Hi Mom! Oh Thats SO SAD! I cant believe it! Seth was a good kid!! Thats so sad! Well, I wish I could go visit them.. maybe when I go home, youll have to remind me though.
Hows Helam doing? Thats too bad about the Buick. At least Helam is okay! Well, its alright, when I first got my license, I put that huge scratch in the green van! Haha.. yeah. Well, thats horrible news.. Life is very unexpected, and we never know when our time is up. But, we can rest assured that Our Loving Father in Heaven loves us, and that our trials and our afflictions will be but a small moment, and that they will be for our good. He has a great emmaculate plan, and we are only here to do our small part, and recieve a body.. that is our purpose. We have faith that there is a great eternal rest that awaits us, and with that faith, we strive to obey our fathers commandments, and fufill our purpose in his plan. I love this work, and know that families are eternal.. im grateful for the oppritunity to fill a small part of His plan.
I almost lost the vision of the work last night. We were walking around the streets at about 8:00 pm, looking for people to find, and teach. We knocked on a door, and tried to get in. To knock doors, a missionary must first, let the person see the warm missionary smile. Then I crack a joke, or give a slight complement to help the person relax a little, and not feel so uncomfortable. Usually I start to intriduce myself and tak about the family of that person. Then, I find a need of that person (for example, if they have teenagers that are rebelious, or a spouse that drinks.) and offer something that can fill that need (maybe a small scripture or a pamphlet about some gospel principle). Then we try to get in.
Well, last night we were knocking doors, and people didnt even want to listen to us, many were very rude and said horrible things. Its hard to make an honest effort to teach, if they dont even open the door. As the hours passed, I was geting frustrated... in my frustration, I dont lose my composure but my pacience is gone. My focus left from: WANTING TO HELP PEOPLE to WANTING TO GET IN A DOOR. I kept telling myself that I love the people, just so that I didnt go crazy. Little by little my faith sunk, and I was ready to give up, and call it an early night... then, we knocked on a door. And a woman came to the door, and I started to talk with her. I swear I threw everything at her, every compliment I could, I offered to sing her a song if she would let us in for 5 minutes. And, we got in. Upon entering we met the womans brother, and mother. The two were talking about God. The young man had had many trials in his life too. He was very depressed, and even questioned if God existed. He said that he always grew up in a very Catholic house (I thought, well, theres your problem..) but he was just run down from the effects of an earthly life. We shared our testimonies, and this guy started to cry. We told him that there is a Father in Heaven who loves so very much. He is aware of lifes difficulties, and he cries WITH us in our darkest our. My comp shared a scripture in the Bible that says (I dont know what it says in English) basically God wont give us trials that are too much for us. AND he provides that way that we can over come these trials. We talked about Jesus, and about Faith. He told us that he had been praying for a long time for an answer. I said that God does anwer prayers, but in his own time... and in his own ways. And my comp says, sometimes his answers through people. We finished the lesson as we all realized that WE were the answer to his prayer. They recognized it, as well as I did too. So Mom, what you said about Satan is true... tell everyone to dont give up in doing what is right. Never cease to help another, or to lift you brothers burdens. You will know that what you are doing is right, when the adversary tries to keep you from doing it. And it doesnt matter if it doesnt come out as planned, your best, IS good enough for the Lord. Things dont always come out as planned.
Well, me and my companion are all right, we are just working as usual. I hope everything is good, I love you Mom! And well see you in Nine MONTHS! (Im not trunky)
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