Email to Dad 12/30/13
What up Dad,
It was awesome to talk to you guys. I was sad at the end but I got over it
and am back to normal now. This week has been good. I like your suggestion that
I need to love the people more. I think that is one of my struggles--Loving the
people as much as the Savior would love them. That is one thing that I am always
working on--Loving the people more. It is true that if you love everyone just as
much as you love yourself you will have much more success. I will definitely
work on that Papa. Elder J is a great missionary who loves the members.
Maybe that is something I can learn from him. It will be fun to have companions
live so close to me when I go home. All of my companions so far are going to go
to Utah State. Pretty crazy, huh? I guess tons of people are planning to go there
after their missions. They are a pretty good school. Sounds like they did
awesome in their bowl game which is good. That is too bad that BYU lost
haha. That is funny
about the Jazz. At least they aren't the worst team in the NBA! They will
hopefully get better within a few years of rebuilding.
I am sorry that you haven't been feeling well this week. I hope you get over
it soon. Head cold crap sucks. Did you end up going to church?
It is crazy that 2013 is pretty much over. I am glad that I am serving a
mission too. My testimony is so much stronger than it used to be. That is really
cool about how much our second areas have in common. I hope I can have the
success you did in your second area. I am sure I will. We have lots of
investigators and I mostly know all of them. We have one named Cheyanne who is a
14 year old girl who the missionaries have been working lots with over the past
year. She wasn't really that interested until just a couple weeks ago. She told us
that she is interested in being baptized. It was really a miracle that she is so
interested. It was something we weren't expecting to hear from her. We are
also teaching a guy named Jose who also goes by Joey. Joey just got out of
prison at the beginning of the month. He is making so much progress! He has some
commandment issues, but he is working through them. He is a pretty sweet guy. He
is a former drug dealer and was pretty much a gangster. It is fun to teach
him because he accepts everything about the gospel. He will probably be baptized
sometime in January or February. They are just a couple of our investigators right now. You guys can pray for Jose and a lady named Emma if
you want. They really are in need of spiritual support. They can use all
the prayers that they can get.
I love you guys so much. I love being able to email you every week.
Thank you for all that you and the rest of the family do for me! Talk to you soon!
Love, Elder Sedlacek
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| The force is with Elder Sedlacek! |
Email to Mama 12/30/13
How is it going Mama!
This week was really good. I really enjoyed talking to you all but I
realized something that I forgot to tell you guys and grandpa and grandma. Thank you
for the gifts! I felt pretty stupid that I didn't even say thank you the first
time, so I am doing it now. I really enjoyed every one of the gifts. I love the Santa mug too. I was a little trunky I guess you could say after I hung up the Skype call, but I got past that and now I am back to normal. You guys are
awesome! Tell Bro and Sister B thank you for the money. I will send them a thank you card. I am glad
you guys liked my pictures haha. Me and Elder C were taking lots of light saber pictures that night when we took that pic. It was fun. JP I am sure
did great on his talk. It would have been cool to hear it but oh well. I am
trying to enjoy every moment, even the harder ones, just like he said. That is a cool story of his
about the ward mission leader though. Re-activations are the same as baptisms in
the eyes of the Lord. It is fun to see people change like that.
For 5th Sunday yesterday we had the same kind of deal. They talked about
missionary work and they had me and Elder J say some stuff too.
Thank you for all that you guys do for me, especially praying for me. I
pray for you too. I am staying warm and am learning to like Elder J. We get along fine, it's just we have total opposite personalities. That is the
hardest part, finding stuff in common with us haha. We work really hard though,
and get lots of success which is a good sign. He is a great
missionary.
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