Weekly Update~ "Blessings Come When We Seek For The Savior's Power as Bad as We Want to Breathe"

Dear family and friends,

RJ and His New Companion Elder Moyes

 One of the oft-referred to stories of this recent General Conference was the woman who suffered from the debilitating blood condition for 12 years. I loved this story in context to President Nelson's talk on Drawing the power of Jesus Christ into our lives. Like the woman who stretched physically and spiritually in order to grasp the Savior's power into her life. There are a few experiences where I witnessed others and myself stretch this week. 

We are teaching a man right now who has gone through a lot. I have seen him bring forth many fruits signifying his repentance and becoming a new man. However, he just seems to be one of those people who can't seem to catch a break. For about the past 3 years, he has been bounced around from home to home, trying to look for a job and making ends meet. He expressed to us that after he met the missionaries, he found a new found hope in life and things began to work out for him. He found a job about a month and a half ago at a casino running slot machines and began a training without pay soon thereafter. However because of the difficulty of circumstances before, along the way he got both his national I.D. and passport stolen, which has now arisen to become a big problem. Last week, his employers requested everyone to display some sort of identification before the training ends this week. In his desperation, he came to us, asking us to spot him 40k UGX for a new passport. I felt awful for him and was really stressed about what to do. After I got off the phone with him last Friday morning, Elder Moyes and I decided to pray about it. When we finished, a story I heard from MLC a few months back came to mind. In Mexico, there was a mission president faced with a dilemma of government marriage being an obstacle to many couples' being baptized. They simply couldn't afford to pay to get it done so they continued to co-habitate. However, the leaders of the church came up with a program to cut the price of marriage. When this plan was presented to this mission president, it didn't feel right for him to approve it. He thought about it all the way to an interview with a young couple preparing to be baptized. In this interview, he discovered that the couple went three days without eating in order to have enough money for their marriage, leading to their baptism into the church. With this experience, the mission president felt inspired to reject the plan and give these investigators the opportunity to exercise faith and let the Lord provide a way. We came to a similar conclusion with this man. When we went to his home to explain why we were not giving him the money by sharing with him the scripture in Luke 8 about the woman with the blood disease, he was completely understanding and the Spirit filled the room. We followed up with him this week and he told us as he prayed for direction on how to find the money to pay for a new passport, he felt inspired he needed to sell his phone and use the money that would be coming from his job to first pay rent so he could keep the spot in the home he is currently staying in, then buy a new phone in a few months. He felt confident it came from the Lord and we were grateful to witness this man stretch himself and seek God's will.

On Tuesday, I went on an exchange with Elder Seibert. The whole day was relatively good, but we hadn't had any really faith building experiences and hadn't seemed to learn much from each other. As we were discussing these feelings on our way to our last appointment which happened to be a member whom we would be teaching the restoration in 15 minutes too, we made a goal with each other that we'd make it the most powerful lesson of the day. But, to our dismay, he bounced us. It was 8:30 PM. Usually, it's time to prepare to go home if your lesson falls through at that time. However, I felt like there was more to be done in the day. We decided to pray and ask the Lord whom he would have us visit to share the message of the Restoration too to conclude the day. We sat and waited for revelation to come. Elder Seibert, having served in Nsambya before, suggested we visit a less-active member. We called him, and he told us he was home, so we put the truck in gear and sped off to his home 15 minutes away. We testified simply of the truths of the restoration, and finished. We were overcome at the Spirit that was present. We felt inspired to ask for a referral and he immediately listed off a name from the top of his head and told us to call him in the morning to find out when we could go together to meet with him. When we got to the car, we offered a simple prayer of gratitude thanking the Lord for using us as tools to share with someone who needed that message and for helping us stretch ourselves. Truly, I know blessings come when we seek for the Savior's power as bad as we want to breathe. 

I love you all,

Elder Hazen

Weekly Update~ "Another Email of Tender Mercies"

Dear Family and Friends,

I hoped you all enjoyed conference weekend. We decided to go watch the Saturday sessions this morning as a zone at one of the branch buildings. We streamed it from the Internet and threw it up on the wall with a projector and were able to have an awesome experience listening to the modern prophets, seers, and revelators. I came into conference weekend praying specifically for things that will help me become a better missionary, and specifically, for ways I can improve on my prayers. I got more than what I asked for with the talks I was able to listen too. I will give a full conference analysis like I usually do after I finish the rest of the talks:)

This week was full of small blessings once again.

