HEY FAMILY!
okay so yes, last week was hard. just because there was a lot of discouraging things happening. people yelling at us really harshly and investigators falling through and all sorts of things. dont' worry though, things have been going awesome. my companion and i have been studying obedience, and we have seen some incredible things happen. we are seeing a lot of miracles.
but first i wanted to talk about some other stuff. so mom, sounds like you are SUPER busy. keep strong mom! don't get too overwhelmed. i saw an article in an ensign or something recently by a young person, about setting priorities. they were involved in WAY too many things than they could handle and they had to pray to know what were the best and most important things to do. anyways, i know that most of the things you do are necessary and sometimes there is nothing you can do about it, but i just worry about ya. remember, it's not required to run faster than we have strength. love you :)
so i said that i bought an electric razor, but don't think i didn't need the money to go to the hospital like i asked for! haha i DID need that and i did go to the hospital. don'[t worry, things are okay :) no cancer or anythin.
Aslynn is gettin married! wow crazy stuff. you'd think the Prophet said that the young adults should get hitched or something... marriage... aye.
so caleb is going to get home soon! isn't that awesome? i miss him. that is really neat about devin's new calling. i know he's going to do really well. he's a smart guy. how come i didn't get that from ya'll mom and dad!? anyways what else... oh so i have ONE request for my birthday. i'm almost done with my journal... idk if you already sent something or if you already jumped on the idea to just save money but just throwin it out there.
so things out here on the mission... are AWESOME! i've had one of the best weeks of my mission. i read this really inspiring talk about different types of missionaries. and i started reading it RIGHT as i was inspired to fine tune myself. it was so cool. because i just had some revelation to make my weak spots strong. i decided that i was going to be even more obedient and diligent than i had been. and i decided i'm going to try to give more of my heart and mind to the Lord, by eliminating distractions (i took down most of the pictures of fam/friends and just have a lot of Jesus up). anyways i read the talk and it really inspired me too. it's been awesome. i feel like the Lord is just pouring out the Spirit upon me and upon our work. in 2 days, we already have 17 lessons and 8 new investigators. that's like what most people usually get in a week! it's been awesome. i'm really grateful for what the Lord has been doing.
i think i've learned a lot about consecration this last week. i mean, the whole mission is supposed to be about consecration i know. but i feel like i just learned a lot about it personally. we've found some pretty cool people as well. we're teaching a young woman who had originally said that she was atheist. i think i've told you about her. but anyways, she's now doing really well. her prayers are awesome and she even came to church! she's really sincere and she's not the only person that we've found that's sincere. we'll have to see how it goes though. because like i've told you we pick up and drop people really fast.
we also went to the temple today. incredible stuff. it really does give you a good boost. i've been so tired lately because we have been working really hard... but i feel so refreshed after going to the temple. i've been so tired that we get home, plan, and i'm gettin in bed! haha lately i've just been making PB&J so i can take a quick nap during our lunch hour before we get to work again. but it feels great.
i love you all. i wrote a lot today! sorry if it was boring!
elder derek munoz
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