He made it! We got our first letter/email from Elder Haddon since arriving in Sweden! (He had to hand write the letter and then they scanned and emailed it for him so it was very hard to read, but great to hear from him!)
Here are the main points of the letter:
1. He hadn't slept in 28 hours at the time he wrote home and was EXHAUSTED! He was hoping he could just hit the pillow and catch up big time. He kept falling asleep through all of the orientation.
2. He LOVES his mission president and his wife, and can tell they genuinely care about and love him and all of the other missionaries serving there.
3. It was beyond COLD! It was 7*F and 100% humidity when he was tracting on the first day. He said that his suit was frozen stiff as a board by the time they were done.
4. The first family he met out tracting was very short and basically slammed the door in his face, but the second family said they were looking for the light of Christ and were very receptive. They committed to going to church this Sunday and have set up lessons already, he said that he is batting a 200 right now so there's room for improvement...I guess the mission is going to be measured in sports stats!
5. Information about what city he'll be in, and his companion will be sent to his Mom by the mission mom (mission president's wife) so it's on it's way.
Overall, Ty said he's excited to be there and he knows he's doing what Heavenly Father wants him to be doing at this time in his life. He feels blessed to be able to serve a mission and like always is so grateful to have so much love being sent his way from everyone here at home!
Thank you so much for sharing the adventures of Aldste Haddon! It's great to be able to feel his faith and testimony through your efforts. You're an awesome sister! Steve G
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