1. I was able to go on an exchange with Elder Nabonbo, otherwise known as Andrew, the former Gospel Principles teacher from the K1 branch who was set apart as a missionary last week when President Collings came to Rwanda. He has been working with the K3 missionaries until he departs for the Accra Ghana mission on Oct.5 this upcoming week. We decided that Elder Grant would go on exchanges with Elder Pearson and Elder Barker, while I would take Andrew into our area. This was his first real opportunity in working with a companion 1 on 1 so the purpose of the exchange was to get him excited for missionary work and to give him a taste of what it's really like to be a missionary. I let him take the lead in lessons and finding situations. It wasn't the easiest of days, but we had a bunch of good experiences and Andrew remarked at the end of the day, "today was special and I'll never forget it".
   
   
   
2. Elder Phiri and Fiagbedzzi baptized 4 investigators this Sunday, two of whom were people Elder Mumba and I began to teach. They wanted me to come to the baptism and I was able to attend.
   
   
   
   

I wanted to share a special experience I had with Ndarra’s family. It begins on Friday, when Elder Grant and I were at a loss for what to do to help him and his family progress towards baptism during Weekly Planning. We decided to ask Heavenly Father for help through prayer. As we were praying, I felt a distinct prompting that we needed to include Ndarra’s wife in the lesson. In the past, she has not participated in any of the lessons. She usually is polite and greets us when we come, but then goes to the kitchen and cooks for the family. We also felt prompted to talk to the family about the importance of temples and eternal families. Elder Grant and I made a lesson plan to focus on that, then remind them of our purpose as missionaries in coming and visiting them each week. We wanted to tell them that central to our purpose is helping them make and keep covenants that will ultimately lead them back to their father in heaven. We went to their home on Saturday evening as usual, and began the lesson. The Mama was present and we began by asking each member of the family why they love each other to invite the Spirit. Elder Grant and I then bore testimony on why we love our families. When it was my turn to bear testimony, I pulled out a picture of my family that I usually keep in my scriptures and passed it around. We then explained that the covenants we make in this mortal life are like a pathway that lead back to our Heavenly Father in the Celestial Kingdom. We talked about the first covenant, baptism, and how it leads to bigger and greater blessings, especially temple sealing that allows families to be together forever. We then pulled out a picture of the Accra Ghana Temple and began to explain about temples and that our purpose in visiting them was more than just preparing them for baptism, but preparing them for happiness in the eternities. However, this was when the lesson began going downhill. Haha I guess God really does allow us to go through a trial of our faith before we receive the blessing. We failed to remember that it was Ndarra’s wife’s first real taste of the restored gospel so she then began asking why unbaptized people aren’t allowed in the temple and why her baptism in the Catholic church isn’t accepted to go into the temple. The discussion was turning into more of a debate, so Elder Grant and I decided to bare testimony in effort to save the Spirit. As we bore testimony, the Mama began laughing. We thought to ourselves, “oh no, what now?” She began explaining an experience she had earlier that week while her husband was in the DRC at a funeral. She explained that she was confused at why these two young men come to her home each Saturday evening to teach her family, and why their message is important and if it’s true so she asked God those same questions. After she prayed, she opened her bible to a random page. This is what she read.
Luke 10:1-7
 1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

 5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

 6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

 7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

 After she read that to  us, I couldn’t help but get emotional. Elder Grant and I just looked at each other, speechless. She told us she knew this was an answer to her prayers and that we truly were sent by God. We committed the family to pray to know if we were sent by God. Elder Grant and I knew that this was a miracle from the hand of God. We knew it came as a result of our diligence amidst our frustrations that week (we got our side view mirrors stolen from our truck for the second time in three weeks earlier that day). We also knew the Spirit was guiding us, because without it, we wouldn’t have known to include that Mama in the lesson. I’m thankful for the tender merices of the Lord each day, no matter how great or small.

love you all very much,

Elder Hazen

Weekly Update~ "Gratitude and Tender Mercies"

Dear family and friends, 

I can honestly say that this was the most spiritually uplifting week that I've had on my mission thus far. I sit here in awe and filled with gratitude for the tender mercies that I've experience this week. One thing that Elder Grant and I have been doing since we've become companions is list the tender mercies we saw from the Lord's hand throughout the day. It is something that we are going to begin to apply with the zone when we take reports from now on.

