BIG NEWS...

Elder Redfern has had quite a week! He is in a brand new mission. He is now The AP in the VERA CRUZ MEXICO MISSION. His new Address is:

Mision Mexico Veracruz

Altamirano 27 entre 1 de Mayo y Carranza

Postal Apartado 103

Colonia Flores Magon

91700 Veracruz, Veracruz

Mexico

Hey all!! well lots of very inters ting things going on with the change of mission. Lets start with the least interesting.. i got stomach sick all week and lost ten pounds and still haven't eaten well. and on Saturday i had the BEST day of my mission arguably. Well earlier this week i got a call from an elder who gave me some grand news of a convert and his family from last year in Altamira. So we got on a bus and at 11 am on Saturday morning Jorge Mercado Paz was sealed to his wife and three daughters as a family eternal!!! IT WAS SWEET!! oh i cannot explain the joy. it was full. It was such a great experience. And it just so happened to be my last day in the mission here. I'm currently in veracruz. I got home from tampico to poza rica at like 10 at night, and then at 11 on sunday morning we left to veracruz me and my comp and here we are. The mission isnt new. we just got added onto it, actually it is very, very organized and Pres Hansen is already going on his last year. This will truly be a great and wonderful experience, and I'm truly grateful to be able to be part of this change. I love and treasure President Call and sis Call so much, they are wonderful wonderful people. i will miss them. But it is exciting to get to know a new mission. I feel kind of weird, almost as if i was new. Its cool though. i love the mission just like always. Oh man.. so much joy, watching a family get sealed.. I love this work!!! i love you all!!! have a great week.
Elder Redfern

THEY HAVE WALMARTS IN ARGENTINA!

Hola a TODOS,
So here I am in my new area, Venado Tuerto, the best comparison I can think of is Sacramento, CA. It is large but not like San Fran or New York. I about died the first night we were here, I felt like I was home walking the streets of a city. There are lights everywhere, big buildings, bars open all day and stores with large windows and nice clothes, things I have not seen much of the past 8 months of my mission.
My comp is a gem. She is so loving and so excited to work, she asks a ton of questions and things are so different for her which is weird for me because everything to me seems pretty normal, like showering from a bucket, oh how excited I am to have a real shower! Yesterday at church she said “where are all the people?” I said “welcome to the mission” It is normal to have 300 members and only 50 that go. I hope that is not the same odds in the states. Something the church and the missions down here are really striving to do is retain and help those to come back, it is just hard for us to understand at times because we have parents who made us wake up and made us go to mutual, something these people don’t have.
This area is wonderful; the members have been through a lot. They lost 3 active priesthood holders in 3 months due to health problems and haven´t been able to recuperate. Of the 50 people at church 5 were priesthood holders. How lucky we are to have a variety of priest holders to choose from!
I am feeling very anxious and stressed as I am nearing the end, SO MUCH TO DO. I read about the life of Christ in his last week before he died. He worked so many miracles and He really worked hard trying to bring more people unto Him. I hope that as I near the end I am able to forget myself and give it all that I have, with the knowledge that I am going to DIE!
I love you all! KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!
Hna Redfern