Hi Mom! Well, I´m glad that things are going fairly well back there at home. I hope that you will be able to sell the old house, although times are a little difficult for selling a house. But I am positive that someone is looking for a house. Sometimes times are hard, and sometimes I feel that no one wants to listen to us, then I think… well, someone is out there, out of the thousands of people in Jipijapa, I just haven’t found them yet. I think I have something that can possibly help the kids, and other people who are struggling right now.
I think sometimes we get stuck in small vision. Small vision is what I call, the symptom that leads to desperation, hopelessness, ignorance, and often sin. When I used to play football, Dad always told me that to run the ball, one must open up his eyes. Then, follow the play. When the play is going into motion, Dad says to go 100%. Its interesting how Dads little philosophy applies to the real life, and the gospel. I feel that the secret to success lies in his little philosophy.
VISION
It all starts out with a little vision. Open your eyes. Where are you? I ask this question in the same sense that God asks Adam, “Where art thou?” in the book of Genesis chapter three. Do you think God knew where Adam was? If He did, then why did He ask? God wanted Adam to figure out that question for him self. So in that same sense, ask your self, where am I? , and where do I want to be? One of the best older Disney cartoons that I have seen is Alice in Wonderland. Because the story is sooo crazy, I sometimes wonder if the writer was stoned. But there is a part that is very important. In the middle of the story, Alice has already fallen down the hole, lost herself in Wonderland, and wandered for a good while. She is traveling along a path, and she comes to a fork in the road. At this time, the Chesire Cat appears, and starts talking with Alice, and this is the point that I want to come to. Alice eventually asks the cat, “Where should I go, which road should I take.”
The cat asks her, “Well that depends on where you want to go.” Alice says that she doesn´t know, and the cat says something rather profound. He says, “Well if you don’t know where you want to go, it doesn´t matter which road you take.” You see? It´s all about, vision. Many people that have serious problems are that way because they have no idea of what they want to do in life. If people knew that there is a God, if they REALLY knew, and never forgot, I promise that they wouldn’t sin.
If you want to be a scientist, great! Be a scientist. If you want to be a singer, fantastic! Be a singer. If you want to be the best father or mother in the world, perfect! Go for it. But if you don´t have any idea of what you want to be, you will be a NOBODY. As soon as you have the vision, don´t lose it! There are a lot of things that can be distracting, but if you would just stay focused, you´ll win.
In football, the plays are there so that you know what to do and so everyone knows what is going on. You have to have a gameplan.
FOLLOW THE PLAN
You need to have a little plan to be able to get to the VISION that you have. Your plans can include: Ok, I´m going to go to California, record some single that is going to make my brother like rap music again, while in the mission in Ecuador. Things like that. If I want to be rich, I better figure out a way to do it, then study my butt off and get A´s every semester. (Just so you know, before the mission I didn´t want to be rich that’s why I´m going to study my butt off when I get home.) Here I´ve learned to set goals every day. We have a saying, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Don´t be a failure. Plan things out, and you´ll find that you´ll make a lot of things happen in your favor.
GO 100%
Now that you know what you want, and you know how you are going to get there, get to work! Vision and planning is about 30% of the equation, the other 70% is work. What would have happened if Jesus, come the night of the atonement, decided that he was too tired to atone and that he could do it the day after. Then come the next day, after planning the atonement since the beginning of time, Jesus decided just to atone for half of the sins of the world. I tell you that it would have been worthless. Planning is worthless if we don´t put work into it, but 100%! Maybe doing your homework or things like that may not be like atoning for the sins of mankind (Although sometimes it may seem that way), but just the same if you don´t put your whole heart into the work, what did you plan so much for?! What did you prepare so much for?!
I know that these things are true; I mean I see it more clearly than ever. Everything you want in this life and in the next can be accomplished through these simple steps. And believe it or not, I first heard this fall from the lips of Dad! He was right! Haha… so try it! You´ll be amazed just as I am.
Well this week was pretty good I witnessed a lot of miracles and stuff alike. We have a lot of families that we are teaching, and I mean a lot. I´m kind of lazy right now, so I won´t write about all of them. There is a family named Urunaga, they are progressing really well. They disappeared a couple of weeks ago, and they reappeared. A cousin of theirs died, and so we taught the plan of salvation to them, they felt the sprit really strongly the day we went to visit them so we´ll see what happens. Other families only need divorces and marriages to be able to get baptized. Out of all, everyone needs to assist church. That is the hardest thing to do for them because it´s something new. I think that we should have a few baptisms the end of this month and the next month.
Thank you for everything that you do for me, and Ill talk to you soon!
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