RJ and His New Companion Elder Grant

Late last week, during companionship study, Elder Grant showed me a talk titled "being purified" (I've enclosed a picture of it).  It basically talks about how a missionary receives counsel from his priesthood leader to take a day entering into an attitude of prayer and fasting, make a list of things that keep the Spirit from being a constant companion throughout the day, then begin a 40 day fast from these things. He counsels the missionary to plead the Lord each morning for strength to resist temptation, and each night, account to the Lord how well you did, and if you did something on the list, figure out why, promise to do better, then ask for more strength the next day. The purpose of the "Purification Fast" is to change our basic desires to align our will to the Lord's, to help our Spirit flourish, and to prepare a place for the Holy Ghost to be our constant companion. Elder Grant and I began our fast on Tuesday and I came up with a pretty lengthy list that continues to grow. Since we've begun, my prayers have become more earnest, heartfelt, and sincere. I've seen some of the blessings already. My thoughts have become more filtered and focused on others, my love for those whom I serve with has increased, I feel happier, the Spirit has guided us to prepared individuals, and the Spirit has assisted more in our lessons. Let me share a few of these experiences:

-On Friday, we had Zone Conference, which was an extremely powerful meeting no doubt attributed to the preparation of the Elders and Sisters. After, Elder Grant went with the K1 Elders to conduct a baptism interview while Elder Majawa and I taught a lesson way out in Narnia. 

After, Elder Grant and I went to teach lessons to two families. The first lesson was with a media referral who found the church online that we had taught twice before. We were planning on teaching the Plan of Salvation When we reached his home, we found his brother there as well because Jean Pierre invited him over to listen to us. The brother's name was Ephraim. We began teaching the Plan of Salvation as planned, hoping the things we were teaching would make sense to Ephraim as well. Mid-way through the lesson, everyone was understanding well aside from the occasional question from Ephraim. However, before we could continue, Elder Grant and I received a prompting to pause the current lesson and share a brief Restoration lesson. This prompted many questions from Ephraim, especially about baptism. He questioned the need to be baptized again, like most people do, but Elder Grant and I bore testimony on aligning our will with God's and doing things his way. Everyone in the room was listening intently and was visibly feeling the Spirit. Even Ephraim, determined to hold his position, couldn't stifle a smile. The Spirit confirmed that our words were true, even like it says in the Book of Mormon about Nephi teaching, "They could not disbelieve our words".

Zone Conference

 -The following lesson, we read the Book of Mormon with Edith and her son, Allen. As we discussed with them, the same Spirit entered the room as we committed them to pray about their baptism date on the 16th of October for confirmation. 

-This week, my love for the members' help in this work has increased. Elder Grant and I have been focused on using members capable of fellow shipping our investigators. I can think of 3 specific experiences where certain lessons would not have gone nearly as well without a member present. Joseph Omba was able to communicate with one of our potential investigators to find where he stays, jumping out of the car periodically to ask pedestrians on the road if we were heading in the right direction. Eric Habimana was able to translate a great lesson with his sister and brother in law. Heritier was able to offer a few powerful testimonies. President Collings has sent more missionaries here in Rwanda this transfer for the sole purpose of getting members more involved with missionary work. He promises to send more missionaries here and if they continue to step up like they have thus far.  President predicts that a stake will be established in Rwanda within the next 3 years which gives me chills.

I'm becoming a better missionary personally than ever before. However, I know that I am nothing, and as Ammon, I boast in the strength of my God who gives me power every time I plead with him that my tongue will be loosed that I will be able to bring just one soul to the knowledge of this Gospel.

I love you all

Elder Hazen

RJ finally got his hump day package, all Packagesgoto Uganda and
you have to wait till someone goes to Rwanda to get them!

