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.
Friday, August 22, 2014
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
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