Email 11/19/12

hat must have been an amazing experience in the temple with everyone there for Graham and Hunter. I wish that I could have been there, but then I remember why I am here and what I am doing, and realize that I will get the chance to go through the temple with everyone sometime. I remember that I am called of God to serve the people here in Milton-Freewater. I remember that I accepted the call and everything is alright; I just think of why I am here and what I can do to help everyone come a little closer to Christ.

 

The Elder Pieper conference was amazing! We had a member of the 70 every week in the MTC, but this time it seemed more personal. He wanted to know what was on our minds and answer the questions that we had...any question. He taught us that we must become agents in our learning and not objects. We must act and not be acted upon. We must learn for ourselves before we can truely come to help others. Thank you so much for everything that you all did to be prepared for this mission and all you are doing to help me stay out here in the lovely state of Oregon. You guys are the best! I will go into more detail in my letter, but the whole conference was meant for me (or at least I feel like it).

After the conference, Elder Pieper interviewed ten missionaries, and I had the very humbling experience to be interviewed by him. Like I said, I will go into more detail in my letter, but that was one of the most amazing experiences that I have had.

 

Anyway, Thanksgiving has really snuck upon us this year. We completely forgot all about it until yesterday! We are eating with a family in the ward and are going to do our best to get some proslyting done, but people really love their holidays. We have a couple of investigators that we could see, but they said they would probably be with their families (which, in the long run, is better).

 

Love,

Elder Hamblin