FAMILIA!!!!!
Another week down.... DANGIT!!!!! haha time is going fast but i can honestly say it hasn't hindered the work at all. My days and weeks just seem to go and go but it's because of the crazy go go go schedule that it happens. That makes me happy because i know if i'm busy then i am busy doing a wonderful work. That work is GIVING BACK to my father in heaven!!!
So as you all know and heard by now thanks to amazing super sister singleton this morning :) I will be heading home on August 9th!! Just like we all had hoped for. It will be a quick few days but some exciting ones thats for sure!! It's going to be incredible not only because i'll be home but AYNSLEY will have been out 1 month. She will be in Vancouver and have her wonderful Trainer as her companion haha Lets be honest... I get home saturday and we all know we will be waiting at the computer monday for Aynsleys email :) It sounds like she's got the better end of the stick if you ask me haha
The TEST.... oh boy!! I may be in the lowest math class ever hahaha that was hard. Tell you what after 3 years of no math equations or anything you tend to forget everything. I struggled haha. It's all good though. Reading I did fine.. which is weird because i was always really good at math and not the best at reading and comprehending! My mission has helped make my weaknesses become STRONG :) It is all done though and finish! Thank goodness!! It was fun though. First test i've taken in awhile!
Other exciting news!! This week the entire mission is going through the Florida Ft. Lauderdale temple with President and Sister Anderson! It is like their going away party so to speak :) It sure will be fun. We all go Friday. We will be broken up in to different groups but EVERY missionary will go through with them! Thats exciting! I think we get to stay for all the sessions to help out and stuff also so thats another blessing!! :)
Other then that we are still just getting ready for the new mission President and just enjoying the remainder of the time with President and Sister Anderson. It sure is crazy thinking that they only have 1 sunday left. It kinda makes me sad! The work will move forward though and President and Sister Richardson are going to be incredible i'm sure!!
The work here in our wonderful Nova YSA Branch is hastening quicker then ever. I love it! We have some exciting things happening wihtin these next couple of weeks. I want to tell you all about Randy.
Randy was taught by missionaries a couple of years ago. Randy loved loved going to church. He would go every sunday. He would study the scriptures. He would do everything god asked him to do. He was a great great man. Well while doing all of this he was NEVER baptized. He was on probation and as you may or may not know already.. When a person is on probabtion then they need to get approval from the 1st presidency to be baptized. So Randy worked with president 2 years ago on getting this permission. 1.5yr ago Randy got permission. He had approval. However... Randy at the same time of his approval decided that maybe the church wasn't where he needed to be. Randy then began hanging out with the wrong crowd. He got a girlfriend. ETC... Randy then was lost. The missionaries lost contact with him. So now Randy situation is he has approval but yet the desires were lost and now contact was lost. For months and months missionaries tried getting in contact with Randy. Every missionary, Every A.P. has tried baptizing him. WELL FAMILY lets just say god is good once again. God never lets us down :) We did our best contacting Randy. Were we successful? NO!!!!!!!!! however god saw our efforts and in walks Randy to church one day. We contacted him. Set up appointments with him and so it went. Randy told us of his past. He told us of how he got involved with the wrong things. He told us how he still has a testimony of the church. (remember he attended weekly for like 1 year straight) Randy was solid. Yes he messed up but he wanted to come back. We reviewed the baptism interview questions with him and he was living all of them but smoking. Everything else he was good on. So we made plans to help him stop smoking. WELL something bad happened shortly after this.. Randy once again went MIA (missing in action). We couldn't find him. It was sad.. really sad. That when President Anderson came into play :) President knows Randy really well. Remember 2 yrs ago he interviewed him and helped him get 1st presidency approval. SOO long story short Randy called up President and wanted to meet with him. President Anderson went out of his way to visit with Randy. While visiting President commited Randy to stop smoking (just as we had done) and then presdient also commited Randy to be baptized on the 22nd of June :) President threw down!!! He challenged him for the 22!!! Randy at that point at that interview saw hope and he knew there was more. President shortly after informed us and we were able to get in contact with Randy. We saw him saturday. He hadn't smoked a single cig all week. He was still solid and wanting to repent and be baptized. We told him he needed to come to church. He wanted to come back. We told him to partake of the sacrament. He said he had always wanted to but he thought you had to be baptized. He then said... Elders I don't have clothes for church tomorrow. We told him not to worry about it. My companions and I all rounded up some clothes around the house. Giving him a few options. Lots of ties and so on. We told Randy to meet us at the chapel at 8:45 and he could put these clothes on and then we could walk in together and partake of the sacrament!!! WELL FAMILY Randy not only got there by 8:45 is got there at 8:30. He was excited. He wanted that sacrament and he wants baptism!!! He is getting baptized next sunday:) We are all so excited and Randy can't wait!!!
Today Randy is going to call up President Anderson and ask him to perform the ordinace and baptize him!! How awesome would that be?? President is going to baptize Randy his last sunday in the mission :) We are all pumped and can't wait!!!
Also Andrew (sabreenas boyfriend) is coming back from the marines this week. He is a boss and ready to be baptized also. He's been off to camp for 2 weeks now! He is anxiously waiting his baptism though.
Missionary work doesnt get much better then this family!!! I love it!! God is the best! So many miracles and so much happiness! The gospel of Jesus Christ is what brings happiness! It's the greatest joy in the world! I love it! I love you all! May god continue to bless!
Elder Ovard
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