Los Odiosos Van a Odiar‏

Los Odiosos Van a Odiar‏: June 1st, 2015

Dear Family and Friends,

What a week! 

Being home in KCMO, in the great Riverview Branch, is super surreal. We’ve been making rounds and connecting with all of the people that I taught and worked with back in ’13. I’m so surprised by all the people that throw open their doors and welcome us in, geez, I’m just happy they remember my name. The teaching pool is slowly building up again. We are seeing tons of miracles. The Church is true!

This week we had a visit from Elder Clark of the Quorum of the Seventy and what a hay day that was! Man, I've never seen a General Authority speak with such power and borderline sarcasm. It was inspiring--to go out and get married, because that's what most of these trainings end up being on. Weird, huh?

Elder Elwood and I have been making big sacrifices this week for the work. I mean, Friday we found out a part-member family owns a restaurant and is never at home so we hit up "Guadalajara" for some lunch and before we knew it we were at a table scarfing down a heaven-sent Torta Cubana and scheduling times to begin teaching Noami (the non-member daughter). Sometimes you have to do the hard things, right?

After reporting about the lessons and baptismal date of Noami, many members of the branch council shot us down, doubting that the family would come to church. It was understandable because apparently they've put a bunch of effort into them with no results, but it hurt to have them rain on our parade. The moment they walked into sacrament meeting, luckily I kept it in my head, I almost said, "Los odiosos van a odiar." It's true. Satan wants you to feel like crap. Unfriendly people aren't going to be nice. Evil dogs are going to try and bite you. Haters are just going to do one thing: hate. So keep up the good work and keep fighting for the Lord with a smile on your face. 

Oh, and we had interviews this week with President Vest. I just want to sit down and absorb all of the knowledge and wisdom and charm out my main man, President Randy "J-Dawg" Vest as I like to call him. He told me that I'm a "delight to work with" (that's a first) and that he tolerated my border-line unapproved Christmas Rendition of "Angels We Have Heard on High".

MUCHO AMOR,

Elder Beau Hart

(Elder Valdez and I at the WWI Museum and Me rockin' it back in good ol' KCK)