Познайте какво? Аз много ви обичам и съм благодарен да ви бъда брат и син и внук и т.н.! Thank you so much for the wonderful letter and for your love and examples. It sounds like you have been crazy busy as usual, but always doing good things. So wonderful. Give Alex a big hug and a slap on the back for me! I am proud of him, and his achievements. I love him. Give my love to Sarah and Brandon and the kids--whenever I show the picture that I have of our family with theirs (in front of that brick wall), people always think that Mom and Sarah are my sisters! They get very confused when they see all those kids. I love them, they are adorable.
The title, in Bulgarain, means "the old song to a new tune," and they use it when something old is repeating itself, just in a slightly different way. To answer your question, dear Mother, transfers are tomorrow, and I am going back to Sofia to be a Zone Leader again, in the same apartment and everything, but I will be with Elder Strobel--he studied a year at Harvard at age 17 before going on his mission, and he was actually in the group of missionaries right before us at the MTC, so we already sort of know each other. I am excited--I hope the Lord puts some interested science geeks in path this Transfer! I am excited to be back in Sofia, but I really will miss Stara Zagora--I have come to love the members here so much, and truly feel at home here with them, so it is going to be really difficult to leave. I really have learned a lot about myself here, and it has been such a wonderful place. I love Stara Zagora. This weekend we had Branch Conference, so the group from Haskovo came up to Stara Zagora, President Barclay was here the whole weekend (we had lots of lessons with him, which was a blast), and we had 46 people in Sacrament--we didn't have enough chairs, so the pianist just had to sit on the bench the whole meeting. It was an amazing experience, and the Spirit was really very strong. Such a blessing!
We have had some amazing miracles in our area over the last few days (which is another reason that makes it tough to leave, but I know that Elder Raisor will take care of it!). We ran into an amazing man who truly loves his family above everything else, and has faith in Jesus Christ, and were able to get to know him and begin to teach him about the Plan of Salvation, and we were also able to find a woman who, after studying theology for 6 years, really has "wandered from east to west, searching the word of the Lord" and really has not been able to find it. As she was describing a spiritual experience she had, she said--"when this happened, it just felt like I could feel eternity all bundled up in my chest. It felt like family!". I really have never heard anyone describe the Holy Ghost as feeling like "family", but it really does make sense--the Holy Ghost bears witness to us of our Divine Nature, that transcendent truth, that we really are the children of God. A great week.
Mother; wrong notes? I don't think I've ever heard you play one in my whole life! The rest of those are innovative and creative color tones! I love you so much--isn't it funny how you can read the same things again and again, and truly recieve more knowledge every time? I love the scriptures, and I love you. Have a great week.
Father--that Priest Quorum looks wonderful! You are doing a great job with those boys. I am running a little short on time, so if I don't get a message to them this week, I will write them one next week for sure. Thank you for your good example to me! I love you so much.
Paige; you make a good feminist rebel! In Bulgarian, we would call you a бунтовничка (boon-TOV-ni-ch-ka)! I love you so much, keep singing.
Ronnie; looking good! I love you so much little brother. I hope you know that I think the world of you, and am so proud of all that you accomplish, but more importantly, of who you are. Keep striving to be a good priesthood holder, and I know that you will reap the blessings. I love you!
Lizzie; you take my breath away! You really are amazingly beautiful. I love you so much little sister!
I was reading in Jacob 3 this week (more wisdom from Jacob!), and I love his encouragement to us in verses 1 and 2 to be of a "firm mind"--to me that means not just meandering through our spiritual journey, but making the resolved decision to believe in Christ, and then sticking to it! We all have that choice before us, and we must all make it at one point or another. I love you all so much, have a great week!
Love,
Elder Hardy
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| (Grandpa Tonio! He is going to start passing the Sacrament in these coming weeks. I love him so much!) |
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| Stara Zagora! |
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