redneck and he says so himself its really funny to here. We have some other people that are starting to look that they could progress well, but we are still laking investigators as it usually is here with a change of area. I'm just so happy though that my little nephew has been sealed to the eternal family! even though no one sent me pics that i asked for:) I'm sure there will be some. Man what a true and amazing blessing. I just love being a member of Gods gospel, the one endowed with the power and authority to seal things on the earth and in the heavens. Its amazing beautiful and sometimes just unbelievable the love God has for his children. We can all know him personally. We can all come out on top of a horrible situation, one you think that no one could survive, that seems to be drowning you. But we are all children of God, and we all have the right to call upon Him in the name of his first born Son. I love it. I love you all. Today we went to Tajin, ruins thousands of years old, i love to see the Book of Mormon up close. Have a great week!
I love you all
Elder Redfern
Hola todos!Right now I am sitting in a Cyber like I do every p-day to write you a nice letter, but this pday is a little bit different because I am sweat from every single pore of my body. I feel like I am doing one of those classes of yoga that have in 90 degrees. It is incredible the humidity that exist here and the heat is…absolutely wonderful, at least ill be loosing a few pounds .We had the most successful week of my mission and everything was wonderful. Omar, Victor and Gabby all got baptized. It was a little crazy the day of. The baptism was suppose to start at 7 and 5 min till Omar still hadn’t showed up, he had a stroke and struggles walking so we just figured he was in camino but when we looked and didn’t see him anywhere we freaked and I just booked it. My companion was a good 10 strides behind and I am pretty sure all the people outside thought we were crazy, but I was not about to let Omar miss his baptism. When we got to his house he told us a button had broke on his shirt so he had to change, and you can imagine how long it takes for him to change with only one arm that moves. It was a really special moment for me to help him put on his tie and help him roll up his sleeves so that he could look nice at his baptism. He is wonderful. Oh and Victor for the first time yesterday (at our follow up chat after baptism and confirmation) prayed a loud with us. He had never done it before, was always so scared. I seriously don’t know if I have ever been happier. The whole time he prayed I had the biggest smile on my face, my checks started to hurt. Then he told us that he wants to start preparing for a mission. And today I got news that someone I had been teaching in my old area finally got baptized. Fa, the little things in life are just the best!Transfers were this week and I am staying with my comp which I am super excited about. We are going to start another English fast which should be interesting (two Americans who enjoy chatting in English cutting it all out, should be fun) but I need to enjoy this moment I have to be swimming in the Spanish language. I can’t begin to even express the joy that I continue to feel everyday in my mission. I am also learning that it is a joy that I could have everyday of my life even after the mission if I want it. I just need to always remember what is important. In church this Sunday in Relief Society the women were talking about how they need to start thinking about themselves more, one in particular said she has just done too much for the church and needs to focus on herself. I couldn’t help but feel like these women had it wrong. And of course my bold self I raised my hand and shared Matt 10:39 basically it says the man who tires to find his life will lose it, while the man who looses his life for Christ shall find his. This is not an easy thing to do. But we all wonder why it is that missionaries are so happy, and it is because they are trying to forget themselves( I def still not perfect at this). It is what we should be trying to do all our lives. Forget ourselves and go to work. I hope one day I will be able to give ALL of myself. I love you all. I love this gospel and I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!!!
Keep in touch. KEEP THE FAITH!!!
Con mucho amor
Hna Redfern
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