Charity, Serve, Faith A Letter To Elder Hawley 3/19/17

Hey Elder!

How are you doing? How was your week? We are doing well and our week has been pretty normal like every other week. Mom and dad have both had bad colds with the cough that never ends. Hopefully we are getting better. The kids are down to their last week of third term this week. The school year seems to be flying by. Miles wants to tell you that he had his first swim lesson in level 4 and he really had fun and liked his new teacher. The weather here has been in the 70's, but this week it is supposed to rain and get cool again. How has your weather been?

The sister missionaries spoke in our ward sacrament meeting today. One is from Tahiti and the other is from McAllen, Texas. Sister Chandler from McAllen has two months left. They both gave really good talks. Sister Chandler is a really good speaker--she said her mission has helped her enjoy speaking. She has served in many different areas in her mission. Some things that really stood out that she said in different parts of her talk were,  "We can be changed at any moment, Christ will do anything to help us."    "Our hearts will be softened, we will serve and love all because of Christ."    "Heavenly Father feels hopeless at times and needs our help to serve and help others."

Some thoughts for this week:

"The Lord will make much more out of your life than you can by yourself."

- Neil L Anderson

"Truly, no unhallowed hand can stop the sacred work of proclaiming life and salvation to all nations and peoples, but this work will not continue without challenges and risks.
The work of sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in all the world will require knowledge, faith, sacrifice,and the best efforts of every member of the Church."
-M. Russell Ballard

Also a song for this week which is really good that mom sang in Relief Society is,"Faith in Every Footstep". Hopefully you can listen to it somehow especially by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It is a great pioneer song, but the words apply to missionaries too.

We love you. We think of you and pray for you always. We hope you have a great week!

Love, 

Your Family