RJ's Favorite Item from the box- Chocolate WonderBall

Other Favorite- Kipper Snacks!

Weekly Update~ "The Power of a Testimony"

Dear Family and Friends,

This week Elder Mumba and I had a great week. I will first start by giving an update on Ignatius. On Wednesday, we went and visited him and followed up with him about his planned baptism date for Sunday July 10th. He pulled out his notes he took while reading Mosiah chapter 18- the assignment we left him our last visit. I can testify that as a missionary, there is no better tool to use than the Book of Mormon. Since we have begun emphasizing him reading and having spiritual experiences that build upon the foundation of his testimony, we have seen a huge transformation in him and he has progressed so far. After we had a good discussion, he began voicing some concerns about baptism and he told us he feels like he may not be ready this week. He then asked us, as friends and someone who cares about him, what he should do. He told us his wife is still very opposed to the church and doesn't want to disappoint her. As he told us this, I felt the Spirit to prompt me to ask him what he's waiting for if he knows this church is true. I told him that though this is his decision and he has a legitimate concern, to put it in the hands of the Lord and let him bless him as he keeps the commandments. Mumba bore testimony after me and shared his personal conversion story and about how his mother was opposed to the church as well but he told Ignatius that there is nothing better to do for his family than to show them an example of following the example of Jesus Christ. The Spirit was so powerful and I couldn't help but get emotional. We left the lesson and left the decision in his hands. We left knowing we did our part by following the Spirit and we told him to let us know what he wants to do by Friday evening. On Friday evening, we received a text from him telling us how grateful he is for us preparing him to receive the fruits of repentance through baptism but that he isnt ready quite yet due to family problems he hopes to overcome in the near future. We felt disappointed, but we knew that he would make these covenants one day if not now.

Throughout this week, Mumba and I have tried to be more mindful about what we were praying for and to ask for specific blessings and help, especially throughout the day during our finding time. There were multiple times throughout the week I had clear promptings from the Spirit where we should go. Sometimes they came as an image in my mind of the place we needed to go in the area, sometimes it just came as a prodding thought. As we followed these promptings, we were blessed because we were able to teach two unplanned Restoration lessons to people while we were tracting. It was neat because I felt like I was putting more effort in to be receptive to the Spirit and it was cool to be able to recognize the Lord's hand in the work.

On Friday, it was just one of those days where everyone we came into contact with wanted to contend with every word that came out f our mouths. It a started when we taught a potential investigator the Restoration. The lesson was going well- the guy was humble and was asking good questions- until we introduced the Book of Mormon. He then began talking nonsense about how no one is a Son of God unless they're not a sinner, then began saying we are all sinners and no one will be saved, then how we will be saved if we think about the blood of Jesus...He kept contradicting himself and talked about how none of the churches are true even today. Mumba and I then took turns baring testimony about the Restoration and about a living prophet on Earth today and about the Book of Mormon then we left. The very next lesson was with a family of brothers and sisters. We have taught Ben and Rachel twice now and their older brother Frank was there for the first time. We taught them all the Plan of Salvation which went well. At the end of the lesson, Ben began asking questions about the Book of Mormon. He went to the part in the introduction where Joseph Smith tells the bretheren its the most correct book on the face of the Earth. He asked us if we believe the same and Mumba boldy stated that I believe Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, so yes. Ben then got very angry at us and told us that nothing could replace the bible and that if that is our belief, he doesn't want to hear from us anymore. We explained to him again that the Book is not an addition or subtraction to the Bible but that it is another witness that Jesus is the Christ and that it supports the Bible in that purpose. He angrily rejected us and began saying comments similar to what we find in 2 Nephi Ch 29. To make things better, his Pastor joined us mid-conversation and began contending with us as well. I then asked, what do you have against another testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ? Isn't that why we have the Bible? I then bore testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and told him that the Book is in his hands and he has his own agency to find out for himself if its true or not. Contentious situations are never fun to deal with as missionaries. I'm thankful for the testimony I have in this Restored Gospel and that I know without a doubt that these things are true. I have read the Book of Mormon and I know no wicked man could have written or translated such a book and that it comes from God.

