So, I didn't get to finish last week’s
email... the computers were being fussy... So, here's the rest of it!
So, Thursday morning, we woke up and
he mission had split silently in the night. That was it. That was all it took
and it seemed like nothing had changed. It was weird to think about though. The fact that those 60 some-odd missionaries
I've come to know and love weren't part of our mission anymore just didn't seem
real. It still isn't totally real yet. I still half expect to see them at
transfers next week.
Our work remains the same though, so
day to day life isn't affected that much. It is somewhat strange though
suddenly being the southern border of the mission haha.
This week, we had a really neat
experience with a priesthood blessing. We got a phone call last week asking for
us to give a blessing to a sister in the zone. I ended up giving the blessing,
and wasn't really sure what the blessing was for. The sister didn't tell us
much. So, the blessing had to be totally by the Spirit. So, Elder Flaherty and
I laid our hands on her head and gave a blessing, and I tried to really listen to the spirit. This
week, we were talking to the Sister Training Leaders who were on the exchange
with them the night before the blessing (and who were present at the blessing
so it wasn't 2 elders and 2 sisters) and they told us that the sister who
received the blessing had only had 2 blessings in her entire life. Her
patriarchal blessing and when she was set apart, so I gave her first blessing
of comfort to her, and the Sister Training Leaders said that the blessing
included everything they had talked about on the exchange. It was a really cool
experience to know the Spirit was guiding us like that during the blessing.
Also, thank you everyone for the
mail this week! My roommates were all jealous! I got 2 packages and at least a
letter every day! That NEVER happens to people who've been out as long as I
have! haha
Thank you SO much, mail is more valuable than money out
here…and I had been running short.
one more exciting thing for the
week! One of the Young Men in the ward got his mission call to Bolivia! Way
fun! I told him "HEY! That’s where my momma went!" haha
Love you all!
-Elder Hodgson
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