Hiya everybody!
Well, this past week was a good one,
but there wasn't exactly a ton of interesting things that happened so sorry if
this e-mail is slightly (if not extremely) boring. I guess I'll start with how
the work is going. Things seem to really be picking up with my new companion.
We've been finding new investigators and helping the ones we have to prepare
for baptism. It's been a lot of fun to meet even more new people, plus it
doesn't hurt when your companion is your friend. Elder Mendez and I have been
getting along great. :) He's a really relaxed, funny missionary and he's just
got a way with people. He's always super friendly and knows how to make the
members happy. He makes things a lot more fun because we can talk and joke
around during our down time. Basically, he helps relieve the stress of
missionary work. On top of that, we've got some really good investigators that
should be getting baptized soon if all goes well. Fingers crossed!
This week we had an assistant visit
us. The mission president is doing something new where there are now four
assistants instead of two. Two of them stay in the offices and do the normal
assistant stuff and the other two travel to different zones each week to go on
divisions with district leaders. We had an Elder Bauman with us for a day. He
helped us a lot by showing us new ways to ask for references and giving us tips
here and there. He was very chill about the whole thing and was cracking jokes
as we walked to appointments. Overall, it was a lot of fun. :)
In our district meeting this last
Tuesday the other elders from another area brought a little pin the tail on the
donkey game and... my package! I finally got it and I've been enjoying all the
treats. I like the little basketball hoop too. :) However, for future notice,
all the jolly ranchers got really gooey and sticky. It left nearly everything
covered in a bit of goop. It wasn't a big deal since everything had a cover or
wrapper, but I think it'd be best if we didn't send any more Jolly Ranchers.
Some of the chocolates were warm too, but it wasn't anything that an hour in
the fridge couldn't solve! :) Thanks a lot for everything that was in there. I
especially appreciated all the notes from everyone. :) I few sisters here found
out that it was my birthday and gave us cake. One ended up giving us half the
cake for my birthday gift. At her house they had me do a Mexican tradition
called the "mordido". It's when the birthday person has to take a
small bite directly from the cake with out hands or utensils. What I didn't
know is that while they're doing it someone comes up from behind and pushes
their face into the cake. Surprise! It was a lot of fun though and my companion
went easy on me (meaning he didn't shove my entire face into the cake). ;)
I'm glad to hear that everything is going well back home. I'm super jealous of Max and Kaz though. Max for getting
to go to Hawaii and chill with Mom and Kaz for getting to stay home and party
with Dad. Oh well, my time will come. ;) I loved the pictures of Dily and baby
Weston. Keep them coming. :) How's Dily been doing with a new baby around the
house huh? Bet that's interesting.
Only a month and a half left of
school huh? That's only one transfer here and boy does the time fly! Pretty
soon I'll be at the half way mark! Sounds like Max and Kaz are enjoying
themselves. I only hope that they're enjoying the weather now that it's been
warming up a bit back home. (Even though there's fresh snow apparently :P) Make
sure to take the time to enjoy God's creations. You won't regret it. :)
Well, Mother's Day is coming up in
May so we should probably start preparing now for our Skype session. If I'm
right, Mother's Day is on the 12th back home, but it's on the 10th here. Our
announcement's this week says that we'll be Skyping on the 10th, but we might
also be able to do so on the 12th. For now, we'll plan on the 10th to be sure.
I think that's a Friday. Let me know at what time you guys want to Skype and
we'll plan around it. I'm looking forward to seeing you all with baby Weston.
Maybe I'll hear Dily talk this time too! :D
I want to bear my testimony of the
truthfulness of this Gospel. I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints is the true Church of Christ restored to the earth. I know
that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I know that Jesus Christ redeemed
each and every one of us and allows us to return to the presence of our
Heavenly Father. The Atonement makes it possible that all of us may become
perfected through Christ. No matter what mistakes we've made we can always turn
to Him and be washed clean. Scripture reading, daily personal and family
prayer, and attending church are the basic things that will help us to build
our testimonies. If you ever have a doubt I know that you can do as Joseph
Smith did and ask of God. I promise that He will guide you and help you to
overcome your trials.
Keep God's commandments, love your
family and be happy. Come what may.
I love you all and love reading your
e-mails. Someone give Max a noogie and Kaz a wedgie from they're favorite
brother. ;) Enjoy life. :)
Love,
your son and brother,
Elder Sean Kyle Horrocks
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