Dear Family

Dear Family,

haha so life has been going well on the mission. Things have been pretty slow lately cause we have baptized all of our progressing investigators and now we are working on recontacting other investigators and finding it has been a real challenge. But the Lords word will roll on. It has been great to see the change work in the recent converts. I have notice that right after they are baptized satan works really hard on that person. Almost everyone of our recent converts have a mountain to climb and I now understand the importance of why members need to pitch in and fellowship. The members have been the real support on keeping them active. every one that is in the fold has had at least some one that took the time to bring us there and that is why we are here today I am grateful for the people in my life that has brought me to this moment. I have also realized that our choices affect not only us which can be for good or bad. Our choices can and will affect generations of people and "may we choose the harder right then the easier wrong" the mission is not easy but I know that it is the right thing to do and I know that the choices I have made to go out will effect generations. I love you. ALOHA !!!! 

Elder Boyd

Hello from Honolulu!

love you too dad thanks this letter is only for you to read for the support life is difficult and I still feel like I haven't gotten that answer to my prayers yet but I hope I will I see the blessing of the gospel I believe in the truth of this chruch I guess I can say that I struggle with the apostasy cause I know that there is only one truth so how do you know for sure that you truth is the only truth when other feel that same burning desire that there religon is true I want to believe but believing can only bring you so far I went on my mission feeling that I don't know it's true but I believe so I toke that leep of faith trusting that the lord would catch me but I feel like I'm still falling I just don't know how I'm going to receive peace that this is true with out having some kind of answers. how long must I fall tell I get an answer that god is really there and he love me how can I know.. I don't mean to rant but it is really discouraging cause I can't look them in the eye and tell them that this is true that god is real that he loves them if I haven't felt that my self. I believe and will continue to believe and i know that the gospel makes me happy and that it fills a void of emptiness inside me but thats it so that's how things are really going on but I'll be ok I wont quit I just don't know what I;m going to do when I get home cause if I don't get the spiritual witness of why I'm here whats the purpose in life is the church true and is god real, I know for a fact because i have seen it in other RM's I will fall away and that is something I don't to happen but I know if you do not have a true fondation in some thing that will happen any one can believe in santa clause but that doesn't make him real you can be influenced to be good by something but that doesn't make it real I know I letting scratch get in between my eyes but I want to know not this believe stuff I WANT TO KNOW but I don't know how to know any ways I 'm done sorry for that I'm just letting off my steam so yea the hurricane pass over us like it was nothing didn't even rain on us so the lord is protecting hawaii. so this week is transfer week and I'm staying the area and I got a new companion elder smothers. He is so great and has lots of wisdom up his sleeve because he has three more months left so I might kill him off haha (send him home) so trying to help him be trunky I mean not trunky haha he is from Alabama and speaks Tongan. taking over the area is hard this is my first time so it is difficult to call the shoots I'm better at being the wing man haha but it has been a great learning experience. elder smothers and I have made it a goal to get to know the members more sense kahuku is a small mormon community all the investigators we get is form members which is good and that is our goal to get more member trust. It is a little of a change with a new companion and the week has been a little slow kahuku had there home coming game on Friday and the whole town went so we went as well to see who we could find and it was so much fun the power went off in the neighborhood so we had no light or fan when we went to sleep, but on a good we got a new investigator she is nine years old and her family is less active. her mom wants her to get baptized this Saturday so we taught her every day last week and to day 5 we are teaching her the last lesson at the visiter center yea super awesome this week is crazy we have two baptisms on Saturday and two other baptisms happening in the ward on that day as well so hard at work. I will let you know how it goes. I love you dad  ALOHA​

Transfers tomorrow

I'm alive!

so things are going well I'm still alive haha sorry for emailing so late last week that is very rare that we wensday pday but yea. so we have three baptisms schedule the third is on 10th as well so two in one yea. also my companion is being tranferd and I'm staying in laie zone kahuku so things are crazy taking over the area and planing three baptisms by my self cause my companion doesn't  know the area haha. everything has been great kahuku is all about there high school foot ball team so they are hard core fans I mean hard core the whole neighborhood shuts down for a game so my companion and I have no other choose but to go and find people there it is actually affective because they can't run or hide and the whole neighborhood is there so we can find any one to sit by and talk to haha it's great. so a couple of nights ago I had a very awesome experience eating at a members house. we started taking to this girl acrose the table she was being kinda quite so we started asking her questions and she shared with us that she felt like she doesn't believe that god is real and it was a emotional discussion and it was hard cause some of the questions she ask I have ask those questions too but it was amazing because the words that I have said to her i know they were not from me because I couldn't even answered them my self but I saw a change in the girl's face as I spoke and gave her the comfort that she can receive an answer if she does her part. I love the gospel and the spirit I know that I don't know every thing but I know that the gospel is true that if you live it you will have the most happiness than any thing in this life could give you I have witness the effects it has had on others. love you have a good week ALOHA!! 

