Email January 6, 2014

Greetings! How is everyone doing? I hope you are all doing well. :) This week was...well I'm glad it's a new week. Up until Friday, everything was going well. But on Friday, Hazleton and I went to the library to do online proselyting. We locked up both of our bikes together outside, went in for a half hour, and came back out to a broken chain and a missing bike. Mine. Yep. Gone. Probably never to be seen again. Not to mention how much money it cost to buy and get here just gone in under three months. The only consolation is that I did everything I could have done to prevent it. Well, that might not be consolation, but it helps because it was out of my control. Does that help any? Not really. But! I do have to say that because of this, I have been able to see and feel the love from the members and even some nonmembers who want to help get me a new bike. These people are so nice, I can't express the gratitude enough. From myself and from my family. We are so lucky to have been so blessed by having incredible people who want to help. Heavenly Father definitely watches over His servants. Well, one big thing that I can email home about this year because it is now 2014: I have officially begun my Black Year! The Black Year is the one year in each Elder's mission in which he does not see his family. So since I left in October, I will not see my family in person in 2014. On Thursday I was on exchanges with my district leader, Elder Herrador. We went tracting and found a lady who might be interested. We taught Seth, who I may not have mentioned before...? If not, my mom will email me and she'll tell me to explain it next week. :) anyway, we have taught him a couple lessons and this lesson on Thursday we were able to set a baptismal date for January 25! Woo! However, that will have to be pushed back because he didn't come to church this week... :( but that is okay, as long as he is still excited to be baptized then that is what we want! So for the subject line. Yesterday we had dinner at the Kuhnen's house. They are very active, awesome members. Anyway, he served a mission in England and when they were low on money they would get bread, eggs, and beans. Then they would go back to their apartment, toast the bread, cook the eggs however they want, and cook the beans. Then they would put the eggs on top of the toast and proceed to cover it with beans. So he wanted to make it for us for dinner! Haha it was sooooo different. But, honestly, I liked it a lot haha. So that'll be a different snack when I get home. :) anyone wanna try it? Haha. This week I found some pretty good scriptures and I want to share them! 2 Nephi 5:27 talks about living after the manner of happiness. After reading the verses that lead up to this scripture in particular, I understood why and how they lived after the manner of happiness. It was awesome. Romans 8:37-39 talks about how nothing can get in between us the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. I really loved that one, especially with what has happened this week. And the last one which I might have shared before is 2 Nephi 2:24 which says that all things are done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things. Mmm. How amazing is that? Very helpful to know that all things are done in the wisdom of him who not only knows all things but him who loves you and knows all things. Amazing, Well, I hope this week goes a lot better and I hope that you all have incredible weeks as well. I love you and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you and all things are done for our benefit! I know this to be true and I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true as well. Love, Elder Cevering II