I absolutely love missionary work

Dead momma

    It was so fun to talk to y'all as well. I feel so blessed and honored to be part of such an amazing family. I have never appreciated having such a good family until I got out on my mission. And plus every missionary is amazed with how young my parents are.. And they always freak out. It just helps me realize how much you and dad really sacrifice for me and my brothers and sister to have the life that we do. I pray for you well being everyday and pray that you guys all strive to be more like our father in heaven. It's been such a blessing to me know that I can be with my family forever. And I have a strong faith that we will make it. As long as we live worthy and live a heavenly life. As I was reading my scriptures these morning I came across a verse that really struck me.. It was in Matthew and it says.. Pray for them that despitefully persecute you. And I looked back in my life and just kinda of wondered when that has ever happened to me?.. And its been the last couple months.. Since I have been out on my mission. It's been a good learing experience for me. Even though I don't always get treated the way I would like to be.. But praying for those people has made my mission. Praying for love, charity the fountain of all righteousness. I hope that we all pray for those that don't always treat us right. I love you guys and thank you for all you do for me. Always there to support and strengthen me. And help my testimony grow. I sure am glad that we got to talk on the phone. I love the serving the lord. I absolutely love missionary work and I love being a missionary. I feel so blessed and honored to work and help the lost ones come unto Christ. in these part of the vineyard. I hope you guys have a wonderful week!! Love y'all

Haws nation🇺🇸

Elder haws🚴🏿💙

People Progressing

Hello

   Hey!
      I had such an amazing week! We had such a good weather and it
made biking a lot more delightful. I'm really loving the area I'm in
now and the people I get to serve. We just had transfer calls these
week and it sounds like me and elder crow are going to be staying
together for another transfer so we are super happy about that and
exited to make the best of it.
   We had a sweet Christmas devotional yesterday and we had some
people come that weren't members of the church. It was really cool to
see how outgoing our members were and making them feel so welcomed. I
love the members. They do a lot of missionary work and I just feel so
blessed to bed serving in these ward.
    Nakia and Melissa are doing so well. We had them come to church
these Sunday again and they came to the Christmas devotional after
church as well. They absolutely loved it and again the members just
welcomed and invited them over for dinner for these week. So we are
super happy about that. And we are looking forward too their baptism
in two weeks. They are so exited to be baptized the day after
Christmas and it will forever be something they will remember.
   We have been working with a lot of other investigators. And we have
been working super hard to build their desires and helping them
understand why it's so important to read the Book of Mormon. And why
it's so important to come to church, pray etc.. So far so good we have
couple of people progressing. I'm super happy and I love it haha.
       The Eriksons sent a package these week and I don't even know
what to do for them haha. Maybe I will just send a Christmas card or
something I don't know.. Anyways I'm really really loving my mission
and the people I associate with everyday. I feel at home in these ward
and the people are just so nice. I hope you guys are having the best
time of the year. Cade says it's been snowing a lot and there was a
lot of car recks.. I guess that's pretty cool.
      I'm super thankful for all you guys do! I was hoping you could
thank sister Gwen for me. And everyone else haha. It's hard to write
everyone back because we just don't have a lot of time. And Christmas
call is soon so that would be like the best present ever for me.
Anyways I love you guys and thank you for all the support and
everything else you do. Have a blessed week!!


Gospel love.
Elder haws🚴🏿💙

Biggest Highlights of My Week

I was blessed to have an awesome week. I had so many opportunities to serve and to love. The weather here is really cold haha. It's been down to the 40's but we have been handling it well. And my companion is doing awesome as well. Sometimes being open and upfront with someone is just what they need. He is a really good kid and loves to learn how to do missionary work. And I love working with him. And I give him a lot of crap haha. I can't do it to no one else... Damitu isn't here haha. 

     We have been blessed with so many people to teach and I can't be thankful enough. We have been working with Melissa and nakia they are both in their 20's and love the gospel already. They are both working very hard to meet the requirements for baptizims. They even remember there dates and everything and we haven't had any problems with them not keeping commitments. They came to church yesterday and they loved it. The members just took them in made them feel so welcomed. Everyone was so out going. They had a lot of questions answered and felt the spirit as well. It sure made my week 😊 

     Joe,sherry~ these two are couples we have Been working with and they both are awesome as well. We had to move their babtizmal dates because they weren't able to make it to church. Because of some kind of sickness they had. But they are working hard to overcome there habits of smoking and trying to get married so they can get baptized. I feel very fortunate and so blessed to be able to work with such amazing people. 

      Naja,Norien~ are two brothers we have been working with as well. They are part member family as well. Their mother is a less active and has been for along time due to work. But she has been trying to come to church as well. Naja is 15 years old and Norien is 16. And she wants them both to take the lessons and get baptized so have been working with them as well. They are both exited to get baptized as well. I'm super exited to see them get baptized and make the covenant that's going to Bering them closer to their Heavenly Father. 

     Chris~ is a very humble man that's so willing to change who he is, and just his whole life. He had a drinking problem for over 5 years and since we have been working with him he has quit drinking for about 20 days now. He has been reading the Book of Mormon a lot and trying to find an answer so he can get get baptized as well. It's truly remarkable how you can put these gospel in anyone's life and it can work for them. And if it doesn't they must be doing something wrong. 