Sunday, Ignatius called us before church and told me "come to the church and baptize me now" haha when we got to the building, he explained that he made the decision he wanted to be baptized after all. After explaining to him the interview process, we pointed his focus to his baptism date of next sunday the 17th. We meet with him this evening to discuss more and hopefully speak to his wife.

I love you all,

Elder Hazen

Weekly Update~ "The Power of a Testimony"

Dear Family and Friends,

This week Elder Mumba and I had a great week. I will first start by giving an update on Ignatius. On Wednesday, we went and visited him and followed up with him about his planned baptism date for Sunday July 10th. He pulled out his notes he took while reading Mosiah chapter 18- the assignment we left him our last visit. I can testify that as a missionary, there is no better tool to use than the Book of Mormon. Since we have begun emphasizing him reading and having spiritual experiences that build upon the foundation of his testimony, we have seen a huge transformation in him and he has progressed so far. After we had a good discussion, he began voicing some concerns about baptism and he told us he feels like he may not be ready this week. He then asked us, as friends and someone who cares about him, what he should do. He told us his wife is still very opposed to the church and doesn't want to disappoint her. As he told us this, I felt the Spirit to prompt me to ask him what he's waiting for if he knows this church is true. I told him that though this is his decision and he has a legitimate concern, to put it in the hands of the Lord and let him bless him as he keeps the commandments. Mumba bore testimony after me and shared his personal conversion story and about how his mother was opposed to the church as well but he told Ignatius that there is nothing better to do for his family than to show them an example of following the example of Jesus Christ. The Spirit was so powerful and I couldn't help but get emotional. We left the lesson and left the decision in his hands. We left knowing we did our part by following the Spirit and we told him to let us know what he wants to do by Friday evening. On Friday evening, we received a text from him telling us how grateful he is for us preparing him to receive the fruits of repentance through baptism but that he isn't ready quite yet due to family problems he hopes to overcome in the near future. We felt disappointed, but we knew that he would make these covenants one day if not now.

Throughout this week, Mumba and I have tried to be more mindful about what we were praying for and to ask for specific blessings and help, especially throughout the day during our finding time. There were multiple times throughout the week I had clear promptings from the Spirit where we should go. Sometimes they came as an image in my mind of the place we needed to go in the area, sometimes it just came as a prodding thought. As we followed these promptings, we were blessed because we were able to teach two unplanned Restoration lessons to people while we were tracting. It was neat because I felt like I was putting more effort in to be receptive to the Spirit and it was cool to be able to recognize the Lord's hand in the work.

On Friday, it was just one of those days where everyone we came into contact with wanted to contend with every word that came out f our mouths. It a started when we taught a potential investigator the Restoration. The lesson was going well- the guy was humble and was asking good questions- until we introduced the Book of Mormon. He then began talking nonsense about how no one is a Son of God unless they're not a sinner, then began saying we are all sinners and no one will be saved, then how we will be saved if we think about the blood of Jesus...He kept contradicting himself and talked about how none of the churches are true even today. Mumba and I then took turns baring testimony about the Restoration and about a living prophet on Earth today and about the Book of Mormon then we left. The very next lesson was with a family of brothers and sisters. We have taught Ben and Rachel twice now and their older brother Frank was there for the first time. We taught them all the Plan of Salvation which went well. At the end of the lesson, Ben began asking questions about the Book of Mormon. He went to the part in the introduction where Joseph Smith tells the brethren its the most correct book on the face of the Earth. He asked us if we believe the same and Mumba boldy stated that I believe Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, so yes. Ben then got very angry at us and told us that nothing could replace the bible and that if that is our belief, he doesn't want to hear from us anymore. We explained to him again that the Book is not an addition or subtraction to the Bible but that it is another witness that Jesus is the Christ and that it supports the Bible in that purpose. He angrily rejected us and began saying comments similar to what we find in 2 Nephi Ch 29. To make things better, his Pastor joined us mid-conversation and began contending with us as well. I then asked, what do you have against another testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ? Isn't that why we have the Bible? I then bore testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and told him that the Book is in his hands and he has his own agency to find out for himself if its true or not. Contentious situations are never fun to deal with as missionaries. I'm thankful for the testimony I have in this Restored Gospel and that I know without a doubt that these things are true. I have read the Book of Mormon and I know no wicked man could have written or translated such a book and that it comes from God.

