Hello everyone!!! I love hearing from you all! This has been another amazing week! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it here! I am really starting to lose track of time which I am pretty sure is a good sign! It's weird though...I don't know if time is flying by or taking it's sweet time, but either way I love it and I love the spirit that is felt here! It's amazing seeing my buddies from school here, serving our Father in Heaven by my side! Shandon's rocking the skirt! Jonah has been carrying his companion's load each and every day, and Parker is learning the language so quickly it blows my mind! This week has been full of ups and downs for my district! My companion and I finished out the week with our tough investigators! Our 'golden investigator' turned out to not be so golden and blind sided us with a lot of doubt, fear, and hostility which was tough to swallow! It's crazy though how much I have learned to love these people no matter what they choose to accept! I am continually learning that it's by the power of the Holy Ghost that our investigators and our selves will be converted!
Elder Fine and I taught priesthood meeting which was all focused on the Holy Ghost! I learned so much and it strengthened my testimony of how much of a game changer the Holy Ghost is! Also all the Elders came prepared and fulfilled the assignments we gave them so I was impressed! The only down side of the amazing lesson is our branch president was there so I think my chances to talk in sacrament meeting went up... haha jk kidding I kinda want to talk! I was praying that we'd get to speak last week and I think my companion thought I was crazy!
The basketball court has finally been reopened so that has been fun! I love playing! I have had several chances to play with some smaller, inexperienced elders and I just gave them compliment after compliment and I think it really helped them open up and feel more comfortable here! I'm telling you, when you approach everything in life with love for others amazing things happen!!! Which brings up another coolish experience.
The other day my district got a little distracted... They started talking about 'Me Before You' and some other chick flicks! They were all talking about how selfish the man in the movie was and so on and so forth. Anyway I joined in and kinda took the floor I explained for a good 5 mins that although I disagreed with what the man did he did it out of love, both characters followed their hearts and did what they thought would bring the other the most joy and happiness in their lives... I then stuck on a Mormon Message about the old lady who was paralyzed and her husband took care of her and danced with her and loved her. Almost everyone was in tears, I then testified to them all about how Jesus Christ did everything out of love and how He gave His life so we could be happy! He loves us more than we can ever imagine! I testified that if we love our investigators and love our companions this work will grow like wildfire!!! It was so powerful and wow...it's an experience I don't think any of us will forget!!! I encourage you all to feel more and love deeper! Find someone that needs a friend and love them! Love your family!
The other day my district got a little distracted... They started talking about 'Me Before You' and some other chick flicks! They were all talking about how selfish the man in the movie was and so on and so forth. Anyway I joined in and kinda took the floor I explained for a good 5 mins that although I disagreed with what the man did he did it out of love, both characters followed their hearts and did what they thought would bring the other the most joy and happiness in their lives... I then stuck on a Mormon Message about the old lady who was paralyzed and her husband took care of her and danced with her and loved her. Almost everyone was in tears, I then testified to them all about how Jesus Christ did everything out of love and how He gave His life so we could be happy! He loves us more than we can ever imagine! I testified that if we love our investigators and love our companions this work will grow like wildfire!!! It was so powerful and wow...it's an experience I don't think any of us will forget!!! I encourage you all to feel more and love deeper! Find someone that needs a friend and love them! Love your family!
Love you all SO much, your love filled missionary,
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