     Josh sweazy~ is a man who has been looking for a change for a long time. He has a concern for the longest time. that God doesn't answer his prayers or that maybe he just doesn't exist. He doesn't know if the bible is true or any church for that matter. But we taught him the first lesson and he was in tears. We were blessed enough to answer his question, concerns and Addressed his needs. I'm so thankful.

    Anyways those are some of my biggest highlights of my week. I get humbled everyday and I feel my saviors hand in my life so much and I'm so great full. I hope everyone of you is really thinking about what the savior has done for you and how the atonement applies to each of you. It's my favorite time of the year and there is not even any snow here haha. We still have green grass and it blows my mind haha. 

      And I was just being funny!! To be completely honest.. Going and getting Christmas trees with you and working at the store with dad was some my fondest memories. I wouldn't trade those for anything. It wasn't the thanksgiving dinner that I missed this year but going and getting a tree and I even told my companion about it haha. I always sounded like I didn't want to go but I always ended up loving it. 

       Yes you can send it too the members home. 1603 Knob Hill Rd

Elizabethtown, Kentucky 42701-9175 and their names are Byrnes, LeGrande Richard & Stephanie Thea. He is my ward mission leader and I will be calling you from his home on Christmas as well. Haha it's so wired how fast time goes by.  I prepared something you and or even the hill family can do together. It's about the Book of Mormon. I highlighted couple things and took a picture of it so you can use that. And I got some scriptures you can read as well at the end of introducing the Book of Mormon then use the scriptures. Moroni 10:32-33

Commitment~ read the Book of Mormon, ponder in your hearts the message it contains. Then ask God if the Book of Mormon is true. 

Let me know how it goes. I will share the pictures with you. I promise you these will change the way you view the Book of Mormon. It's truly remarkable. I love it. I just finished it again and I started again today. It's my life haha. I love you and I hope you have the best week of your life💙

Gospel love.

Elder haws🚴🏿💙

Happy Thanksgiving

 I had a wonderful thanksgiving.

You have no idea how much I freak out when j meet someone from Idaho. Oh you are from Zion!! You must be awesome haha.

    

    My was week was so blessed. I finally figured the area out. And my companion and I had a talk and figured things out as well. We have a lot of fun doing missionary work. He is a really good kid. And I feel blessed to work with him. These week we were blessed with 6 bab dates. All of them are pretty solid as well. These area has been mistreated when it comes to baptizims. And I'm so happy that I can be here and work these area. I assume I'm going to be here for about 4 transfers.

 

       Christmas gifts yes.. I have been working on my make it gift for you haha. And I already bought the buy it gift as well. I'm on top of the game these year mom. The only thing left is to wrap and send it but I just don't have the money for that haha. And it's really wired that I will Skype in like less than a month. I don't even what to think about that haha. 

 

      Thanks giving was fabulous. We got fed by a family in our ward and then the brimhalls fed as well. I really need to know what your favorite scripture is mom. Oh and you probably herd about southern hospitality means haha. Families get pretty offended when you don't write them back haha. They keep telling me your mom needs to be more chill and talk to us haha. And I tell them you are I'm trying my best lol. 

 

   I'm super thankful for all y'all. I love my family. I'm super thankful to be a missionary. I love being a missionary haha. These week we had interview these week. And I loved talking to my mission president. And his wife is so nice as well. I feel at home whenever I talk with them haha. I love the members here and they actually all like missionary work as well haha. I love you and I hope you have a great week. 

   

Gospel love.

Elder haws🚴🏿💙

Christmas Gift

Hey mom. 

 

    It's been quite a week for me. As sad j was to leave my first area, I'm also loving my new area. Nothing like my last area though. These week was mind blowing for me. Anyways my new area is in Elizabeth Kentucky. It's a beautiful little town. It's south of my last area. My new companion is Elder crow. He is from Washington state. He is only been out 3 months so I have to be the senior companion and be more responsible haha. 

 

       The area is very different. Not a whole lot of people to talk to on the street and it is just a lot of rich people. And the answer to every contact seems like "no thank you I'm a southern baptist" so I'm learning a whole new way to do my missionary work. We don't have a whole lot of investigators as well. This area almost got white washed so I guess they didn't a very good job... But I'm super happy I can be here 😊 the members are very awesome and super happy about missionary work. Witch I'm very happy about.

 

        As far as me and my companion goes we are very different haha. I think I annoy him sometimes because, I'm singing hymns super loud while we bike and it's embarrassing to him.. And he is a very shy person and doesn't like how bold I'm with people. But we are working on it. He seems to feel very inadequate everyday and he is always wanting a blessing... So if you know of anything that can help please let me know! 

