Dear Family and Friends,
Hey guys!!! I hope that all of you have had a great week and
continue to keep your faith. This week has really been a fast one!
I am finishing up training as well! I have probably only 1 more week with
Elder Munger and I will probably stay in Dakeng and get a new companion and
will get to lead out the area. That should be really exciting, but at the
same time is soooooo scary! haha There is so much Chinese required every day to
make sure that things are running smoothly. I think that it will be
another great learning experience for me. I really look forward to
opportunities where I get thrown into to the fire a little bit... I truly feel
like those are the opportunities I learn the most. I feel like I get beat
up the most, but it is great because it causes me to rely upon the Lord.
That is something I have learned I just have to do. Chinese is impossible
otherwise. I am super grateful for Elder Mungers example of hard work and
patience over the last 10 weeks or so! He is a great missionary and a great
friend with a great heart. I will miss him! I got lucky to have
him. He really pushed me to be better and learn lots. It is
something I will take and use the rest of my mission and the rest of my life!
This week we had the opportunity to help an investigator
move. Her name is J and she loves the gospel but can't get baptized
because her mom won't let her. She is 16 and her mom is making her wait
until she is 18. We have encouraged her to pray about talking to her mom
and really testified that if this is the desire of her heart that Heavenly
Father will provide a way. We moved their whole
apartment, and her mom was so grateful. I hope and pray that it had an
affect on her mom and that she was able to see the gospel in action. We
are really hoping for her!!
Also this week at church during Gospel principles D leaned
over to me and asked if I would baptize him!! haha I of course said yes!! haha He has a baptismal interview this next Saturday!! I am really
excited for that. He is a great kid, and this gospel can really help his
life. It already has whether he knows it or not! He has quit
drinking, and smoking, and going to the club. It is super cool.
This week I had a sore throat... haha and I thought that chinese
was hard before... hahaha!!! It was impossible to get the tones. hahaha!!! I
remember when I was talking with Elder Lloyd before the mission about tones...
they are so tough, especially when you don't have a voice!! I am good now
though!
Everything else is going well and I am so grateful for the Lord
and all the blessings that he has given me. I read in D&C 19 this
week and it really hit me that the greatest blessing that we have received is
the atonement in our lives. It is the one thing that allows us to keep
going. How sad would be to have no way of moving forward... to have no
hope for the future? There are millions of people right now who have lost
hope, who feel like there is no way they can continue. It is our
responsibility to reach out to those in need and give them a reason to hope for
something better. To share with them The Gospel of Jesus Christ.
I love you all!!
Love,
Elder Redding
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