March 18, 2013

Hey family it’s great as always to hear from ya'll!!! haha I loved the pictures!! I am so glad that God is blessing you all right now. He is also blessing me so much, I can feel His divine help everyday! and it’s a wonderful feeling, I was just thinking the other day how this is such a huge task that we have and if you think it could be impossible! But it’s not, we have His help!! Without Him and Christ and the Atonement we are literally nothing, we are loved. We are blessed so let’s live everyday showing how truly grateful we are for that!!

So the day before transfers I forgot to tell you a funny story. It was snowing a ton but we had a couple appointments that we had to have and President sent us all a text that said to not drive. So we decided to walk. As we were walking on the sidewalk a snow plow drives buy and a little sprinkles on us from that. Then another drives by and a little more snow. At this point I'm thinking that two snow plows is enough for that road so I keep walking. Next thing I know I'm getting tackled by a huge wave of snow from yet another snow plow!!!! I think he sped up and drove closer to us on purpose! hahah but it was crazy how strong it was!!! It almost knocked me over!! haha. I was soaking wet for the rest of the day... -_- ahah

I got your package you sent :D thanks that was great!! Great tie, great cookies! Great talk and books and note it was great!!! haha

So the other day we were tracting, and we get to this house and knock nothing so then we ring the doorbell. A couple seconds later we are getting charged by an old man cussing us out and telling us to leave and never come back!!! hahah it was crazy how fast it all happened!!! I just remember bracing and preparing myself to get tackled and punched hahah!! but luckily he didn't touch us! I didn’t even have time to get scared because it happened all in less than 5 seconds!! haha it was crazy! but good expericence and good journal entry ;)

Every Saturday our ward mission leader has a correlation mtg with the missionaries here which is great because my old one didn’t haha. But he usually makes pancakes and other good breakfast food! So he made that and then being the small joker he is he's like well Elder Lifferth we are gonna eat pancakes and for your breakfast I got you gluten free oreos! haha it was really nice! Then he brought out eggs for me too! It’s crazy how nice people are to my health needs! What a blessing!!!

We were tracting the other day and we saw this guy on his porch and we decided to talk to him. So we go up and teach him and he is just super weird... we taught a really good lesson but he was just a creep...we got a really weird creeped out feeling from him! kinda a dark feeling... so we left hahah. He went to another church, and I don't know it was just really weird...and dark for some reason.

So has anyone in our fam got new mission calls or friends? Jordan G? Jordan C still hasn't written me back... anything new? :)

Yesterday we went to a baptism of the sister missionaries and as I was leaving a member from the english ward walked by and then said Elder Lifferth? Are you related to Geoff and Kate lifferth? uh yeah he's my uncle! then she told me that in Boston she used to babysit Jon and Will and told me a funny story how when Jon and Will would get angry they would call each other funny names, like" you astronaut!! stuff like that. Then as it progressed and got a little more heated they would call each other her name hahah. They are Greg and Holly D. So maybe you could pass that info on to them ahah. I told her Jon's serving a mission now! Small world with our name! haha

Yesterday we went to visit a less active teen. We got in and we just hit it off. He plays soccer and likes it a lot etc etc. We told him the importance of keeping the sabbath day holy and I told him different experiences in my life that made me realize the importance of it even I learned that the hard way ha. but during that time he really changed and is like you’re right...I'll be at church this Sunday! It was just cool to use soccer as a tool to help connect for the good of the gospel!

We've lately been teaching this one family with lots of problems.. haha their 13 year old has already made a ton of bad choices and his parents never taught him the right etc etc. and as we’ve been teaching them I have seen how the gospel truly can change us and motivate us to do better , they are all on date to get baptized abril 13!! As a family. At first I guess before I got here they wouldn’t set a date or even want to, but as we've taught them more and more they want to change more and more, they all came to church and the baptism yesterday! It’s awesome to see!!! The power of the gospel !!!

Well I think that’s about it for now. Stephen's hair is pretty nasty in the pic with him and the cat!!! hahah But the other one he looks good, Michael is also looking really good! haha. Any luck with addresses of my friends and an electronic spanish translator? or should I buy one here? If you could let me know asap that would be phenomonal! :)

Well as always congrats on the success and blessings you have all received and for actually noticing God's hand in your lives. Dad you can finally rest a little from all the stress from the legislature haha!!! Sure love you all!

Con amor,

Elder Andrew Lifferth

Ps I think today is gma shirley's b-day. I just remember that because it’s two months before mine!! Happy b-day grandma!