эдревайте! Typing with a non-phonetic Bulgarian keyboard is difficult! In any case, thank you so much for the letters--it is always so wonderful to hear from you and to see your wonderful smiling, beaming faces. I have a beautiful family! In any case, I am doing well here in Bulgaria--I promise I have not been forgetting to zip up my coat! It actually has begun to warm up here (strange), but the weather fluctuates fairly rapidly, so we'll see.
Grandma, thank you so much for the reply--I promise we will do our best to teach them correct English! It is actually fairly enlightening to see their struggles, then realize that is almost certainly what I sound like when I speak Bulgarian. If anything, it keeps me humble--language is such a funny thing. In any case, I love you Grandma--say hello the seminary class for me!
Mom, thanks for the update--I love the way you write, the way I can hear you saying it. Is in ok if I take a little bit of time to think more fully about what scripture I want on my plaque? If not, I would say Ether 12:27, but that is without more consideration. I will ponder on it this week, but if that's the one you need to use, no worries--it's a great one! I love you so much, and am so grateful for the wonderful example that you are and have been in my life. Keep on training--you are going to be running circles around me before long! (Though considering the amount of walking we do, it might be a close run thing). I love you bunches!
Dad...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I knew it was soon, and I was going to ask today when exactly, but here is my answer. I will write my thought about you at the end. In any case, thank you as always for your letters--they always highlight something I need to think about or improve upon. I hope to someday be as trusted by the Lord as you are, to perform the necessary labor that you have done to have his confidence. Also, it sounds like you guys are going to have a blast of a High Adventure this year--jump of the raft a few times for me! I love you so much Dad.
Paige--Selfies while driving? What? Jokes! You look awesome--I am the only boy that is allowed to say that to you, ok? (Besides Ronnie and Dad). Keep being wonderful, keep singing, keep feeling the spirit always. You rock!
Ronnie--way to go on making JV! You will have a blast. As long as you always let it be that (a blast), sports will be a wonderful part of your life. I am sure you are tearing it up. Keep working hard and being wonderful. Sing your brains out, and practice the hymns--it'll take you far when you have a group of people trying to follow you, singing in a language you still struggle to understand. Get them locked down now! It will take you far. I love you so much, study PMG, know that I think the world of you.
Lizzie, nice pants! Are those maroon? I am sure you are on the cutting edge of fashion--the same that I said for Paige goes for you, alright? You are a beautiful, wonderful daughter of God, and he loves you more than either of us know. Keep that in mind! I love you so much.
Alright, my memory of Dad. First off, there are so many that I cannot even begin to count, so know that I could write and write all day, and it wouldn't begin to describe all the wonderful memories I have of you, Father Dearest. The one that comes to mind, however, is nothing less than the all too famous "bummy-axe kick." I will never forget the sight of you coming right for one of us, Ronnie or Lizzie or some little child on you shoulders, grinning like a fool, laughing hysterically. I have nothing but fond memories of wrestling and playing, just being close and feeling each others love. Thank you for never being afraid to be silly with us, for never missing the opportunity to show your children how much you love them. You are a wonderful Father, and a one of a kind man. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Alright, time to explain the title. This week was a great week--we kept Georgi on the way to baptism, and he as almost given smoking and drinking completely, and we had another wonderful investigator fall out of the sky (moved to Shumen recently, and has already been being taught by other missionaries), and we have seen increase in attendance over the last two weeks at Sacrament meeting. The highlight of the week, however, was the awesome Zone Conference we had in Varna. We took a train there, spent the night in a hotel (an interesting experience--I felt like I was back in Choir, but instead of practicing music before going to bed...we were planning our missionary activities. Strange, but good). President Bennet of the area Presidency came, and he was incredibly inspiring. We all walked out of that room with missionary fire burning in our chests, and the desire to see real, incredible, faith-filled growth in our units (groups or branches). Saturday night and through the day Sunday, we were praying to know who we need to find to strengthen the group, and we decided that a strong family would be the perfect fit for our group. As we went out, with this in mind, and faith in our hearts, we saw a man standing, waiting for a bus, so we started talking to him. Pretty soon we had started teaching him by the light of a street lamp on the seats of a dark, cold bus stop--by the end of the lesson, we had discovered he was looking for Christian faith, and...he HAD A FAMILY! He said he couldn't bring his wife to our next lesson, only because she had given birth to their second son that very morning, but that she was a big reader, and would certainly be interested in the pamphlet and the Book of Mormon. We accepted that as a more than viable excuse, and parted ways. What a miracle! The Lord truly, truly does answer our prayers, in miraculous ways.
I love you all so much, obedience brings blessings, this Gospel is true, it teaches us to be happy. You're the greatest!
With Love,
Elder Hardy
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| A neat statue in Front of the Library... |
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| The Library! I am sort of making a weird face but...oh well. Love you! |
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