06/10/2014
It’s
been really crazy lately, it seems that the closer I get to finishing up my
mission, the more things I have to do and the busier I get. Even finding time
to email is a little difficult. Mostly because we don’t have a key to the
church building, so it depends on the schedule of others too. I’ve completely
forgotten what it’s like to be around Americans. There was a time when a bunch
of tourists came here and all my companions told me to go talk to them. It was
culture shock to me, and I didn’t really even know what to say, and frankly how
to say it haha. It’s true that there are other Americans that I talk to here,
but, they are missionaries, it’s different. Anyway, talking to those Americans
was a scary experience for me; thankfully I haven’t had to do it much.
This
week went by really well. Saturday we took all of the investigators that we are
teaching on a little field trip to the temple. Our stake rented a huge tour bus
and we took about 45 people to the temple to have a tour and stuff. It was
really awesome to end our little outing with a fast so that the investigators
that we invited would work towards having this eternal family that we talk
about so much. We had about 15 investigators come from our ward, and normally
all of these investigators will be baptized in the following 2 months while I
am here. I pray that the lord will keep me here. I’ve been giving most all of
my thoughts and efforts towards these two families, it’s practically all that I
think about. So pretty much, my life is great. Life as a leader in the mission
can be a lot to handle at times but I do my best to try and stay on top of
things. I’ve come to realize that not reading scriptures and not praying is
probably the biggest reason why I was having such a hard time spiritually before
the mission. I didn’t really understand the importance of those little things.
I wasn’t really looking for God. But now when my investigators need him, I’ve
never needed him more. So, I started looking, and when I looked, I found. How
can I get to know someone if I never talk to the person? I didn’t know God
because I didn’t talk to him enough. How can I receive strength and answers to
overcome personal trials if I don’t look for them? I was spiritually stagnant
because I never feasted on the words of Christ.
A
mission is a spiritual eye opener, it’s been hard, but I think I finally get
it. We have a lot of investigators who struggle at this moment, the reason
being, God is not their priority. Men are that they might have joy, if were not
happy, then there is something that needs to be changed. Eternal happiness
comes through the personal relationship that we have with the Savior. I’ve
learned what true happiness is on mission because I have come to learn who the
Savior is. I owe it to all the prayers, fasts and scripture studies that I’ve
done thus far. That’s what makes me so happy. If I’ve come this far in 20
months, if I’ve become this happy...imagine how happy I will be in a few years
after all the scripture studies and prayers that I will do. Well, I love my
life, and I owe it all to the Lord. Stay safe this week,
Elder Fyffe
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