May 6, 2013

Hi Everybody! 

Glad to hear that you are all doing well! Almost done school for Paige and Julia, hang in there! 

We are doing well, being in a trio is interesting. We saw some disappointment this week, Jordan disappeared again, after looking really solid to be baptized on Sunday. It was pretty sad but of course people have their agency. "True disciples of Christ maintain their vision of who they are and what they do and continue diligently moving forward" PMG

Working in a family ward again (we cover both areas) is also good. We have a lot of investigators including a family of 7 people from Burma. The kids have good English but the parents struggle a bit. The children translate for them so teaching takes a while but its worth it. We gave them each a book of Mormon, and they all agreed to read and pray, the father shared an experience he had when he was 14. He didn't believe in God, but was reading the Bible and felt the Spirit very strongly, and from that day he has been totally dedicated to Jesus Christ. That was amazing because we were able to testify to him that that same Spirit will be there as he reads, ponders and prays about the Book of Mormon. It is so great to see an entire family making the first step towards being an eternal family!

The week as a whole was completely nuts. On Monday (as you already know) we went to Burlington (2 hours away) for zone conference. Tuesday was preparation day and that night we drove to Kitchener. Early the next morning we went to the very first mission leadership council( replacing zone leader council because of the new sister training leader position), which was amazing. Elder Johnson was there again and he trained us, then we had a question and answer period with him. Did you know that every month the Apostles and Seventies have a gigantic testimony meeting in the Salt Lake Temple?! I thought that was crazy! Friday we gave a zone training and that night we went to Windsor on exchanges, getting back Saturday night. Then on Sunday we had 2 meetings with our stake president. Phew, I haven't been that exhausted since the very start of my mission, we were dead! But it always feels good to be giving 100% effort in God's work.

Well, love you all, look forward to hearing from you soon! On Sunday you can call around 5 o'clock my time, if that time doesn't work we can talk briefly on Saturday night to arrange something. Till then HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to Mom, Grandmas Fisher and Gedlaman and everyone else who is or will be a mom! Have an amazing week!

Elder Gedlaman