Aloha!

Yes I totally agree I will do my best to send more general letters but really I just want to write people that will write me. life in the mission is moving so fast by the time it's pday I don't remember my week but I will do my best. how is every thing going for you how is work and the fam doing what has been going on back home. I hope every thing is going well. thing on the mission have been a little hard lately and it's stuff I would rather not share and thoughs things are most of my week so a lot of it is negative stuff so I don't know what else to email beside the week was busy and I'm full of food I'm trying to come up with some thing to write but it is hard ever sense the mtc I have dropped spiritually and have been trying to gain the faith to keep moving on there has been so many times were Ive been so over whelmed with doubt I think I should just come home I guess you can say that satan is working on me. I have been dealing with all kind of temptations and also have had consistent unclean thoughts I don't know what I should do because sense I lack the faith I don't know that god is really there I feel like I have no foundation against evil, and it is really frustrating and discouraging to resist temptation with no back bone but blind faith. I know that the commandments bring true happieness but all that goes out of the window when you don't know that you have a purpose in your life that god is real and really love you and most importantly that the christ is the savior of the world and the atonement is really a thing and can change me. I am trying my best but I'm falling short. The savior said If you love me keep my commandments well it is hard to love something if you don't have asuriety that the thing you love is even real. IT is also hard to preach and testify about some thing that you don't know it's true, I do believe in the church and god is there but I have my doubts. I want to over come this but I don't know how and I also don't know how I'm going to receive my answer but I have been reading the book of mormon and have felt a difference I just haven't received my answer. I wanted to mark this urgent but I don't know what is considered urgent so I didn't but really this is a problem. I want to thank you for your great conceil and I don't mean to be difficult I am just trying to find the truth and fighting against some thing with no weapons or shields, and it is hard but I know all I can do is my best even though my best is not that much it's all I got. so that is what is going on so I'm sorry that I haven't been able to give you guys a good letter lately I"m trying to stay out here but it is difficult and I really don't feel like good is there and that he loves me so how I suppose to help others feel that. I'm sorry I don't mean to complain I just letting you know that I'm going through a hard time. I love you dad and don't ever want to let you down thats why I still here but I don't know if I have any more strength. I hope every thing is going well back home keep moving forward. aloha   

Letters to brothers

Dear Elder Boyd
You are getting fatter man that's a compliment. You are doing a great job on babtisims.I am doing a great job on working out and eating healthy I have been learning cool stuff in the Book of Mormon. I have been learning how to be thankful for every thing I have,and to be nicer to my brothers.And we got to see Chad and that was real fun.Keep on doing the good work see you later.
Love Spencer

haha you crack me up of course I'm fat I'm a missionary plus there is no way to have healthy food heir so yea but I'm gald to heir your getting yoked haha thats awesome that you are reading the book of mormon keep it up love you bro 

Hello elder Boyd 

How is the mission going
It looks as if your doing good 

It looks as if you and your companion get along with each other 

Their is this video I was watching and it reminded me of you 

 The Laie Hawaii Temple Youth Cultural Celebration (3:13) Lds. Org 

Lately I talked to the bishop and confessed 

It was a great experience and now I am stronger then ever 

I'm reading scriptures every day I'm doing my duty to God and much more 

It's a real blessing 

I heard your gaining weight but don't worry I'm sure it will stop and you will lose lots when you get home 

Ha ha ha 

Well I've got to get on with my day love you bro 

Go serve the lord  Love, James

yea man life is crazy the mission is a blessing you learn a lot. I know you can do it man keep up the good work it will be hard at first but I believe you will find your way if you rely on the lord and keep doing what your doing you will over come. I have meet a lot of less actives and the big thing that causes them to fall away is that they stop reading there scriptures they stop coming to church and most importantly they stop praying so make sure you do the simple things. and yea Ive gained weight you guys probably wont be able to recognize me when I get off the plane you'll be like who's that fat missionary haha I don't think I lose it ether cause of moms good cooking so I try to have High hopes but yea. any ways you have a great day brother.

July 4th Breakfast