Jan 27, 2014

Dear Family,
i did not get transferred. it is freezing here! there is snow piled
high for days!! and my feet are always a little frozen i need to do
something about that probably. we were out in a snow storm two
Saturdays in a row giving out free hot chocolate it was awesome!!!!!
well our baptismal dates are no longer valid seeing as they dont come
to church. but we have been working our little tails off to find those
who really do want to come to church. Shawn from my other area finally
got baptized!! and he looked so good! i am so happy for him it was
amazing to hear how it all went! i am excited for this transfer,
there is a lot of people that we plan to teach and a lot of changes that
we are in the process of making. it will be a little challenging do to
the fact that my companion doesn't really want to be here anymore, but
we will make the best of it. one of the woman in the ward her name is
sister whyte lost a cat last night. she is single and her children
minus the one that is all grown up, are her animals. and yesterday she
called us to bath her cat because he had poop all over himself, we
said sure we can do that. i get there get in the tub and literally
this cat was dying in my hands, but nevertheless i bathed him and then
found that this yellow puss was coming from his neck, we started to
disinfect it and cut off the hair around it and as soon as we did we
found a hole in his neck. this cat was not going to live and as i sat
there drying and mending her cat this woman was crying next to me. my
heart hurt so much for her, because i didn't know how to help her
other than do as she asked. we had to leave for an appointment but we
got her all situated before we left we told her we would drop by
before we went home for the night and when we did she told us he had
passed away, she was a mess. it was probably the saddest i have ever
seen her. we set up plans to have a funeral for the cat and will be
dong that tomorrow for her.i feel so sad for her, but so happy for her
as well as much as she didnt want her cat to go she wanted him to go
peacefully and he did. this Sunday i got to speak on trusting in the
love of god. yesterday that is exactly what i did. i hate cats! i dont
like their hair. i dont like it when they poop everywhere and i dont
like their smell or their scratchy claws, but as i drew in the love
that i had for God and that he had for sister whyte i was able to
clean this cat off without losing my sides over it. it actually didnt
bother me at all. i think if i hadn't trusted in God and his never
ending love i would not have been able to do that. and as small as
that seems to us, for sister whyte that was huge, she doesnt call a
single person for help, because she can do it on her own. i am so
grateful to be here in this area. i am not ready to leave yet and am
ready for the challenges and blessing that face me in the next 6 weeks
because you cant have one without the other. i am so glad to hear that
sophia will be here soon! and grandpa is doing better!! i love you all
so very much!!!!
Love Sister Hadley
ps sorry about the spelling errors promise when i get back to
university my papers wont be this bad