Hello Friends and Family!
Here is the latest letter from Elder Troy this
week. The letter is pretty
self-explanatory, but he also wrote me personally and asked that I express his
great appreciation for all the cards, letters and emails. He is overwhelmingly thankful for his
ward, family and friends back home.
He said, “I've been getting lots of contact
from back home lately. Please let everyone know how much I appreciate them and
their writing - even if I don't have time to respond!”
His birthday is on Wednesday and there’s no
place he’d rather be than Houston, Texas!
Thanks for your constant love and encouragement
of our son. We love you all!
JD & Terri
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Hey Ya'll!
This week we got to see the ghetto up close and
personal and teach some awesome lessons!
So Westfield doesn't really have any dangerous
areas, it's really mostly just drugs and unemployment. There's apparently very
little gang activity, though there have been a couple of unusual robberies here
locally.
On Thursday while we were doing our weekly
planning, we got stir-crazy and decided to go to the local park to finish our five-hour
planning session. While we were there, the neighborhood descended into complete
chaos! There was a police chopper in the air, police cars escorting the school
buses, and dozens of police cars hunting down someone on foot.
We never heard what happened, but didn't hear
any gunshots that day, so I'm not sure what went down? There's a video
attached.
There was also something weird in a parking
lot, not sure what was going on but we counted 15 cop cars and got another
video (you're welcome, mom!)
This week we had the best lesson with our
investigator, "Darren". We taught him about baptisms for the dead and
the plan of salvation.
He has had a rough life, and told us that that
this lesson was the answer to questions he had been praying about for years,
since two of his siblings have passed away in dark circumstances. We testified
and the spirit was VERY strong.
We also had a lesson with an investigator
family, "Macy and Irene". Macy's adult daughter, a less active member
I'll name "Janice" was also there. She left the church a few years ago.
Her bishop warned her that if she had yet another child out of wedlock, she
would probably be excommunicated. Then her daughter died. Confused and angry
with God, she swore off the Church. We testified powerfully of our Heavenly Father's
plan for her and her daughter, and the eternal family. We then watched 'The
Refiner's Fire' and all of the women were crying, and the father in the family
("Peter") was sitting mouth agape. The spirit was overwhelming and I
hope they are now willing to act on the promptings they had.
I love you all and pray for you often. Thank
you for your many emails and encouragement. Know that I'm
safe and growing all the time.
Love,
Elder Troy
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