Friday, August 22, 2014

Caden {9.22.14}

Well we had an awesome week! We got to meet with president Shumway THREE times this week and it was really awesome. He carries so much spirit with him and I love feeling that way! He gave some instruction at out stake conference and it was VERY needed. The area is good but now it can be GREAT! The week was long... really long but somehow we still managed to pull through and do everything we needed to:) We)got to go to a parade and help with a bake sale! And we also gave a wrestling demo of the "honey mooner" to a couple that are about to be empty nesters;) (Yuck) and ya! Life is good:) oh ya! We got a wheel chair!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it! And we are about to move into the house that the empty nesters are moving out of! Woohoo.




Monday, August 18, 2014

Caden {8.18.14}

Okay so not a ton of time so quick update!!! We should have one baptism this weekend, if not Saturday than we will have two next weekend! I am really excited about them. These two dudes have searched a lot for the truth and are now finding it! So i have been REALLY bold lately. I don't know if that is a bad trait to gain... i feel like i was pretty bold before but i am a new man now!!! Haha it has its bad moments but let me put it this way: I know what i carry with me is for everyone! And they need it. And if they don't want it i am going to move to the next person that does. I still love every one whether they take our word or not but i just love knowing SO strongly that the word of God is found in the BOOK OF MORMON just as much as the Bible. HAPPY BIRTHDAY S/O to my big brother!!! Love you and hope you have a good day! 



Monday, August 11, 2014

Caden {8.11.14}

I wish I could lay out everything that happened this week! I want to start by saying Thank you for all of the birthday wishes. I got 4 amazing packages that just brightened my day so much and i also got a couple of cards that meant the world to me! The things I loved most had nothing to do with the money but just the love and meaning people put into things! I want to share a little experience with you. On my birthday Sister Shumway, our mission Presidents wife, called to wish me a happy Birth day. I knew the call was coming and I was very excited cause I already knew it was coming. She wished that we would find a new family to teach as she did my past companions. Well this was on Friday and we still needed two new investigators to hit our goals for that week! I told her that we WOULD find that family and bring them to the knowledge of the gospel. The next day we went on splits and we were going to contact a referral that we got from a nearby area. We also noticed that there was a less active member of the ward at the same address. So after much prayer and faith we went to this house to figure it all out. So far in my mission an out of area referral has not really gone anywhere. The people are just too nice to say "not interested" so we knocked on the door and to our surprise a young lady answered and said "please come in" we talked to them and without even teaching them a full lesson they expressed the spirit they felt from us and wanted to be baptized! It was a really cool experience. I had already planned on that happening because that is just how the Lord has worked for me in my mission. I called sister Shumway to tell her that i found the family of three (James-26, Kassie-23, and Sabrina-3months) and that they are going to be baptized and she caught me off guard with her reply. She said that she has not heard success reported back from that wish in a long time which is really sad! My message to all of you is that the Lord loves you all! He wants to help you so please lose your pride and realize you don't have to do it yourself! Just have a simple faith knowing that you can't do it without Heavenly Father and have the faith that if you need it you will get it. He is waiting to help you so let him! I love you all and i hope this little message will remind you that God Lives and so does his son Jesus Christ. And he lives so that we too can live. If you are lacking faith in anyway please get on your knees and talk to God and get the faith. We have to hit our knees to talk to God, and we have to hit the scriptures to hear his response! Love you ALL!

Elder Madsen.










Friday, August 8, 2014

Happy Birthday Caden!! (:

I wish that I could spend this year with him but only one more birthday until I can! Happy Birthday Caden!! I hope you have the best day and that the people in Missouri are taking care of ya. (; I can't even explain how grateful I am to have him in my life. He has shown me what it means to be happy. I simply adore him. Happy 20th Cade. ♡

Here are the birthday pictures I sent him and the birthday package! (: I had so much fun putting this together. I hope he loves it! 

Here's what's in it: 

· Watch
· Cake in a mug kit
· Tie with a message sewn on
· Personalized Tie Clip
· Batman Duct Tape Wallet
·Tons of treats
· Build A Bear