write about. This is going to have to be a quick email today but I'll
squeeze in as much as I can. Last night there was a tornado here on
Kent Island and so there's no power or wifi hardly anywhere! So I'll
be lucky if I can even send this email. On Thursday sister Rees and I
were in our apartment studying when we get a phone call from the Elder
and Sister Boren. They were telling us that they couldn't make it to a
lesson that night because elder Boren had fallen and hurt his leg.
They thought he pulled a muscle but found out quickly that he had
broken his hip. So they have been in he hospital since then. He had
surgery the next day and is recovering now pretty well. We went and
visited him when we were in the area. He had a huge grin on his face
the whole time. I don't think I've ever not seen elder Boren with a
smile on his face. Saturday was a great day. Probably one of the best
so far. We headed up to Easton and had a lesson with the Mellors. Zach
is excited to be baptized next month still which we are happy for. It
has been great teaching Zach because the whole family will join in and
most of them aren't members. We taught about the Plan of salvation and
everyone had lots to say. My favorite comment of the lesson was when
we were talking about the life of Jesus Christ and when He died. (The
two other boys were not wanting to sit and listen. One was trying not
to fall asleep from staying up so late and the other was rolling in
all sorts of positions on the ground asking every five seconds when we
would be done. It reminded me a lot of family scripture study at home
hahaha). Their dad asked the question, "Zach do you know who crucified
Jesus Christ??" . Immediately and being completely serious, he says,
"The Germans!!!!!!". We all were trying so hard not to laugh because
he's such a sensitive kid and thought he was spot-on. After that
lesson we went to meet a man and his wife who a member referred to us.
Their names are Bryan and Heather and they are awesome! We got to
share about eternal families which is so important to them because
they lost two children. Then we got to have lunch with a less active
member who we've never met before. She is a really sweet lady and told
us she wants to be a better example for her kids and start coming back
to church. We loved visiting with her and shared the talk, "Don't Look
Around, Look Up" . Sometimes it's easy to see things happening around
us and doubt, but as long as we focus on what our relationship with
Heavenly Father is, then we can be at peace. We got to have a lesson
after that with the Russels! When we got there they said at their
granddaughter who has been living with them had special news for us.
She said that she wants to get baptized! So that is exciting and she
loves coming to church. Brother Russel is the only member of the
church in his family and so to see Ava have interest, makes him so
happy. After that we went tracting for a little while. While we were
doing that, President and Sister Johnson called us, saying at they
were coming over to Easton to visit elder Boren in the hospital and
they wanted to take us out to dinner. We were SO excited. It is a very
rare experience to have actual one on one time with them. So we went
out to dinner and got to have a great evening with them. I love the
Johnsons. It's amazing the relationships that they have with every
single missionary and are some of the most selfless people that I
know. Something that I was reading this week was about our desires.
Elder Dallin H Oaks gave a great talk on desire. He says, "I have
chosen to talk about the importance of desire. I hope each of us will
search our hearts to determine what we really desire and how we rank
our most important desires. Desires dictate our priorities, priorities
shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. The desires we
act on determine our changing, our achieving, and our becoming." This
made me stop and think about what my desires really are. Our ultimate
desire should reflect the Savior in becoming like Him. Its a lot
easier said than done, but by choosing to follow Him each day, our
desires will overtime become more aligned with our Heavenly Father and
what He wants for us. Have a great week!!!!
Love Sister Haertling
Sister Rees and Sister Haertling with Pal
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