A Deep True Joy That I've Never Had.....

Hey dad,
My week went pretty well. Here in my pench there are 4
elders. Me, my greeny, another missionary, and his greeny. The way
things work when we train people is that they are together 2 transfers
with their trainer, aka 3 months. Transfers is this week and we found
out that the other trainer in the pench is leaving to be a leader in
another part of the mission. My comp is pretty good at spanish and
asked for a latin comp. Ask and ye shall recieve, he got it! So the
other trainer leaves, a latin comp comes to be with my comp, and i get
bumped over to the other side of the town with the greeny from the
other missionary. My new comps name is elder Weaver, he is from saint
george but lived in austrailia his first 10 years of life. He is tall
and we both get along really well. The week was great, i feel way
priveledged to be here and to see all the blessings you guys are
getting so far away. I just love the work and havent tried to do
something with all my heart ever before and this is the first time im
doing it, i gotta say, its great :) it is just super tiring, but with
those feelings comes crazy happiness and a deep true joy that ive
never had before. Thats all i got. Some advise, dont break your hip.
With lots of love,Elder Hayden Summers
Hi mom!
Well according to the pictures of Cache that you sent to
me it looks like he finally recieved that pre-mission chunk under the
chin like we all do ;) Wow he is a real elder now.. i gotta say, im
pretty jealous... When i pulled up the pictures of him i could see
that he was just so happy and super done with the life of before
missionarydom. Your weekend sounded fantastic and mine was pretty fun
too. We prepared for some baptism madness. Its pretty crazy because on
days with baptisms something always goes wrong or is complicated or
someone doesnt show up and on and on.. And in the end its all good
because the person gets rebirthed and the light in their eyes just
shines, its the best. Oh cool thingy that i heard down here. We were
conversing on the subject of how men have the priesthood and how
females do not. We were kind of sharing our opinions and such and one
missionary had the best idea. He said that in this life both of the
parents have the same equal responsability as the parents of their
kids. The woman is in charge of the first birth, the one that takes
the spirit out of the pre-existense and into this world obviously, and
the father with the priesthood is in charge of the second birth, also
called baptism. So both the parents do the necessary steps in order to
help their child achieve eternal life by starting them off right.
Pretty cool i thought. We have been dodging Rafiki at all moments
possible, everytime we go through the plaza we get really alert kind
of like meerkats looking out for bad guys. its fun. The work hasnt
changed, same doctrine, same message, new people that either accept it
or reject it until a later date. Have an amazing week, i cant wait to
get another package from home!

Con Mucho Amor,
Elder Hayden Summers