Going to the BYU-Georgia Tech game???;)

Family,

Wow I tell you what, I cant believe the caliber of men that are called as Mission Presidents! Each of them have been so awesome, they have all been filled with love toward God and his missionaries. They have all cared about doing this work the Lords way, and just been men of integrity. I have to be one of the most blessed missionaries of all time!! This stuff is just too good to be true. I would have to say that President Harding is the best yet... because.... He feels like we ought to be able to go the the BYU Georgia Tech game here in Atlanta! :) haha. Ok that was a Joke, about him being the best for that reason, but its a good reason ;)

So we picked him up from the Airport on Saturday afternoon. His first Idea of what to do was to go strait to the Temple. Essentially his quote was "As a symbolic start to this next chapter, before I go to the my house or your house or the office, lets go to the Lords House", so we did. We did some Initiatory Ordinances together and spent some time counseling together in the Temple. Since then until late last night, he has wanted to go and meet as many missionaries as possible so we have gone around and he has lifted our spirits with his faith. It is amazing how much faith he has. He is a deeply spiritual leader. He is so inspired! One very very cool thing about his vision and Ideas, is that what the spirit has been prompting him to do and focus on are all the same things that the Lord has been putting on Elder Forbush and I's minds. Things are going to get better. The only bad part about all of this is that I come home In 7 weeks. But I know that what I will do and learn, especially what I will learn because of what I will do.

One thing that I have learned from him so far is how powerful it is for us to know who we really are. Divine identity is so powerful. It effects what we even believe in. Joseph Smith taught that to have true faith, you first have to have a correct understanding of who God is. If we know him, then we know ourselves. Knowing who we are effects everything we do. It effects the way that we see the actions that we do everyday. It changes our outlook on how we treat other people, and how we serve in the church, how we look at education and family. "Remember who you are", is really a good ideal to live by. Especially for missionaries. If we really understood that we were literally representing the Creator of all things, in the Atlanta Georgia area, it would change the way that we talked with every single person. It would change the way that we looked at obedience and prayer, it would change the way that we looked at studies, and teaching and planning and companions. Few of us, if any, understand who we truly are as children of God, therefore it is imperative that we study the scriptures, pray every day and attend and serve in the Church. The gospel is so true. This next week we will be doing a lot of talking and planning, and then after that we will be runnin and gunnin. Thank you so much for your prayers and Support! I love you all so much!

Elder Hendrix