On Tuesday we helped out at FAM and then we had the opportunity to have dinner with a nonmember family who lives in our area. Their son was diagnosed with cancer last year and because they have some friends who are members of the church he received a priesthood blessing that ended up helping him be cancer free in a very short period of time so they wanted to be able to pay forward the kindness and love by feeding us. It was cool to be able to get to know them and share more with them about what we do. Before we left we showed them the "Light the World" video and talked about the initiative based around serving others and following Christ's example in doing so. After we left we received a text from Mrs. Yorba thanking us for coming over and for sharing the video, she explained that their older son thinks that he is an atheist and that she was super grateful to watch him interact with us and to learn from us and to have him appreciate the video and to learn a little bit more. It was so cool to see how something little like that made a mothers day and helped out that family. We hope to be able to interact with them more and hopefully begin teaching them, we will see how that plan goes.
On Wednesday we were able to call Jack and have a lesson with him over the phone. For having gone through a bone marrow transplant and everything that goes along with that he is doing quite well. He sounded pretty tired and worn out, but that's to be expected. He got out of the hospital on Saturday and he is now staying in some hospital housing for about another week so that the doctors can make sure everything is okay before he comes back here to Talega. In addition to the news that he is healthy and doing well he has also told his mom that when he is recovered and able he wants to be baptized! Lots of good things happening for that boy and his family.
On Wednesday we were able to call Jack and have a lesson with him over the phone. For having gone through a bone marrow transplant and everything that goes along with that he is doing quite well. He sounded pretty tired and worn out, but that's to be expected. He got out of the hospital on Saturday and he is now staying in some hospital housing for about another week so that the doctors can make sure everything is okay before he comes back here to Talega. In addition to the news that he is healthy and doing well he has also told his mom that when he is recovered and able he wants to be baptized! Lots of good things happening for that boy and his family.
I'm so grateful to be here for another Christmas. There is something great about focusing on teaching others about Christ at this time of year, even if the people we talk to most are the members of the ward, being able to help them focus on Christ and spread that to others is just as important because they will still be here for a long time and will be able to reach more people than just the missionaries can. These people are good and I need to be with them!
Love
Elder Cheever
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