September 28, 2011

so i need you to figure something out for me. well on my application to BYU i said that i wanted to apply for the Winter because the options for spring or summer aren't up yet. well i'm not sure if i can change it haha. i may have to withdrawl my application and do it over. but you have a bit more time to figure that out than i do. but that would be cool to get a job where Sarah is. i'm absolutely going to need one. i'm not sure how to do the FAFSFA or whatever it is but i think it's going to need to be done around the time i get home. we'll figure it out. and i'm going to TRY to room with caleb but i think his plans might be different from mine. at least until the Fall semester. can you believe i hit 20 months yesterday? crazy.

i'm glad everything worked out for you. it's awesome when we put in a little bit of faith, what God will do for us. way to go mom! and don't worry, i understood your story. it was funny! well, i laughed here in the library! i'm glad that things are going well. so the missionaries are going over Sunday? that's awesome. Conference weekend is so great as a missionary. it's just such a sweet re-energizer. i can't wait to learn from it. i've grown to appreciate it WAY more than i ever have before.

so things are moving well here. we are still working with those 2 investigators to prepare them to be baptized this month. i have really grown to love them and so i hope it works out. one of the people we are teaching is 17. i've never taught someone that young (consistently) in my mission. but its awesome because she is so sincere. the other day she told us about how she was struggling with a problem at work (she got fired...) and she was going to freak out BUT she remembered what she learned at church! she stayed calm and said a prayer and it helped her a ton. one of our members had given the young women a lollypop with a note that said, "is it right? is it good? if not i won't do it because i'm a child of God". she had it in her purse! haha that's awesome. and Jesus is still struggling to quit smoking. he hasn't been doing it a lot, less than before, so that's good. but he's having trouble just kickin the habit all the way. i know that he'll be able to do it though. i think conference is going to help both of them really well. and i'm excited because i think we'll be able to get more people to church than usual.

well i've been learning a lot lately. my companion and i have been trying to watch our words and thoughts more that i have in the past. it's been really cool because i have been learning a lot about the real purpose of missionary work and the real purpose of our time here on earth. we are trying to be like Christ, and that means we are trying to constantly progress to align our will, to the Fathers. that's what progression is about, and that's how we can really finally be happy. even if we DO what we are supposed to do, while thinking about how we really want to do what WE want to do, we wont be happy. the Lord will always ask of us. he always wants to stretch us and to mold us. if we don't give into it and WANT to do it because that's what God wants, we wont be happy! it'll always be an internal conflict we have.

well i love you tons. i hope all is well! keep me updated, i love even the little stories you share!
elder munoz