Saturday, October 13, 2012

Endure To The End.....

Hey you,
           Well on the subject of time, I dont like it hah. It never
stops, it slows down when you want it fast, and it flies by when you
want it to last longer, it seems to never be on our side. I heard from
somewhere that the Lord allows time to slow down for us during hard
trials so that we can have time to learn more out of the experience,
interesting right?
My week was good, I traveled to the mission offices for some random
meetings and such, it was like a 4 hour bus ride there and back again.
I found that I´m being transfered to a place called Valle de Uco to be
with my old comp  from Texas. It’ll be a great transfer with
him, at least I´ll look at it that way for now haha. It´ll be good. It
doesnt matter how many people Texas has, Alaska will still be 3 times
bigger than them. I will miss this area but it is time for a change. I
tried my best to leave the ward better than how it was when I came, I
hope that I succeeded. I promised myself that I would not be the
missionary that relaxes for the last bit of his mission. I am trying
my best to stay the most obedient that I can. 6:30 in the morning gets
earlier and earlier every day haha. ENDURE TO THE END! Then once the
end arrives, keep enduring. Chau dad!

Whats up my mom!
I would like to say that conference blew my
holy socks off! When I say holy, I don’t mean spiritual... So yeah it
was amazing and I think that all the talks touched on something really
important. It seemed to me that many of the messages talked about
being able to act on a spiritual prompting without doubting and
completely confiding in the Lord. That is quite the challenge to act
on something that we feel without knowing how it will turn out, but
the Lord knows a LOT more than we do and I would think that he knows
what he is doing haha. Yes he knows exactly whats up. We are at the
beginning of my very last transfer in the mission. I am getting moved
to a place called Valle de Uco.  He isthe same comp that I had basically
 almost exactly a whole year ago in Rivadavia. Isnt that wierd?
I was taken aback. I have been
going through probably the most trying time of my mission in these
last few weeks and I have been pushed beyond any limits that I ever
had before the mission. The gift of being able to bite my tongue and
not just say whatever I want to that hurts everyone around me has
finally been entrusted to me, for the most part haha. At least when it
matters I think haha. I just have a new and crazy experience everyday
that fills my journal right up line by line, and fills my experience
bar up as if I was leveling up in the game of the mission daily! I
have never felt such fast progression in my life and it is almost
scary to me because each day I dont know what will happen or how to
handle it, but it is givin to me in the moment, just at the exact
right time! Its the coolest thing EVER! Its nice knowing that I´m not
on my own and that the Lord walks with me and helps me along the way,
as long as I am worthy of such divine help. I dont want it to end!! But oh well,
 thats life right haha.

My Heavenly Father Loves The Stuffing Out Of Me....

Sup pops,
I cant believe that football is over already for you guys.
The work here continues on. I wrote mom about the tough times that are
showing up in my way these days, but its not a big deal, endure to the
end!! I love being a missionary and it is the best thing that could´ve
ever happened to me. Its so cool that I have this time to serve and to
grow and help others progress. I get much more excited to see other
people progressing than to see my own little progress haha. It is just
such a joy filled life, but I dont know where the joy comes from
because I hardly ever have real success here and the people sometimes
won´t even give us the time of day (that happens for real) but I feel
more light in my life than EVER! Yup its awesome. I wish to keep
growing and keep moving forward with my understanding of the gospel
and the great work which is the Lord´s. His hand is over us and will
always help us if we are to just submit to him and his will as a
little child. Love ya dad!  Scripture of the week: 1 Corinthians 15:58

Hey mom!
Anyways my week
was good. It was really hard and I am finding myself in situations
that are trying me in more ways than I can count haha. Its super
great! I guess the Lord wants me to really grow in these moments that
I have here. I am totally down for whatever he wants to throw at me!
It is harder than ever but really I feel that I am not alone in all
this. That feeling of not having to do it all by myself is something
that I have always longed for, I am way grateful to be able to feel
it now more than ever and to know that my Father in Heaven loves the
stuffing out of me :) Conference countdown!! It will be epic and
amazing and filled with food... At least for those who get to watch it
at home, or if your a missionary and bring all sorts of junk to snack
and munch on. I realized last time that I brought snacks that made
really loud noises and sounds and distracted from the talks so this
time I will be planning that out better. Silent food? Does that exist?
At least not for dad, it makes its appearance one way or another... I
hope you have another busy but fulfilling week mom! Love you lots!!