July 3, 2017
That's not too fun that you had a bummer week. If if makes you feel any
better I did have a bit of a bummer week as well in a lot of different
ways but, this last week has been great in a lot of ways as well. I'll
start with some of the bummers and then I'll say how they turned out ok.
So at the beginning of the week we had a family drop us pretty hard.
They were pretty good but, they were not prepared so some future
missionaries will find them when they're willing to change. There was
also a day that Elder Nielson and I were not doing too well and I had a
bit of an emotional moment. Then the next day I got a nasty cold that
lasted a few days. So looking at it that way I had a pretty crappy week.
But, now for the positive things. So to counteract the investigators
dropping us, Elder Nielson and I had a great talk on the preparedness of
investigators. We're still diligent and obedient. Although that family
wasn't prepared we were able to give them a wonderful first impression
of the Mormon church.
After the nasty cold I had a couple really good things happen. Yesterday
I felt done. I felt like I couldn't go any longer but, we decided to
keep on going. We had a great time tracting and I felt like I can still
do hard things. Plus I could feel help keeping me going. Also for some
reason the cold mixed with the medication and fasting did something to
me and I'm thinking up to speed again for the most part. I'm pretty sure
there was divine intervention but, I'm thinking much faster now :) So
if going through Hell gives me blessings like that then give me more. I
probably shouldn't say that because I might break a limb this week
because of that but, I'm sure there would be something I would need to
learn from it. Also for the waking up on time I'm finally feeling awake
in the morning. The cold threw me off but, we had a good morning this
morning. I've committed myself to living this way and the Lord is
providing a way for me to do what he asks me to do. I don't know why
it's taken this so long to be resolved in this way but, I've learned so
much more by doing it this way.
July 10, 2017
Something that's become apparent for the last year of my
mission but, has really stuck out recently. We were talking about what
missionaries went through when the church was started in Sunday
school yesterday and I'm glad I wasn't a missionary then. I also have
lots of thoughts of my ancestors crossing the plains when I have hard
times and when I don't want to go out. We've been doing lots of walking
this last week in plus 40 degree weather and I've had lots of thoughts
of the pioneers crossing the plains. I think I can walk a little bit
longer because they survived ;) I've also been reading a lot in the Book
of Mormon and I think remembering their ancestors was to them like
having a testimony of the gospel is to us sometimes. It's kind of funny
how often they talk about remembering the captivity of their fathers.
But, it's something that's needed even if it does sound like they're
bearing their testimony about how they remember their ancestors.
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