Tuesday morning I said one of the hardest goodbyes to a guy who will be one of my best friends for the rest of life...Robert Epperson. I love that man so much. He made the last 6 weeks not only the best 6 weeks of my mission, but the best 6 weeks of my life. The Maidstone district this last transfer will forever be a top 5 moment in my life. Love all of those missionaries. With that being said after that goodbye it was off to Cambridge. Traveling is the worst. Carrying 3 bags on trains and all over sucks let me tell ya! But I eventually made it to Cambridge where my boy Elder Welch and the senior couple picked me up!
Elder Welch is from Palo Alto, California and went to Utah State for a year before coming out. He's only been out for 6 weeks. Fun fact about him... He hit on Kourtni while at Utah State lol...small world.
Wednesdsy we were stuck around our flat because neither of us were allowed to drive yet so we went tracting around our flat and met a lot of great people. It was an exhausting day to say the least though.
Thursday was where the fun began. We went driving for 6 hours with a senior missionary to get us church certified to drive. So since then we've been driving all over and it's a party! Man it's so nice having a car. It makes life so much easier! But our area is huge! We've already driven 500 miles in less than a week!
Friday we had district meeting in Bury St. Edmunds! My new district consists of me, elder Welch, elder Allen(Oregon...been out a year), elder Poulsen(Utah...brand new), Sister Mendenhall(originally Virginia but left from Israel...been out 41/2 months), and sister Kallenborn(Germany...been out 14 months)! Pretty young district but we're already killing it as a whole. Big things happening this transfer with this group that's for sure. Friday night we had sports night where we played chair soccer with some less actives and non members. It was a party!
Saturday we drove for a total of 5 hours! We headed to a service project in the morning which was so far away, but it was a lot of fun. We did a lot of clean up at a park, but I got to be around a lot of Americans and military people so it was great. Felt like I was back home. There are a lot of great members here! After the service we headed back, changed, ate, and headed to do a baptismal interview for the Bury Elders investigator. She passed!! Then the fun began. We headed to my favorite people ever... the Geddes!!!! Man it was so great seeing a familiar face. I don't care but I broke the rule and hugged the crap out of all them. It was like hugging my mom so you can bet I enjoyed it. Being around them and getting to catch up made me so happy. I still can't believe I'm serving in the same district that they are in. Miracles haven't ceased!!!! It was easily one of the best days on my mission.
Sunday felt like a Sunday back home. A big ward and lots of Americans. It's so different than Hastings! We have sisters and a senior couple in the ward which is wild. It makes life so much easier. Loved It!
In terms of work we're basically starting from scratch because not much work got done at all here the last couple months which is tough, but that just means it's all up from here. So we have a lot of work ahead of us, but we got this. It's going to be a tough transfer but hard is good right dad?
Wild week, but glad it's over. It's been long and excited for another one to be here already. I love you all so much and thanks for all you do!
Also my new address is
Flat number 4
220 Cambridge road
great Shelford
Cambridge
CB22 5LB
With love,
Elder Hruby
Belief is the reason we go on a mission. It is the motive for preaching about Christ and sharing/Proclaiming his love. Faith is understanding we are children of God and our Heavenly Father. May this definition of faith bless you in your life. Faith is defined again and because faith has an inherent joy it gives us a solid foundation that we finally have the peace we have been searching for.
ReplyDelete"Many believer's feed themselves on what God hasn't done. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I create the atmosphere for the spirit of offense to arise and to thrive. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I legitimize unbelief. I live with a sense of justification, for not believing God.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance. even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance
Heaven is a place where everyone is celebrated, some are more honored but everyone is celebrated. All men and all women shall be judged on the light which they have received. Heaven is a permissible culture. God's nature is eternally permissible. These statements protect us from credit.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance, even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done. Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance. Faith doesn't deny a problems existence, it denies it's influence. He or she was someone whom aridity and desolation never disturbed for he or she had a deeply rooted, and a vigorous faith.
Now we can act as we have always dreamed. Now we can act as we have always been. Now we can step into the light and gather the sunlight instead of blocking out our possibilities. Instead of blocking out our joy. Variety will bloom in/under the sun. We can show off our best, we can enjoy other people's gifts. We can blossom where we stand upon the joy that faith provides us. Upon the joy that faith inherently has, which blossoms the entire field of flowers"
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYaxabUfkA - The Definition of Faith