Friday, July 24, 2015

Week 23 - Nashville, GA

Dear Family,

Thank you for the package!   Things down here haven't changed too much from last week.   This week I also spoke at a funeral service for a 16 year old boy who committed suicide.  His mother is less active and his father is agnostic.  I guess they, or someone in the family, wanted the missionaries to share a short spiritual thought that would give his family and friends some hope.  It made me ponder what the boy must be thinking from the other side as he watched this go on.  No one even knew why he did it, but there were people from all over at the service.  Maybe he just never knew how his friends really felt about him, or never recognized how much he was loved, but it was interesting to think about what he was feeling.  I'm not sure if we did any good from us being there, but I hope something came from it.
Other than that we didn't have much success at all this week.  Well I hope you all are doing alright!  Love you all so much!

Love,

Elder Hinrichs
Our Nashville District
Elder Herzog, Elder Peterson, Elder Batholomew, Elder Hansen, me, and Elder Hunsaker