Jan 12

Elder FEIDLER,

Today we had the special stake conference. It was broadcasted between 4 Houston area stakes.  They changed the boundaries of our ward and moved us to a different stake and now we meet in a different building!  Shadow Creek ward is now in the Houston South Stake and is to meet in the Sienna Plantation building south of Hwy 6 and more to the West. We gained some members and lost some. I think it will be a 25 minute drive to church. Here is Maddie sustaining the changes so I guess she can't complain. 

So it's pretty exciting as we gained 150 names to our ward and lost about 25-30. 

It has been raining here lots! The umbrella has come out to play. 

Sure is tough getting back into work but the holidays are over.  We had the Elders over to eat this past week. They liked the Mini.

All is well here.  Just have to get used to the church changes.  Kids will still go to seminary at the Pearland building so nothing changed there. 

I hope your week has been great. Let us know if you get transferred and if you will have a car. We love you lots and are proud of the great job you are doing. I had this picture sent to me this week. People in Monroe sure like you!

We love and miss you.

Dad

Transfers????

Graham:

Dear Family,

I'm getting transferred! I'm kind of sad because this last week we hit mission standards in this area for the first time since I've been here. This last week we had 3 new investigators! One of them was a former that told us he wanted to be taught the lessons again and get baptized so he can get sealed to his wife in the temple. Another one was a referral from a less active member. We taught her three times last week and she's on date for baptism Feb.14th. She also has an 8 and a 9 year old that will hopefully become investigators this week. The last new one was a homeless lady that randomly came to the adult stake conference. The Burrell family that have 9 kids under the age of 12 took her home for the night. Then they found out that she's detoxing from smoking and drugs. She doesn't know if God exists but is willing to try and find out. Then we had an incredibly spiritual lesson with Sheryl an investigator and Connie her daughter. I was on an exchange with Elder Ditlevsen, my past companion, and we felt inspired to act out the Book of Mormon vs. the Bible. They were very impressed and were completely silent for the first time as we acted it. Once we got to the restoration she asked if we had ever met an apostle. I testified that I had and that I could not deny that Elder Bednar is an apostle. As I could barely get those words out the Spirit rushed into the room stronger then I'd ever felt it before. She stopped me and came over and hugged me and told me how much power was in that statement. She was about to drop us but now is excited to learn more because of the Spirit. Also this week we had 7 lessons with less actives. One Family that had been avoiding us for months text back when we gave them three options for a dinner night. they took all three. The mom came to church last Sunday and signed up for 3 more days, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. During our dinners we enjoyed hearing stories about there missions and shared parts of missionary lessons. During dinner with them last night they told us that they wanted nothing to do with the church for the longest time but that we broke through that because of our pursuance and our love.

 Here is another less active I've been working with.

We went to Jessica's birthday Saturday at her family's house.

Another picture:

It was a very exciting week! Not sure where I'm getting transferred but will let ya know soon.

Love and miss ya'll
​-Elder Graham Feidler

Dad: Great pictures!

Graham: Tomorrow when I show up at transfers I'll find out. We just found out that we have to drive our mission car to the mission office tomorrow so that they can give this area the new Ford Fusion.:( I missed getting a new car by a day :(

Dad: Well you missed the car but you get a new area and final adventure!  Enjoy the transfer. Get someone to email, txt or send smoke signals to let us know the new area and if you have a car.