Arise out of your beds and read my e-mail! haha
Hey
everyone its just that time again where I send that weekly e-mail.
Actually when I first got into the mission I didn't think we were going
to be able to write home every week, so it was pretty sweet when I found
out we could!
The topic I chose today was more about what
Elder Bowen shared with us in our Mission Tour. He talked to us about
rising on time everyday so that we can have to spirit with us, and also
planning with that spirit if we get up on time, and putting the spirit,
and plans to action. Its something I have honestly been struggling with
lately for multiple reasons but still is no excuse! I thought about what
Elder Bowen shared with us about the power that we can have during the
day if we are to do these things! I just got so excited after thinking
about it, and I am applying it now in my mission, and it is much more
effective.
Something I want to say to those who are
planning on serving missions. The Mission is hard, there is no doubt
about that and I am not going to lie about it, I wish someone would of
told me how hard it was going to be so I would of prepared better. but,
the Mission depending how you are, and where you serve will throw you
all round the place up to bottom countless times, test you, and even
break you. All this can sometimes get a little hard to deal with, and
then you have a tendency to be disobedient to ease off the pain because
their isn't as much pressure. Remember just like Alma said. Wickedness
is never happiness... but through all this stuff that you go through,
and of course all the the good times that makes up the bad, will teach
you something, something that you never thought of, and it will change
you for eternity. I think that has been one of the most exciting parts
of my mission is seeing the change and conversion in my own self, and
thinking who I would be or where I would be if I hadn't served a mission
despite that fact I was ill prepared because of my laziness. There is
no Laziness in the Mission, its all about doing. Thats the best part
too! No matter what you are weak at, or afraid of or just think you
can't do. Know that the Lord has prepared away and all you need to do is
"DO". Just get up and do it, sometimes its not always fun, but that
what we have been commanded to do, and if we do it with out complaining,
we will actually found out in the end we do it because we WANT to.
Because we love our Savior, and our Father in Heaven! Thats why we are
obedient. A lot of people say the Church is demanding, and it is! but
Obedience has never been easy, but its not easy to enter in to the rest
of the Lord. If we want to be Rich we got to work for it, study, diligence, and practice. If we want to be a Pro athlete, what do we
have to do? Work For It! Just like the Nike logo says, "Just do it." And
eternal blessing that we don't even understand will be given to us,
thats are problem we don't think of the eternal perspective and we often
forget about it as well when we are eying that Ferrari down the road
wishing that we had one. It doesn't matter, if you are blessed with the
opportunity to have a Ferrari then sweet, don't let it get to your head.
But if not don't complain about it, and always wish ou had one its
going to get you no where! haha
Anyways.. I have one more
thing to those people who are going to serve missions soon. If you have a
boyfriend, or girlfriend. Just cut it right now. Coming from someone
who has seen what happens when you have a GF/BF on the mission, save yourself the worry, the loss of focus, the fights, arguments, and the
depression. your better off with out them. Though they can be a great
motivation, just split first, allow each other to go different ways, and
if things are meant to be, the they are meant to be. If not then sucks
for you, there is someone better out there for you. Trust me when I say
this.. and I make this clear. When you serve you mission you will
realize thats its the Temple or the Highway. You here that Ladies? With
Elder Kikel its either the Temple or the Highway, no questions asked, no
special circumstances, no chances. I know i may have not been like that
before but now, because of the Gospel. I understand. haha so take your
step.
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