District
leader! The stresses and the blessings:
What
can I say; being district leader has been, I believe, the craziest thing that
has happened to me in my mission to this point. I never believed I would be
this busy with responsibilities and be so blessed with the energy to continue
onward in the mission. It is the most amazing time of my mission!
My
district is awesome. It’s me, Elder Hepworth, Elder Watts and Bennion (the two
biggest missionaries in the mission, having played football and all) and two
Hermanas: Johnson and Fernandez.
I
had a good district class on Wednesday. I prepared a ton being stressed and all
and ended up using like 10 minutes of it all for the entire hour and a half…… The
responsibilities are many, but after doing so many things I don’t know what
happens but I still feel like going out and giving all I can to the work.
I
feel like my mission has been like this…. I
got to the mission and metaphorically it was like showing up at a huge long
road for driving the best cars in the world. All of a sudden someone pulled up
and gave me the opportunity to ride in a Lamborghini to advance down this road.
Others also had the same opportunity. I got in and started off well, and as I
went down I had technical issues and the car didn’t seem to be shifting right.
Others sped past me and I struggled to get really going; not really knowing how
to drive the thing. But as time went I got control, I launched the thing down
the road racing down as far as I can to make up for the lost time.
I
feel like I am finally making some really good progress here in the mission. I
think things are starting to all make sense and become more than natural. I
feel a power with giving my all to the savior. I no longer have anytime to do
anything for myself. It is ALL to him. There is a power that I have felt from
that this week. I feel incredibly happy, and incredibly satisfied.
The
sector!
First
off the scenery in the sector is fantastic. I felt so good from going to just
seeing run down and ugly buildings and apartments to being on massive hills,
next to forests and getting raw views of the sea. I'll be taking lots of
pictures. It is a BEAUTIFUL place.
Despite the beauty, it is a bit dangerous. Not nearly what I thought it was going to be but still we have had scary looking guys come up to us at night and you just feel like they are going to rob you. But we just talk them out of it by contacting them and the spirit helps them away. I’m not even joking, it’s awesome seeing Gods protection!
So
Centinela was once two wards and a branch, and now it’s just a branch. It
reminds me of the feelings that were in Retiro. It’s just like going back there
and dealing with the same dramatic things, so just look forward to hearing
about that stuff again.
I’m
so happy to be in Centinela we have many possible baptisms coming up and the
sector had really been doing well for some time now.
My
companion!
My
companion Elder Hepworth is awesome. I don’t think I’ve gotten along with a
companion so quickly and so well than anyone else. We are already great
friends. We are working hard and I think that is the best part of it all: we do
good work. We had a great work week and we saw great things happen. I’m just
content with it all. He is a professional at Family History work as you can see
here…
He
has already taught me a bunch of things. It’s going to be a great transfer with
this guy. I am so blessed with what I have at the moment.
Also
in our little house we are 4 elders that live together. There’s me and my
companion, and Elder Copling from Herriman and Elder Smoot from Pleasant grove.
We’re all from Utah and live really close!! It’s a pretty hilarious group we
have here.
The
initiative:
So
the best highlight of it all is possibly the whole initiative that we have
going on… I’m sure you guys have heard and seen the ‘’Because He Lives’’ video,
and if you haven’t…
We
are going ham with this whole thing and sharing it with everyone. So I invite
all of you to do the same whether it is on social media or in person, you need
to share this. It is incredible to know that our savior lives and guides his
church. It is so comforting to know that we are a part of his church and he
cares for every one of us. He suffered more than we can comprehend and invites
us to come unto him and accept his help. We need to share the good news as much
as possible.
The
week was very long but very rewarding. I am looking forward to the week
especially general conference where we will get to hear from our prophet. It’s
like Christmas to me I swear. I love it so much.
I
love all you guys! Thank you so much for your support. Until next week! Have a
great week!
Elder
Ethan Haws!
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