Week 53 maybe or 54 it's one of those two I think

Hey everyone!

It's been another super crazy week, just like transfer weeks always are. It's pretty late and I don't have too much time to try and get through all this stuff but I'll do my best.

I have two new companions, Elder Hughes and Elder Buttars. Me and Elder Hughes are training Elder Buttars, and it's going pretty well so far! I like them both, we all get along pretty well.

We finally got somebody on date for baptism this week! We've been trying to get in with a lady named Linda for a whole transfer now, but she's always been asleep or at work when we've stopped by. But we went by her place a couple days ago and she finally let us in, and she decided that she wanted to be baptized! We're really excited for her, hopefully it all works out.

I've gained a much stronger testimony over the past couple of weeks that Christ truly does consecrate our efforts, however feeble, for our gain. We've tried so hard to get things in this area moving for so long, and nothing has worked. No contacting method, tracting approach, service opportunity, or community event got us any closer to finding anybody new to teach this last six weeks. In short, our efforts, however bold, completely and totally failed! But somehow Christ, knowing the thoughts and intents of our hearts, decided that we'd done everything in our power to do His work, and then He proved to us unequivocally that He truly is able to do His own work. This week, we "stood still and saw the salvation of the Lord" as we found two new people to teach, put one person on date, and even found that one of our former investigators suddenly decided to show up to sacrament meeting yesterday! None of those things were a direct result of our previous efforts, but I know that we wouldn't have been blessed with all of those things if we hadn't first put in our best effort.

Anyway, it's been an awesome week! Talk to you next week!

Elder Hart

1. My first sun dog! Not really sure why it's a dog but that's what they call those.

2/3. Dogs because I like dogs.

4. I just... don't really have an explanation for that one but there you go.