I am so so sorry that this is a day late because of New Years. \We couldn't come and send an email, but we got permission to switch P day to Tuesday this week. Please forgive me.
SO Highlights this week: Mr. Mouse's Murder, Christmas Catastrophe, Oh look I've been impaled, Happy New Year!!!!
Okay, well after Monday last week when we finally got back to our apartment we found the mouse that has been living in our apartment. It took a while but using two of our machetes I was able to trap it and kill it. So far I have been forced to kill three on my mission! When i get home I should put exterminator on my resume.
When we went to the Chapel the day after Christmas we discovered that we had been broken into. Whoever it was got a TV that instructions are done on, and my fast offerings (only my fast offerings.......). As a result we spent plenty of time with the cops this week. This week was weird.
This one is my favorite: after a lesson outside under a great big tree we began walking to our next lesson. I took a route behind the tree and I realized that my companion was still talking so I pivoted to turn around. When I rested my foot on the ground, a nail decided to go through the sole of my show and into my foot. That was not a nice feeling. Luckily we had the equipment to clean it up and make sure that there was nothing wrong. Something that I did notice was how it nearly hit the tendon in the bottom of my foot. On my mission if you can't walk or are having issues with walking comfortably you get sent home, so if the tendon had been damaged I could have possibly been sent home. I am happy to receive the blessing of still being out here.
Oh, Happy New year to all. I miss you so much, make sure that you set some amazing goals for this coming year. I want to see how all of you change and grow into the people you need to be. It will be amazing. I have a list a mile long but will try to modify it into a more possible list. The biggest thing for me is facing the coming "dark year" where I will be on my mission and away from all of you for the entire calendar year. That is difficult to swallow right now but others have managed and so will I.
Now onto a bit more spiritual thing, I had been planning on talking about something else this week but this morning I found a different topic. I want to talk about getting answers from God. If any of you know me really well you know I get stressed out when faced with decisions. Most of the time I turn to prayer to get an answer, however the answer never seems to come. I have never really understood why, until recently. Sometimes we are left without an answer so that we have to decide on our own and when we make a decision we can then go to God in prayer and ask if what we have decided is following His will.
Yet doing this doesn't always let you get an answer either. When this happens know that God trusts you enough to make the right choice, He knows that you are in line with His will enough to choose correctly and move closer to Him. It can also mean that no matter what the choice, no matter what the outcome, you will fulfill His work. Sometimes it doesn't matter because wherever we go whatever we do, His work will continue.
Don't be scared. God trusts you to do your best and then He will work through you. Don't be afraid if you don't get an answer, sometimes it is the fact that we don't get an answer that allows us to show God and Jesus Christ that we love them more then we fear the shadow in front of us. I am not sure where the quote comes from but it describes a scene where you are surrounded by shadows and we are told to step forward, we must all have the faith to take a step and know that either our foot will hit the ground and we will then see the full next step or that if we begin to fall we will be taught to fly.
I love you all so much. I miss you
Elder Butters
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