Blast From the Past

My kid load has doubled so my blog posting time has been cut by 75% :) so here's a quoted email! It was pretty good so I figured I'd pass it on!

 

Hallå Hallå,

This week's quote comes from Elder Bailey, I was over in Västerås, doing some training over there and this is just one of the many gems that he said, “All I know is I hate hair, I think I am going to get lasik all over entire my body.”

Eh, I'll just let him figure that one out.

 

But this week was actually super good, and not all that much to say. We had the assistance to the President here on Wednesday, where I was able to go with my old companion Elder "Elder". Honestly I had a rough time with him back in Kungsbacka. He was having a hard time in his mission, was super tired. I was just a gun-hoe greenie who just wanted to go baptize the nation. So we smacked heads a little bit.

 

But it was really amazing to see the change in him now. All he wanted to do was get out and work, which I was a huge change from before. He had grown so much from when I was with him. It was just extremely cool to see him make a complete turn around, and so see the missionary, and man he has become.

 

Before he left he told me, “Haddon you kicked my butt into shape, you were an excellent missionary that got me back on my feet and ready to end my mission strong. The missionary you were then, is not even a comparison to the missionary you are now. Thank you for serving.”

 

All the hard times and struggles I had with him, were just then worth it. One thing that I have learned is that God gives us everything in our lives for our experience. To strengthen us and to be the men and women that he NEEDS us to be. So when the hard times come, and they will, just remember what the Lord has said, “Thine Adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment. And if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high, and you shall triumph over all of thy foes.”

Keep on, keepin on folks ;)

Love you all, (Sorry it's short)

Äldste Haddon

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