So, all of the pictures.... i don´t
have much of an explanation there haha! Well, the Elders who i have
several pics with are one of the districts which i have been able to
serve and help in my Zone, and I love those guys :) In other news, a
week or so ago we had an awesome broadcast devo from Provo with Elder
Jefferey R. Holland and that rocked! ANNNNND this Friday Elder Quentin
L. Cook is COMING HERE FOR A DEVOTIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Better iron
my dang shirts hahaha!!! XD
The CCM has passed
by as if it were a dream, and I have made many new friends and tried to
find every opportunity to serve others. I LOVED my CCM experience and
have found so much joy and so much fun here, it truly has been
wonderful, and the secret to the magic is the awesome Elders and
Hermanas here. I have especially enjoyed my time with the Haitian
Elders, and have spent lots and lots of meal time with them (We all have
individual handshakes for one another now haha!)
I
loved the opportunity I had last week to teach Zone Class with Elder
Christensen,we did our best to follow revelation and I feel the lesson
went very well, and was powerful for those who needed it :)
Man... what to say what to say.. There has been so much but my tired cranky mind can recall so so little :P
Well,
we got to go to the temple again today, on our last P Day here, and I
loved it, though I am left a tired and hungry man in the aftermath haha!
Attitude is EVERYTHING so as soon as i finish writing here and now I
will turn more to prayer and faith.
It is
CRAZY that I will be in the field before you have my next email! Also
heads up I leave on Monday. We fly out of Mexico City at 1:45pm and
arrive at Lima Peru at 8:30pm.... THEN we leave Lima at 10pm and finally
get to Buenos Aires at 4:28 in the morning... what an ADVENTURE! O_O
I
was rather worried about leaving at first because I am me, and because
Spanish has taken a back burner to my service to others and being able
to communicate with the Haitian Elders (and laziness in real honesty),
so I really do not feel ready to launch into the world of Spanish quite
yet... HOWEVER after asking forgiveness for my slothfulness and walking
through some fear and regret, I have been able to cling unto my hope in
Jesus Christ, and that hope is far stronger than my fear to go and my
lack of wisdom. :) I may suffer due to my laziness in these past weeks,
but I have always been trying to choose the better part and to focus my
efforts where i feel they are needed. I am NOT perfect but God has
perfect patience with me especially when I do not have that same
patience with myself.
What else is there for
me to say? Well, I again wish i could some how show you the laughs and
smiles of my fellow Elders and Hermanas, I wish you could feel the
subtle promptings of the Spirit, I wish you could see the devotionals,
taste the food (but only a small amount), and over all I wish you could
grow in your understanding (as I still am) of what being a missionary
is, what it means, and the brilliant happiness that intrinsically comes
through being engaged in the Lord´s work. I wish you could wake up with
the ridiculous allergies, warmly greet the new missionaries, shake the
President's hand, and somehow find tremendous humor in the small things
around your casa.
I do not know everything,
but I know that Heavenly Father loves His children. I cannot do all
things, but I can do my best. I cannot love perfectly but I can fell
that I am perfectly loved. My family, I LOVE YOU. I am yours and your
are mine, forever. I want you to know that I will exhaust my every
effort to ensure that that goal becomes a reality, for that is the work
and the purpose of almighty God. Mom, Dad, Ynez, Jason, Behrend, Zoe,
John, Lucien, if I could i would sit down and write your letters of
support love and encouragement, but just know my heart is full of
gratitude for you, and my prayers are ever send to Heaven on your
behalf. I love the promise David A. Bednar once gave to one of the
counselors here regarding their family "If you leave them, you will have
them, your absence is greater than your presence." The Lord will
sanctify my efforts, and though I, like the brother of Jared, may be
called to cross the mountain waves and mighty winds, I have a firm hope
and faith in my Savior and Redeemer that WHERE I AM GOING is to me a
land of promise. And even when that is not apparent, I am a man of
promise, and have promised Jesus that I will leave behind my nets and
follow Him, Forever.
God be with you my family, and also my friends.
If
any of you want to know the truth, do the will of the Lord, just try it
I DARE you, and I promise you will feel happier and better and more and
more at peace each day.
Until I can email about my little adventures again, in Argentina, Adios!
