We have definitely gotten the ball rolling here lately. We found a new investigator this week and it is cool because she is an older Thai woman. The reason that is cool is because my companion is Thai and has wanted to teach some Thai people on his mission. Slight problem, she doesn't speak very much English only Thai so I don't say much in lessons now which is weird.... We also went to a big Thai festival at the Big Thai Buddhist temple in our area. It was kinda cool. It felt like being back over in Asia. We taught 7 lessons this week but I was only at 4 of them because we had exchanges this week with our District leader. Then one of the 4 I was at was in Thai so I guess I was only at 3, hahah. We have to help them not get into the interrogator status. Also 4 of the lesson we had members at, and one of those was a dinner. I was not there for I was in Studio City with our dear old Elder Miller, figuring out what to eat like we always did in Granada Hills. And just having like oatmeal or something. It was odd how much it hadn't changed in like a year of not being together.
Well lately we have had good dinners it has been 6 or 7 a week for weeks. Which is much better than September when we had maybe 15 in the whole monthish and maybe 7 or 8 of those were in the last week.
We went to a fireside in the ward and Mark Deacon, he is a bishop in the Encino ward in our mission, spoke. He is the actor that portrays Christ in The Lamb of God video. He spoke about his experience which was pretty cool. The thing that I remember most is how he said that when he was lifted onto the cross in the film that there was a little movie magic. He had some hand holds he could hold and then a line connected to his back, but it still hurt a lot, and he wasn't even baring all of his own weight. He would repeat that many times. So then, if that hurt so much, he can't imagine what the Savior went through. So it is just completely amazing what the Savior did for us. And that He would do it for a lot of people who would still reject Him even though He had died for them. I know that we are completely unworthy of such love but am in awe that He still did it. I know that we can be cleansed from our sins through Him and only through Him, as His name is the only name under heaven that salvation can be brought to pass. I am thankful for our Savior and thankful for the love He has given us. I know that He Lives, which Brother Deacon said was the most important part of the film and the part that has the most impact on him. He is our Savior and wants to heal us through His Blood. I am Grateful to be one of His representatives and His voice as if a trump, which by the way I think aptly describes my level of speech, and am thankful for the time I have left to do so.
Well here are photos. We went to The City Walk mall up by Universal studios
Love ya,
Elder Hyde
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| North Hollywood District with the Zone Leaders |
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| Elder Tobchan, Elder Ashworth, and Elder Hyde on a bus |
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| Elder Hyde and an angel that smelled slightly of chips and salsa |
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| Elder Hyde, Elder McCauley, and Elder Lee at Universal City Walk mall |
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