8/25/14

Hello everyone! Sorry this is so late but we had a fun day at a roller
rink, so it was lots of fun! This last week was simply amazing!

The local Easthill Church here in Gresham has been a Mormon bashing
church for many decades. Throughout the years the local members have
worked hrs to build a decent relationship with this church with very
little progress. This last Saturday Easthill hosted a huge service
project in which they planned on restoring the beauty to a dozen or so
schools here in Gresham. At their count early in the week they were in
desperate need of help and finally reached out to the Stake's PR and
asked for help. Wednesday they sent out an e-mail and by Saturday the
LDS church had more members than they did at every school! It was
pretty awesome to see the church reach out and help them. All the
missionaries in our zone met at the High School. What an amazing sight
to see all the missionaries and members mingling with the local
community!

The rest of the week was packed full of teaching and works with the
members here. I know that I am forgetting something because I was very
excited to tell you all, but I really can't remember....hmmm...love
you all!

Love,
Elder Hamblin