Monday, October 30, 2017

Week 7 Letter Home

Hey everyone!!! |So this week has been insane, we have been so busy. But before i really begin talking about that i want to concentrate on 1 Nephi 8:24-28, These verses talk about how there were some people in the vision of the tree of life that made it to the tree and completed and partook of the fruit. |But they began to cast their eyes around and saw a great and spacious building..... after hearing the scorns and the jokes that were being cast at them they allowed themselves to fall into forbidden paths they let themselves get lost in the mist of darkness. Please i beg all of you, do not let this happen. \|When you are called upon to look at those who cast scorn at our religion don't stand by and let it happen. We must respect others beliefs but we must ensure that our voice is heard as well. It is sometimes easier to let others believe they are right just t avoid confrontation but in a way that is keeping them fro the truth that is keeping them from drawing closer to God. We cannot sit by and let people laugh at and mock the truth. It is so hard, it isn't easy, not even for missionaries, but we must try. Our religion is not something to be ashamed of, falling into shadows because you are ashamed to have known the truth and to have traveled the path that has been asked of you is crazy. never use sin (the mist of darkness) to try to cover the fact you have done what God has commanded of you. Keep working keep trying. 

That is one of many things that i will talk about on my mission. I hope it helps those who needs to hear it. Now I would quickly like to talk about the spirit. The Spirit is a gift from God it is not something that we can just expect to have at all times. The way me and my companion teach it is a a toy, when a toy is given to a child and they do not use it properly of use it at all it is taken away until they understand the rules or the true purpose of it. I have begun to realize how it is taken for granted a lot of the time, we believe that we deserve to have it not matter where we are or what we are doing. We even believe that it should be common. this is not the way, this is something i need to work on so much and would challenge anyone reading to do the same. Every time we feel the spirit we should honestly want to record it, we should treasure those moments because they are the moments where we are closest to our Savior and our God. These times are opportunities to bear testimony to stand up and raise the ensign to all who will listen, we cannot let them pass by because if we do we are no longer using the gifts that God has given us. There is a story about this, the story of the Talents, the men who use the talents receive greater rewards while the man who throws his away and wastes the gift that he has been given is shunned. Don't waste the gifts God blesses you with. whether they are personal gifts or those meant to be shared use them the way the Lord would have you use them. Only then can we become the person that we need to become. 

You are all strong, you are all brave. Use those strengths an keep moving forward. We must always try because if we don't how can e progress. Yoda once said "Do or do not there is no try" however great the line is I wish to expand it without trying there is only failure. When we do not attempt we will never succeed, how can we expect to learn and grow when we give no chance for growth. We can't we will never change. I want all of us to see how important trying is even when Yoda (a great master) said we either make it or we don't. So try and see what happens because when we don't we miss a chance.

This week has been so busy i have been going non-stop to be honest. i really hope i can keep going at the pace that i have set for myself. I hope you all know that you have all given me strength and energy to do what I have needed to do. I wish i could be there to share all the thoughts and feeling that i have every day but that defeats my purpose as a missionary. i am to go out and help teach the world not just my family and friends.

I love you all so much. Keep working hard. When we show commitment God can be there as well working along side us everyday. Hope to hear from you all soon

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