Friday, June 21, 2013

June 3, 2013

Hello everyone!!

Glad to hear from you!! I trust that all is well up in the wild west. It was good to know that the funeral for Aunt DaVeeda went well, whenever I think of someone passing on I'm reminded of what Grandpa Gedlaman told me about when an old friend came to see Grandma Ged's dying mother, and he was upfront and pleasant and very nonchalant about the whole thing. I think we need to see death for what it really is: a transition and a reality. Actually, weird moment, the relief society president of our ward, Sister Kathy Samhuri, is related to us. Her great-aunt was Lucy Gedlaman. So that makes her Grandpa's cousin once-removed or something. Haha, EVERYONE knows people in Calgary here, it's really strange. I've also asked the sister who knew dad on her mission to get me some stories... so be careful dad, I'm going to have some ammunition!

Good luck with graduation Paige, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIA!!!! I know its 3 days early, but bear with me. Love you both tons, super proud of you and hope that this week is awesome!

Life in London goes along swimmingly. Elder J is a great guy; no-nonsense, hard-working, service-minded, humble, smart and has a good sense of humor. There have been a lot of amazing things happening in our area. We met Tabitha's mom, and now we are going to start teaching both of them and also her brother! Amazing what the Lord can do to soften people's hearts. As a mission we have a goal to baptize 60 people in June so we are hitting it full force in our zone trying to find, teach and baptize. We are praying hard for the mission and the zone and Elder J and I want really badly to be a part of the goal, so we are praying like crazy to have a baptism here too. Your prayers would be more than welcome as well:)

We had mission leadership council this week, what an amazing experience every time. The Spirit in those meetings is one of the highlights of the month, no doubt. We always learn a ton from President Scott and this month was no exception. We had a great discussion on the work of salvation in the church, and how we can move the Lord's work on as missionaries and members. I hope that as a bishopric you read the handbook, that thing is loaded with good stuff!

I am continually reminded of the importance of keeping our minds focused on the Lord's work. It is not enough to simply not be focused on the bad things we need to stop doing (although that's a good start), we need to make consistent effort to think on the things the Lord would have us do, like serve others. THAT's when we can receive inspiration and revelation to help them, touch lives and change hearts. Hope you all see wonderful things this week as you strive to do your best!

Love you all, hope you know how much I mean that! Look forward to hearing from you next week!!


Elder Gedlaman

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