Hello Everyone:
This week is going to be really weird around here. There have been a lot of new changes that have happened in the missionary communication arena and I am sure you have all heard about it by now. I don't know how it will effect our mission but lots of the guys seem interested in the change. We are now allowed to communicate in a lot of ways. However, I will probably stick with the way I have been communicating; to change now and attempt to call or video chat every week would cause far too much of a hassle for me and those I work with.
1. People here love to party during funerals! They put the fun in funerals with drinking and dancing. It is crazy. Also people go to the funeral that did not even know the person who passed away so they can partake of the party.
2. Trying to find people to teach when there is a funeral going on is very difficult when the majority are running away from you because they know that we do not approve of the drinking and getting drunk.
3. When you make fried rice, just go for it because it will work out. (it did for me - I managed a great fried rice dish this week made from all sorts of things that we have in our apartment)
4. When a presiding person is still being trained there are times the missionaries are called on for some really awesome experiences, like helping plan the agenda for sacrament meeting.
This past week has been cool to say the least. I have gotten a new companion, his name is Elder Mununga. He is a really cool guy and is still new enough on mission that he still wants to work and he is ready and willing to work with me in this crazy area. We have been re-finding a lot of the people who we had been teaching and they are finally progressing so we will continue to help them along the way to ensure they are baptized.
I want to talk about studying the Book of Mormon and other Church materials. This past week I have been trying lot of new ways of studying. However, as I attempted to find the way that best worked for me, I came to the understanding that I was doing things and studying the way my past companion have been studying. Now I have begun to understand that even though this was not a bad way to find the best way for me to study, if i just mimicked their techniques, I would only ever learn what they would have learned as well.
God has prepared the greatest treasure trove of knowledge with a very unique attribute; of course, the gospel is the same but the pieces of it are different for everyone at different times and necessary for everyone at different times, and must be found in different ways. We are all individuals; all made in the likeness of our Heavenly Father, but we were all made differently. We have been called to do and become different from others around us. If we limit the way God can teach us, to how he teaches others, we will limit our personal revelation. Only when we discover for ourselves the way we must uncover the treasures hidden and written plainly in the scriptures, can we find where and what God needs us to find.
Each of us have a very different perspective that has been derived from both the nature we were formed in, and in the way we have been brought up. God talks to each of us differently, often times in ways that make sure we are paying attention or in ways that ensure we act. However, it may be that we need to understand that as we increase our knowledge we have to be doing so in God's will and in the way He needs us to be. Mimicking another's study habits may help us find a better way for us to learn and grow but if we let ourselves stop there, we limit the knowledge that God has in store for us as individuals. Never forget that God made you like no one else alive because He knew He needed you to do something else that no other could do. He gave you different talents; some more vibrant and some hidden beneath our knowledge to make sure we were prepared for our path, not the path of another. Never hate your gifts or covet others', your gifts and weaknesses will make you what God has planned for you to be. Never wish to be another because your job in this life is just as important as theirs.
Love you all hope you can understand all my crazy ideas
Love, Elder Edison
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