August 25, 2015
Subject: Sharing Time
Hello!
Happy Tuesday, this week
I´m actually going to the temple, not last week.
This week we had so much
happen! We did 2 splits [note: a
Missionary companionship splits up with another Companionship (exchanges
companions) for a day], one with the Zone leaders [note: A Zone is a geographical grouping of Districts which is a
grouping of Companionships. One Companionship in the Zone is designated as the Zone-Leaders
and each District has a District Leader] and one with the Elders in Hanau
(Taylor, [Hayden’s older brother]
knows Elder Hales I think, I was with the Elder whom Elder Hales is training). Elder
Merkley. So cool to see how well he´s doing, 3 weeks in [the mission], talking to so many people and the only German he has
learned was in the MTC for 6 weeks and now in Germany for 3. The gift of
tongues is real.
We also found an Armenian
family and taught them this week. We taught them about the restoration [Video],
the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. Sadly, the day after we got a call and the
father wanted to meet with us. We were really excited at first, thinking that
they had been praying or reading the scriptures and had a good experience with
that. Unfortunately, he had googled the church and saw/found a bunch of lies and
bad things about the church. No longer wanting to meet. That was tough. We had
a talk about these things and encouraged him to go to our church website or ask
us instead. Why trust the internet, you don´t know whoever would publish these
negative things, you know us. If you hear about a restaurant and want to know
how the food actually tastes, you don´t go and ask the competitors, you go and
eat the food if you actually want to know. Or you ask someone who works there
what they put in the food, something like that.
ON a more positive note,
my companion and I taught sharing time in primary this past week. SO MUCH
FUN!!! We shared with junior and senior primary about how miracles come after
faith. Or Miracles don´t necessarily lead to faith when people choose not to
believe. We used pharaoh and Moses, "Let my people go" had the
children jumping around like frogs and flying around and stuff for a few of the
plagues. We also read 3 Nephi
7:19-20 where Nephi rose his brother from the dead and worked miracles in
the name of Christ. With senior primary we had a more active discussion, but
both groups of kids were so much fun, I love primary!
Fun news with The car,
soon to be cars. That went so fast! I feel like school was just ending and you
guys are back! Emily is with MR. Harnett!!!! [note: Hayden’s high school AP-US History teacher] AHHHH He will
love her! I hope she will love his class. So good. Dalton Mann in our ward too [note: Elder Mann is a Missionary just
arrived in Hayden’s home ward. Talyon Perry, Haydens friend, and Hayden both know Elder
Mann from classes at BYU – small world], I was in that Book of Mormon class
with Talyon and him at BYU too. As far as pictures, the problem is that I
usually write my emails on the iPad, so I don´t have access to send pictures.
As soon as we email at the church again I´ll get some pictures over to you.
Have a great week and
fun starting school!
Love,
Hayden
[NOTE about Primary: Children between the ages of three and eleven
meet as a group under the direction of the ward Primary presidency. The
children offer prayers, read from the scriptures, and give short gospel-related
talks. They learn gospel principles through role playing, readers' theaters,
choral readings, buzz sessions, panel discussions, and other activities. They
also learn and sing music selected from a children's songbook. (this is the “Sharing Time” portion of the Children’s
meeting time. Junior Primary is 3-7 year olds, and Senior Primary is 8-12 year
old)
The children divide according to age for small group classroom
sessions. Age-appropriate lesson materials are selected to help children grow
in understanding gospel principles; learn that the Heavenly Father and Jesus
love them; and prepare to be baptized, receive the Holy Ghost, and keep their baptismal
covenants
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