Thanks for the letter! I always enjoy reading about the escapades of the Hardy clan--it sounds and looks like you guys were having a quality time in Glacier. That made me happy! I'm glad nobody died of long hikes, large rocks, deep waters or loose planning.
No worries about the camera--we'll get it all figured out. That plan sounds fine and dandy--I will email you back mine. If you are sending me one with an SD card, it might be wise to send a few that I can take with me to Bulgaria (in case I take a million pictures!). No rush on that though--I've got time.
Tell Paige to love every moment of Humanities--it is one of my most quality high school memories. She will thrive! Tell Ronnie to have fun in middle school, watch out for girls, and to study hard (and also not to die), and tell Lizzie I think she is awesome, and to keep singing!
Thank you so much for the letters this week--tell the Miamaids I appreciated their packet of letters, and all the bright colors. I don't have time to write back, but I do appreciate it! Tell Grandma thank you for the letter as well--tell her I still understood the French (barely...), though it was weird to see a foreign language in the Latin alphabet. Give my love and support to Christian, and tell him to catch a wave for me!
I didn't find the consecrated oil--the ones they have here are good, but if I really do like just the plain gold one (like Dad's)--if you happen to run into an extra, that would be awesome, but if not, I could just get one here, no big deal. No rush either--I have oil if I need it, just not in a nifty container.
This week was a little crazy, but very good. The devotional on Tuesday was superb, all about making sure that your converts come to stay, not for the short term, and about reactivating the less active. We can do it! We will bless so many more than just those we bring back if we just can bring them back. On Wednesday, we got to host, which was fun (I thought of Rees). It was a little bit of a wake-up as to how long we'll be here though--of all the people I hosted, all but one are leaving before me, and he is leaving the same day as me (assuming we get our visas on time). The Old Bulgarians (as they have come to be known) got their travel plans suddenly today, because their visas came out of the blue, so they are pretty stoked. After doing a solid 11 and a half weeks, they are more than ready to go (they were on the verge of being temporarily reassigned). There will be much rejoicing in the zone tonight, because it has been hard to watch them wait and wait and wait, never knowing what the next day would bring. I hope that is not us, but you never know.
The Bulgarian is coming--our district is progressing, and we are beginning to build a base that we can work off of, which is encouraging. That being said however, fluency seems about as near as the sixth moon of Jupiter, but that's ok--I know it will come, for the Lord giveth no commandment save he shall prepare a way that we may accomplish that which he hath commanded. And the Lord has called us to speak Bulgarian, and Bulgarian we will speak. I have no doubt of that. In the meantime however, I may or may not have told one of our investigators that we all need to eat covenants to return to live with our Heavenly Father. That's ok--things like that happen I guess. I am only sad that I did not have the presence of mind to relate it quickly to the sacrament (which would have been very smooth). Next time.
Thank you so much for the oatmeal cookies--nobody here understands the glory of those cookies, which is actually a good thing--I have them all to myself!
Аз знам че Исус Христос е нашата спасител, е че чрез него е единението му, можим да станам като Бог.
Обичам те много!
Старейшина Харди
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| My district! Going from the left is: Elder Raizor, Elder Taylor (my companion, Sister Thatcher, Ме, and Elder Rigby (going to Macedonia, thus the sweet flag making me look like I have a halo). |
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