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Dear family and friends, 

This past week was really good! Elder Torgerson and I probably had out best 3 day period that we've ever had together. We saw many miracles and the Lord's hand was upon us in all of our labors. We welcomed in the new year with another transfer coming to a close and many changes to come but for us.... no change. Elder Torgerson and I will stay together and he will be my last companion. I'm very excited to see what miracles we will be able to see as we labor diligently for this transfer. 

On Tuesday one of my good friends Elder Fullford was concluding his mission so we capped it off with some buffalo wild wings. We all ate a good amount of wings and we also all ate one of their blazin wings and it was a very spicy wing. Afterwards we went to a lesson with those elders with a miracle woman that had reached out to them on social media and that lived in our area. Her name is Michelle and she is so interested in learning more and has already taken so much in and is so humble and open. She's a younger mother and recently has been open to the beauty of Christ's gospel. She is a student of the bible and reads it religiously. She became aware of the church when one day a parent from her son's soccer team said that he was a Latter Day Saint. This turned in her mind for many days and she desired to learn more about these latter day Saints. She is awesome and we're meeting with her this thursday! 

We had much success with other meetings and all of these appointments helped us to avoid the weather this week. It rained almost everyday which is unusual for Tucson. It was also super cold. 

Another event from this past week was that one of my good friends that I've made on the mission, Elder Soifua, who I've ran with a lot this past transfer challenged me on the new year to run an 8 mile run with him at under an 8 minute mile pace. That evening I didn't really know if I could do it but I felt I could do it so I agreed. The run started off great and I felt better than I could have expected and went well for the first 5 miles. The last 3 mile stretch we were running into about 15 mile per hour winds and they truly beat upon me. My body still felt great but these winds were beating upon my mind and I often felt like stopping. It really reminded me of those verses in the sermon in the mount about "when the rains come and the winds blow and beat upon our house" , they really were beating upon me but while thinking about these verses it reminded me that the foundation was what gave the wise man's structure the strength. I had adequate training to finish this run without giving up. I had ran many runs preparing me for this run. It showed me how it was the little things that I had done to prepare that strengthened me in this moment. Its been the same for me spiritually. My small efforts of reading my scriptures and praying and serving others give me strength for when I confront the spiritual hardships in my life. We did accomplish our goal of running 8 miles and we did so with a faster pace than 8 minutes per mile! It was a good way to start off the new year. 

I had many opportunities to bear my testimony this week and have various discussions about testimony and belief with others and I'm grateful for the things that I do know. I do not know everything but what I do know gives me the strength to continue forward and gives me more hope than any other source could! 


Happy new year and have a good week! 


Elder Holman







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