Hello hello hello!
So I hope all has gone as well for you as it has for me this last week!
Life has truly been good! We got a car from the mission because my companion
tore a couple ligaments in his ankle playing basketball a couple weeks ago. Our
area is so small that we finish everything in like 2 hours, so we've been
scratching our heads a lot on how to be more effective. But until he can
actually walk and not have to use crutches it might be tough. But we're still
seeing miracles!
I guess first of all though I better say thanks to the Relief Society for
the letters! I appreciated it and I'm sure all the other missionaries did as
well! Except I'm freaking out a little that I leave for a few months and they
change the name of the ward. But I guess that's not the worst thing in the
world.
So for how great of a week it was there's not a ton to report on. We had a
interesting experience on Thursday. We knocked on this lady's door and while we
were talking to her she lost her balance and fell. She broke her hip I
guess and she hit her head.... She had her Life Alert on her though! So she
hit her life alert and the dispatcher said, "This is Brian from Life Alert,
what's your emergency?" And she told him she fell and he was like, "Ok ma'am, help is on the way! Are you ok? What hurts?" Then she told him and he was like, "Ok ma'am, help is on the way!" At the end of everything he said he always
said, "Help is on the way!" She's ok though. It was an awkward and sad situation.
We had a lesson with one of our investigators that's been taught since
last September, and she has been waiting to get married before she gets
baptized. So we were talking to her and found out she's getting married this
weekend, and she can't wait to get baptized! So we'll probably end up baptizing
her either on the 26th or May 10th. So
that was exciting!
We also had a scare this week. We saw C, a recent convert who has been
on fire since his baptism in February, on Thursday and he told us he was having
doubts and was really confused, and he didn't really know or think that the
church was true anymore. It was a huge miracle though because he was able to
come to the entire 3 hours of church on Sunday (which is huge because he is on
call 24/7 and I've never been with him for longer than
20 minutes without him getting a call) and we were able to meet with him with Bro. G for about 2 hours last night. He's got things figured
out now and knows that the world is confusion and the church is clarity. It was
a super huge miracle!
Sunday was the bomb! Besides C being at church, we also had a super
powerful testimony meeting! And a member brought a friend last week to the
church to watch conference. Well her friend must have felt something because he
woke up early in the morning and drove over 150 miles from his lake house to make
it to church! It was awesome! The member caught us in the hall and said she
wants us to teach him, and she said, "Thank you so much for the sacrifices you
make to be here. M has been a close family friend since I was little and he
really just needs this in his life right now. So thank you so much for being
here to help him!" She was like bawling as she said that. It was so humbling!
The work we're involved in is so special!
Well the last thing I'll share is a cool thing I learned from the
scriptures. I've been pondering a ton about the gospel, or Doctrine of Christ.
For some reason the scripture Ether 12:27 kept popping in my mind. So I flipped
to it and started thinking about it. The process in that scripture is perfect.
"If men come unto me I will show them their weakness." We obtain an errand from
the Lord on how we can improve, and then we humble ourselves and realize that's
an area we can work on. I love that it says weakness and not weaknesses, because
that's exactly how I became the basketball player I am, one area at a time. I
still remember that one day after practice when me, my dad, and D just worked on
the form of my shot for 2 hours. I went from elbow to elbow just working on my
form, the little things. Until that part of my game was consistent, we didn't
focus specifically on too much else. That's how Christ works- one problem at
a time. He'll give us exactly what we can handle!
The next step is to believe that we can overcome it through Christ, and
change or repent. I've been thinking a lot about how the sacrament plays a role
for us as missionaries, but also for all of us as members. I was taken back to
what one of my institute teachers taught us once. When we partake of the
sacrament, we're renewing our covenants. However we should work one area at a
time. We have a forest of trees to chop down, and so we need to take it one at a
time. When we partake of the sacrament we get to seriously ponder about what our
errand is, and then we get the chance to take that to the Lord and covenant with
Him that you will work on that area of your life. After we do so we receive a
greater portion of His spirit to help us achieve these righteous desires. I was
thinking a ton about the symbolism of the sacrament. We partake of the bread and
water to remind us His body was literally broken and torn, and that his blood
was literally spilt so that we can improve and overcome our weaknesses. I think
about that and He must be frustrated if I don't take a specific weakness I'm
working on to improve because that's why he went through what he went through.
It will take time, but that's why He did what He did. When that area of our
lives becomes a strength over time, we can move on and start working on the next
tree in the forest of weaknesses I have to chop down. I now understand exactly
how the Doctrine of Christ applies in my life, and what I can do to better
myself! It finally clicked with me this week on how to actually live the gospel.
Well, sorry I haven't been too consistent lately in my writing. The emailing
at this library is interesting. But I hope you all have a good week! Enjoy your
normal weather there. It was like 90 degrees here Saturday, then yesterday we
were in a tornado watch all day and had a crazy hail storm (it was super short
though). Then this morning it was like 30 degrees and sleeting/hailing. So yeah.
It's been crazy here! haha. Have a good one! Love ya!
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