Dear Dad, Mom, Chad, Bethany, Carson, and Aubrey!
It's so nice to be able to hear from you guys! Thank you so
much for all of the emails, I love being able to read them. I'm sorry if I
forget to reply to something, or don't give enough detail. Also taking pictures isn't
something that I do very often, so be patient with that!
Dad, those pictures of the flood are CRAZY. HOLY. That's got
to be the most insane thing I've ever seen. Especially the Saddledome, its just
surreal to see something like that that I never would have expected. You are
all being great disciples of Christ by giving service to your fellow men. What's
going to happen with work now? Do you still have to make it up there somehow?
It sounds like you guys had some fun in Magrath/Raymond too
hey? I'm jealous, but not really. I hope it was an awesome time! I actually have
an Elder Cook here from Magrath, he knows grandma and grandpa! Also Elder Gibb
from Lethbridge is my zone leader, cool hey?
Okay so biiiggg update for you all. Lets see. Ready for a
funny story? It will make you "poop your pants".
So. One day we went to a Bolivian family's house for dinner.
Lo and behold, we ate llama. With weird giant corn things. It was kinda gross,
but I enjoyed it and ate it all. I thought I was fine, but I always had the
lingering thought of Elder Grigor's Bolivian bowel problems. Anyways, two days
later, I woke up. At three in the morning. And oh boy, did I ever have to go!
long story short...I spent lots of time making a new friend with the toilet. It
wasn't pretty. I could barely walk without being scared of pooping myself. Even
to this day, still having problems. That was five days ago! So that's one
update. I've been getting made fun of quite a lot actually because of it, but
its pretty scary. I lost five pounds in two days. Its not healthy. So if it
doesn't fix itself soon...I might go see someone...hahahaha That's my story for
the week.
Alright, update time. So transfers came, and guess what? I
had to stay at Elder Campbell's apartment with my companions for a night! So
that was pretty cool. He should be home now, there to talk about my llama
problems. So I was supposed to stay in Blackcreek area, and I got a new
companion. But that night, I got a call! It was the Assistant to the President
who said I was needed here in Cambridge, which is an English speaking mission!
So now I'm here for two weeks, doing English with Elder Wright. Pretty crazy turn
of events. But fun! So I'm doing pretty good, having fun serving people and
getting to know people.
We had an exciting experience back in my last area
(Blackcreek) right before I left! The sisters had a 9 year old girl, Laura, to
be baptized! Her mom is inactive. So pretty
hard situation. But she got baptized, and her mom just felt the spirit so
strong. It was amazing. Beforehand she was quite against the baptism from
happening, but after her whole countenance just changed. It was incredible! So
many cool stories.
Spanish is coming along, but it's hard. People talk so fast,
so its hard for me to understand and participate in a real conversation. That
has been a bit of a struggle for me here, but its okay, it happens with
everyone. Now that I'm in English, it's going to be even harder though. But great
opportunity for teaching that I fully understand!
I love you all so much. Thank you for all that you do.
You're amazing. Never forget that you are all children of Heavenly Father, and
he loves you. He knows you. He knows your struggles. He knows your weaknesses.
Become humble, and he will make weaknesses become strong unto you. This is a
promise. I'm learning these things slowly here, and I'm going to test them out. I
want you all to do the same. Pick something you struggle with, and work on it
this week! We'll do it together. I love you all, stay amazing.
Love, Elder Hardy
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