Sunday, Ignatius called us before church and told me "come to the church and baptize me now" haha when we got to the building, he explained that he made the decision he wanted to be baptized after all. After explaining to him the interview process, we pointed his focus to his baptism date of next Sunday the 17th. We meet with him this evening to discuss more and hopefully speak to his wife.

I love you all,

Elder Hazen

Weekly Update~ "Prayer and Fasting…Tools of Power"

Elder RJ and Timothy an Investigator's Son

New Tradition- Tuesday Pie Night!

Dear Family and Friends,

This week Elder Tesch and I had another very effective week. Last Wednesday, we had one of the best Zone Development Meetings of my mission. The focus of the meeting was building companionship unity and utilizing prayer and fasting for our benefit. Elder Robinson gave us a great training on how to improve our prayers. He told us that missionary work is easy as we pray with faith and trust in Christ to help us in the work. He told us how we need to improve on meeting the standards of excellence each week by finding seven new investigators. As we pray every morning with that goal in mind, and pray specifically that we will find at least one new investigator, or better yet, a new family, we will have no problem in accomplishing that goal. He promised that praying with real intent really does work and shared a few experiences from his time serving in Ethiopia to back it up. Every day since then, Elder Tesch and I have applied this counsel and we have found so much success in doing so. My testimony has grown not only in praying with faith, but also in fasting. Yesterday, we had the opportunity to fast for the first Sunday of the month. Elder Tesch and I obviously had our goals in mind as we opened our fast and we decided to go on splits with Emmanuel and Steven, two of our RC's. Emma and I went up to teach one of the referrals we received from Francis and followed up with her. We extended a baptism date with her last time and she accepted and found that she prayed and feels everything we had taught her was true. She also introduced us to her husband, Tom who we taught as well and he accepted the message we shared with him. After, Emma and I went to Esther, who was a referral from Andrew. She went to church for the first time yesterday so I spent some time answering some questions she had from the classes in church and taught her the Plan of Salvation which turned out really well. Elder Tesch went and contacted 3 of our street contacts, taught all of them, and set return appointments. 2 of those individuals were a husband and wife. As of now, we are currently teaching 5 families consisting of husbands wives and kids and 3 of them are progressing. The fast we had definitely played a role in the success we had yesterday and I always talk about it, but it is so neat to be able to see the Lord's hand work right before my eyes.

We were able to have a few other cool and fun experiences this week as well

• On Friday, Elder Tesch, Andrew, and I took David to the Nile Hospital in Jinja. It was a long day full of travel and we didn't end up seeing the doctor because a bus full of 11 patients pulled into the hospital to see the eye doctor right before we got there. However, It was a wonderful experience for me because I was able to give back to a man who I love dearly and who has done so much for us and who deserves nothing but the best. Being able to walk with him holding my hand around town reminded me of when I was able to walk with my Grandpa Melendez the last few years of his life when it was more difficult for him to walk. He used to grab onto one of my shoulders and I would walk side-by-side with him at his pace until we got where we needed to go. It brought back tender memories and I was very grateful for it. President Chatfield gave us permission to take him again on Wednesday so stay tuned for that. 

  

  Taking David to the Hospital

• On Thursday evening, we had dinner with the volunteers from Help International staying in Lugazi. It was super fun to be able to talk to them and hang out with them for a bit! Tanner and Cayden, both from Lone Peak are coming on exchanges with us tomorrow as well!
• On Saturday, we had the branch Mormon Helping Hands project at the Kawolo Hospital. We had a great turnout and since I've been in Lugazi, it was the most well-organized activity I've seen so far. It was just evidence to me that this branch is growing even more and I was so proud of the leadership and everyone who participated and put forth an effort to make it possible. 

  

  Mormon Helping Hands

  

  Representing Lone Peak!

  
  

  

  Preperation Day Breakfast

  

  "I was sitting on the floor and saw this guy run under Elder Tesch's Desk,
  I ran away as fast as I could and let the other guys take care of it.
  I guess I am afraid of Rats!!!"

I love you all so much!
Love Elder Hazen