Indianapolis~
Momma,
First, yes, i will be emailing next Tuesday because of the holidays. as far as i know we dont get to participate in activities. but i dont think mexicans really celebrate the 4th of July seeing that it is an American independence day, but we will see. this week i ate my first habanero, it about burnt my face off but it was good. and i also ate my first lengua. it was pretty good. they made tacos out of it and the meat was really good and tender but i couldnt get over the fact that it was lengua. haha i dont know how Jeremy ate the things he did. the weeks are just flying by. we had our first transfer calls this morning and I'm staying in this area with my trainer and I'm happy about that because we have a few people that are progressing well. Arturo was babtized on Saturday. super spiritual and he is so happy.
I wanted to share a couple experiences that i had while studying. First, i was reading in the scriptures and i read a verse. i forgot where it was but i wrote this thought that i had down. " I have not chosen for myself to serve this mission, nor has anyone chosen to serve. the Lord chooses us to serve and we never fully understand why. our job is to simply obey and do the things we are asked to the best of our abilities and then we still might not know the reasons we are asked to do things. but it is not important for us to know. the only thing that matters is we do them." The second actually happened this morning. i was reading in John 19. in verse 25 it talks about how Mary stood by the cross. then i thought that in a lot of ways my mom (you) is like Mary. she is always there for us no matter how ugly the circumstance, no matter how bad she wants to stop watching or how many times she feels like its to hard and she needs to give up. you have always been there for me no matter what, just like Mary was always there for her son no matter how hard it was for her to watch what he had to go through. i dont think i can ever thank you enough for everything. but i want you to know that i am grateful. i think i kinda got a glimps this morning of the pure love a mother has. i know i wont ever fully understand but I'm grateful for the little insight i had this morning.
Any ways. Hermana Marcos is still fighting her feelings right now. i get the feeling that she is deathly afraid to talk to her husband. and Hermano Espinosa. Her "husband" still wont make time for us. but i have faith that he will sometime. please pray for both of them. i feel that if we can even get him to start haaving lessons with us hermana Marcos will be batized. There is a man called Miguel who i challenged to babtism last night and he says that he knows everything is true but doesnt know if he can keep the word of wisdom and a few other things. i promised him that if he prayed and asked for help god will help him and promised that if he prayed and asked if he needed to get babtized on the 30th of July that God will give him an answer. i know its supposed to be the 30th because thats the date that popped into my head when i felt like i should challenge him.
Also, there is a lady called hermana Diaz. we meet with her like 3 times a week and she is super solid but she believes that every church is true and no matter what church your in God will save you if your a pure person. we have taught the atonement so many times and try to explain that only through the atonement can someone really be pure but she is just hung up and that one thought. when we get passed that she will be babtized. so please pray that she might understand the need for the atonement and pray for my comp and i to be able to explain it in such a way that she will understand it. thank you.
Other then that things are going really good. we are struggling to find more people. oh ya. we found this guy called Javier Garcia. he is an ex gang member who just wants a better life for his daughter who is super super cute. we have had one lesson with him and i have faith that he will see that through this gosple he will have a better life. This work is amazing. i have found that there is only 3 things in the world that make me cry. the love i have for my family the love i have for this gosple and the change and happieness i see in people because of the gosple. so like 2 and 1/2 because the last two are kinda the same. i love being here.
Before i go, some members want me to make dinner for them on Monday. so in my room i have two cook books from school somewhere. they are green and yellow i believe. will you have someone find those for me and also send some of your recipes and over night them to me please and thank you.
Your missionary,
Elder Hardman
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