Mom and Dad,
-I finally got the big box of clothes!! ( sent this box in
late March!) I got letters from Eliza
Latimer and Sister Lee. Thanks!!
Well I woke up today to a "national day of mourning"!! The national hero Manny Pacquiao, World Welterweight
Boxing Champion has fallen! You all may
not have even heard back at home, but it's a pretty big deal here! As is normal
with the day of a Pacquiao fight, Sacrament meeting attendance was down. We
were outside walking when he lost and I saw a little 5 year old walk out of his
house in tears screaming "Natalo si Pacquiao!" (Pacquiao lost!) One
of the Elders here is Tongan but looks kind of like he might be African American, and because the guy that
beat Pacquiao was African American, this Elder has had a ton of drunk guys yelling at him all day
yesterday.
Well It’s been a good week. I feel like I'm kind of figuring
out what to do with some of the issues in my Zone. We have one Elder in
particular that seems to be struggling with the Mission Rules My companion and
I are going to work with him and some of the other Elders. We will love them,
not judge them, and do our utmost to serve them and love them.
Well our 15 yr. old girl that is investigating the church had her baby this past Wednesday!! We visited
them on Tuesday night and she was in so much pain. They texted us at 5:45 am
and asked us to come to the hospital! We went and were sitting outside with the
brother who is an investigator. This young girl had a difficult birth but it
appears that everything is alright. There were a a couple of moments when we were really worried! I don’t know what
will happen to her or her boyfriend with regards to the church but I am sure
the Lord has a plan.
We have two baptisms coming up this Friday! One is a 10 year
old from a returned Less-Active family, and the other is a 21 year old young
man from a part-member family. We also have one coming up on June 30 for a 19
year old young man! I have attached a picture of him to my letter. He drives
one of the railroad bikes.
I’m really happy to
be here and to serve. This calling and area is exhausting in every aspect, but
I'm loving it. I know that this is the Lord's work. I've felt his love and his
support for me so much this week. He's really lifted me up in some hard times
this week. I read this week in the Book of Mormon in Alma where Alma was
rejected from the city of Ammonihah and as he's feeling depressed, an Angel
appears to him and says:
"Blessed art
thou, Alma; therefore, lift up thy head and rejoice, for thou hast great cause
to rejoice; for thou hast been faithful in keeping the commandments of God from
the time which thou received thy first message from him."
The scriptures then say that Alma "speedily" returned. Sometimes
we are down and discouraged, but the Lord will strengthen us, be on our right
and on our left to bear us up. If in our trials we rely on Him,
he will make us strong to do whatever He would have us do.
I love you all!!
Love, Elder Yost
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