A Wet 4th in Lebanon

How are y'all??? 

Man I can't even remember what has happened this week. Oh this week was the 4th of July (mine and Alydia's favorite holiday along with Halloween, shout out to Lid and her hubby) The 4th here was really, really, really rainy! We had flash flood warnings all day and all the next day! It was still good though, in the morning we had a pancake breakfast with the ward and it was really fun! That night we had an activity for the Spanish group, only 1 investigator showed up, probably because it was raining so hard, haha. 

Then on Friday we had a great visit with the Daily Family and boy is Adam Daily ready for baptism. He is an amazing man and I feel like I learn more from him then he does from me, haha! We also had a ground breaking lesson with Rosa this week and she is showing great progress. It is really fun trying to describe the Apostasy in deep detail with very poor Spanish, haha, but the Lord provided and she got the message and it was a spiritual experience! We still have a good group of about 10 or so serious people that we are teaching!  We are being patient with each of their learning levels and helping them come unto Christ! 

We are also busy with less actives and part member families in this ward! We have some really amazing people that we get to visit and we love them ALL. It is interesting trying to work out who gets to visit and teach who, when having 3 sets of missionaries in the same ward! It is also interesting trying to figure out what Spanish people we get to teach also, haha.  My Spanish is still a work in progress, but it is still getting slowly better and better! 

Hermana Knecht and I are still having a blast with each other and we are both learning so much together! It is amazing how you continue to change and grow every day and every week as a missionary. I am finally starting to really feel like a missionary and to really be able to find myself as a missionary. It is a really interesting process trying to forget yourself and become the servant of the Lord that you need to be. Each week you find something new to work on. At the beginning of my mission it was overwhelming trying to figure out what I needed to working on, because I had so many things to change! I have learned how to choose and take one thing at a time and really work on that specific thing and then the next week pick a few new things to work on. IN the moment it seems that you progress slowly, but now looking back it is amazing to see how much I have changed and learned! I continue to try and grow through setting and keeping goals. It is awesome how much setting goals and keeping track of your progress can really help you learn and understand what you need to be working on! 

I love y'all so much and I pray for you every day! I pray for you to be safe and to have good missionary moments in your lives as well!! I am excited to go home and be a good member missionary because it is funny to learn that you can be a more efficient missionary when you are home because you know the people at home and know who is ready to hear the message. So, I hope at home you are praying for opportunities to share the gospel as well and to help others come unto Christ!! 

Love

Herman Kenedi Ayre!!