 

      Anyways in these past week my testimony for my savior as grown immensely. I'm learning to rely on him. My love to serve grows more each day as I consecrate myself to the work of the lord. I had an amazing experience this week with contacting. We had tracked for along time and every door we knocked either they were mean or they just told us they have no interest. So feeling really sad we left the neighborhood and we were biking and we say a man siting on a mother cycle so went up to him and started talking and we went back and compared the Book of Mormon and the bible and bashed a little and I just had enough so we told him goodbye and we started riding again.... Couple minutes later we had a feeling that we should go back so we did. And he was gone but there was a lady named Lina. She was awesome! We taught the first lesson right there and invited her to be baptized on the 15 of December. She expected and came to church the next day as well. It so cool. 

    

     I'm proud of you haha. Biking is really fun. My legs are gonna be coded with steel when I come home haha. A lot of hills in these area a lot. I have been eating super healthy tho very healthy haha I have some pictures I will share with you. Bike problems are starting to die down so that is good! Christmas gift for me would be find someone that doesn't have the gospel in there lives and share with them your testimony and maybe even introduce them to the missionaries.

    I love you guys and I hope you have a splendid week.

The Book of Mormon is the proof

It's been such a great week and sad at the same time. yes koffi got baptized! let me tell you a little about that haha! so Saturday we had just gotten done teaching brenda and we get a phone call from president saying that im getting transferred so i was really sad about that... and i get another phone call from koffi saying his mom changed her mind and he wont be getting baptized anymore.. so i was really sad be this point!! and we were like in the heart part of the area and we didn't know if we should pray right there or not but was really didn't have any choice by then so we just knelt down and prayed.  so we biked very fast over to his house and talked with his mom. and the only thing that could change her mind we like was, if we brought the spirit in the home. so we taught the Restoration. and she started crying it was really wired. she said that she has been trying to avoid the church for along time. so we had an amazing powerful lesson with her. she let him get baptized and she said she will never miss church again. and she came to his baptizim and church and she will be coming again next week! and we are teaching her all the lesson again.   

    so i have been really sad about leaving my first area!!! I made so many good friends with investigators and members. it was really sad saying bye on Sunday!    and i had a lot of tie exchanges with the members and now im left with the ugliest ties haha. but its okay! and i heard about mubareks thing! im so happy for him. and i so thankful we have a sight to go visit. i love this church. a lot people come to me ask me"show me evidence church is true" its really sad. and the evidence is the book of Mormon. its the keystone of our religion. but what i like tell people is that we walk by faith and not by evidence. but if they really want one then i give them a book of Mormon. 

    and i heard about the gay thing. i support the brethren. im sure the lord knows what he is doing. and tofiks talk was so wonderful.it truly meant alot to me! i can tell that he is changing and becoming the lord would have him be. seeing changes like that is what makes me want to change myself. it makes stop and realize what im doing. the atonement can change anyone thats wiling to use it. and i pray everyday that my family will be blessed according to my obedience. its a good motivator:) 

   my plan for thanks giving is to eat. haha jk i really don't know haha. i hate transfers. brother wadsworth from my ward says that he willing to come pick me up from my next area for thanks giving but i doubt my mission president will allow that. but im exited for my next area. and i will get to come back next week for antonio and brenda's baptizim.  

   

anyways i had a good week! thank you so much for your loving advice. you guys mean the world to me! i love you guys! thank you for your support! i hope you guys have a great week!

I Have Never Been so Happy

I had a really good week! I'm happy😊 and yes I bought a coat! I have some money left so I'm going to be buy a rain jacket! And I know it's sad but the lord prepares them when he wants to. And yes oh my gosh! We have been so blessed! We are teaching a lot of people! I think we are going to be blessed with. Baptizim every week these month. 

       Kofie!!!! Our fasting and none stop prayer payed off!! We went with a member last night to her home, and she let us in and she was so nice. She told us that it's not her choice, it's his. She said that if that is what he wants I guess I will support him. Good enough for me😀 so he is super exited! He is getting baptized this coming Saturday. I think we are going to have a member that's close to him baptize him.  Blessing. 

  Antonio! He is doing amazing. He came to church and met everyone and he himself invited people to his baptism haha. He loves attaion haha. But he is great. He is progressing and reading the scriptures often. It's been nice for him to date a member and it helps us a lot. She reads the scriptures to him and they read together. It's cute haha.

   Brenda! She is so awesome! She is trying her best to not break the word of wisdom. She is trying so hard. She is addicted to coffee and she gets a lot of headaches. But she calls me anytime she gets  the urge to smoke or drink. She is great haha. She called us 3 times last night. I guess I can't complain. 

  We got some more bab dates and we are working our hardest to get them to progress. Most of them struggle with Joseph smith but they will get over it hopefully. They are doing great. We have been getting a lot of help from our fellow members. With ride and with coming to lessons with us. 

      I have never been so happy. I feel greater love for my Heavenly Father everyday. Serving a mission is probably the best decision I have ever made. I'm so thankful for my saviors atoning sacrifice. We also had a great fast and testimony meeting these week. The spirit was felt. I love the members. It's been such a blessing being able to work with them. 

   I got talked in two playing a board game haha. And yes I ended up loving it haha. We played monopoly and man I think it's my favorite game yet. Anyways I love you guys. My favorite family alive. Stay out of trouble and love you💙

Gospel love.

Elder haws🚴🏿💙