It always makes my day when my children actually try to apply something I taught them.
Dajia hao,
Nimen zenmeyang? Wo de libai shi feichang hao. My schedule has changed and so my P-Day is now on Monday. As always, the work out here is difficult but rewarding. Time is trippy as always. Definitely doesn't feel like I've been here almost 4 weeks. But everyday I can't comprehend how long the days are. haha Welcome to missionary work right?
The Branch Pres called me to be the district leader yesterday. There are some things in my district that do need to change so I will attempt to help change some of those things. So last Wednesday started out as this beautifully positive day. My companion and had planned a great lesson to teach, woken up early to prepare even more, and then lunch time hit... Our lesson completely bombed, and I was just hating on everything. My teacher noticed I was upset, because I hide my emotions so well, and pulled me aside to see what was up. I told him what was up and he gave me a lot of encouragement Moral of the story is there are silly things that people say sometimes and you just have to get over it. Don't have a heart attack mom. Yes, I've finally realized it is possible. (Now that I'm a DL maybe I'll just exercise some unrighteous dominion and make her sit in the corner or something. :P )
The theme for my personal study this week was charity and patience. Wouldn't it be nice to get to a point in life where negative thoughts about others never enter into our minds? I really do believe this is possible. I'm so far from perfect in this area but since I began to pray for those Christlike attributes I've started to feel my Savior blessing me. Here are some thoughts and things I've studied this week.
Patience-the ability to do God's will and accept his timing
- There will never be an end to our trials therefore there can never be an end to our prayers. We have to trust in the Lord in the Lord and rely on His Spirit and after the trial of our faith we will receive a witness.
- Mosiah 28:1-9 What were the desires of the Sons of Mosiah?
- Bring others to a knowledge of God
- Convince them of their iniquities
- Cure them of their hatred (Lamanites)
- Help them learn to rejoice in God
- Be friendly to each other
- No more contention
- Salvation needs to be declared to all
- Did not want any souls to perish
- What were the results of their patience and diligence?
- Many were brought to the light
- They were made instruments in the Lord's hands
- Thousands were converted
- They will receive eternal life
- Given the strength of God
- Encircled with the love of God
- They received mercy
There is a ton more that I've studied and wrote about this week but I am not gonna be able to tell you all of it. The Lord is truly hastening his work. Our schedule was changed because of the massive influx of Elders and Sisters coming into the MTC. By the end of the Summer English missionaries will only be staying for 5 days at the most. I've heard we're the projected missionary number is over 90,000 by the end of the summer. Pretty neat stuff. Always be looking for missionary opportunities. Missionary work is best accomplished when the members are behind the missionaries. Get involved!
I love you all very much and think about you all the time. Love each other.
Elder Meeks
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