Hey family and friends, this week was a really good week! I realized some things this week that I would like to share with you today. SO first off, I realized how important it is to prepare yourself. And to always be strengthening yourself in the gospel. Becuase I realized that for me in my life, that someday I am going to come home from my mission, shocker right? Haha and when I get home, I need to be ready! Because within the next 5 years or so after that I am going to be in college and getting married. That's super important to be prepared for! Because if that time comes and I am not ready then I am letting people down that are important to me. SO I need to be prepared. SO I am going to be. I am going to keep working and learning so that I am ready for the NEXT thing in life that I am gonna do. And that's what the gospel does, is it prepares us to do the things in life we need to do and to be happy.
Something else I want to talk about that ties into that is agency. We all have our agency to choose. So one of my recent converts, Louise, isnt coming to church anymore. He knows its true but he just isnt coming. And me and my companion visit him and his family multiple times a week and do all that we can, just when sunday rolls around he doesnt come to church because he is too lazy to. He can come and just decided to do other things. And I was upset about this, because I know that he knows the church is true and that he feels the spirit. But this is experience taught me more about my purpose as a misisonary and more about agency. As a missionary my job is to HELP and INVITE others to come unto Christ. If I am doing that, than I am doing my job as a missionary. And so as members of the church, if we are always doing all that we can to be good and to follow the guidelines of the church we will be blessed. Because when we are obedident and exercise our agency in the way our Heavenly Father wants us to he can and will bless us.
Those were the big things for this week, but thought I might as well mention that I met some real crazy people here this week. One guy told us that the United States is horrible and then went on to tell us how to fix all the "problems" that our country has. Another lady told me that she believes Joseph Smith was a prophet but now their is a new prophet(then said some weird name). And that this guy was the prophet on the earth today. But she said her church doesnt have a name and she wouldnt tell us where it was so we just left. People here are awesome haha. But those are a couple of examples of conversations I have as a missionary here in this country.
I love all of you, and want to hear from you all. I am going to start calling out a couple of people every week who I want to write me a little something just to see how you are doing. This week I wanna hear from Norma and Byron. I love you all, have a great week!
Something else I want to talk about that ties into that is agency. We all have our agency to choose. So one of my recent converts, Louise, isnt coming to church anymore. He knows its true but he just isnt coming. And me and my companion visit him and his family multiple times a week and do all that we can, just when sunday rolls around he doesnt come to church because he is too lazy to. He can come and just decided to do other things. And I was upset about this, because I know that he knows the church is true and that he feels the spirit. But this is experience taught me more about my purpose as a misisonary and more about agency. As a missionary my job is to HELP and INVITE others to come unto Christ. If I am doing that, than I am doing my job as a missionary. And so as members of the church, if we are always doing all that we can to be good and to follow the guidelines of the church we will be blessed. Because when we are obedident and exercise our agency in the way our Heavenly Father wants us to he can and will bless us.
Those were the big things for this week, but thought I might as well mention that I met some real crazy people here this week. One guy told us that the United States is horrible and then went on to tell us how to fix all the "problems" that our country has. Another lady told me that she believes Joseph Smith was a prophet but now their is a new prophet(then said some weird name). And that this guy was the prophet on the earth today. But she said her church doesnt have a name and she wouldnt tell us where it was so we just left. People here are awesome haha. But those are a couple of examples of conversations I have as a missionary here in this country.
I love all of you, and want to hear from you all. I am going to start calling out a couple of people every week who I want to write me a little something just to see how you are doing. This week I wanna hear from Norma and Byron. I love you all, have a great week!