March 24, 2014

Dear Family,

This week was good! We didn't teach very much but we spent a lot of

our time finding, we haven't found anyone super interested yet but

this week we will!! we are so determined.

      We saw Elder David A. Bednar and Elder Davies, Elder Foster,

and Elder Seldon on Saturday! The spirit in that chapel was so strong.

For weeks we prepared ourselves by reading talks and addresses given

by Elder Bednar about conversion and learning by faith, so most of

what we talked about was making our will the lords will and acting

instead of being acted upon. I thought that he was going to be a whole

lot more intimidating than what he was, but he had us all luaghing

more than once that meeting and he had us in tears by the end. There

was one point in the meeting when he asked us to ask questions instead

of just making comments. we were told to come prepared with questions

by our mission president but elder bednar told us to not ask those

questions,"toss them out" he said. he said this is prpobably the only

time in your life when you will get to ask an apostle of the lord and

two of the seventy and the presiding bishop a question, this will

never happen again, based on what you have been taught by the spirit

today what do you want to know? i had already stood up at the

beagining when sister bednar asked us what we like about our companion

so i didn't dare stand again to take away from anyone elses time or

chance. But i did have a question in the back of my head that i really

wanted to ask, this is where i learned that my heavenly father is very

aware of everything in our mind. i didn't pray for the question to be

answered, i just had it in my mind i truly wanted to know if an Elder

Bednar had personally seen God, and Jesus Christ. At the end Elder

Bednar bore his testimony and shared with all of us that he knew the

god head is three sepreate beings and that he is a witness of that

himself. at that exact moment i knew my heavenly father guided his

thoughts so i could receive my answer. of all the things Elder Bednar

could have testified of especially the direction our meeting went, his

testimony was an answer to my question. I am so grateful for Worthy

servants of the lord who guide and direct us today! i cannot wait for

General Conference i love hearing the words of the prophet and

apostle, this was honestly the best early birthday gift i could ever

ask for. I Hope all is going well back home! I love my companion she

keeps me on my toes and she is so positive all the time! We have our

work cut out for us but there isn't anything we cant do with the help

of our God! I LOVE YOU ALL!!  Let the Bean Grow!

Love Sister Hadley