Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Homesickness, Freezing, Faith, & Such...

Hey Everybody!
This week has been great!  It started out a little rough and I got a little homesick but I am feeling great now and am loving the work!  It has been raining or cloudy pretty much every day I have been here.  Super cold too!!  Sometimes it gets painful when I'm on a bike haha,  Oh well!  All part of the experience right?
Our investigators are all super awesome!  We had a lesson with a couple this week(Brad & Liz) and invited them to be baptized.  She seemed like she wanted to and got a little excited about it so that was awesome!  He straight up told us "honestly no"  I appreciate his honesty haha. 
Another one of our investigators is named Tina.  Her husband is a member and that whole family is just awesome!  She believes in the church and has a strong testimony.  She has even done a ton of missionary work!  She pretty much got her son to be baptized even though she technically isn't a member yet haha She has been taught by missionaries a lot before but didn't feel like she was getting as much out of it as she wanted too.  She told us if she can understand things better she will get baptized.  I really hope we can teach her in a way that she can understand everything. 
I have really learned that if you put aside all of your feelings and just focus on the work and on other people you will find happiness in missionary work.  I am so thankful to be here in Alabama!
 
I hope you all have a great week and an awesome Christmas season!
Love, Elder Whetten

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