My MTC comp sent me this picture today. We live about 4 hours away from each other but you can tell we're both thinking the same thing. :) haha All in good fun. We're still working our cans off. :)
Hey all you beautiful people!
I can say that I am pretty focused right now which is surprising many, especially myself! I am really just happy to be here on my mission. It has been an experience that I would not trade for anything else. The people that I have met, the ones that I've helped, the ones that I couldn't, the sad and happy experiences, etc. all made me into the man I am today. It makes me so happy to know that I have a God who loves me enough to allow me to serve this wonderful mission. I truly believe that when we lose ourselves we find ourselves. I've spent a majority (not all) of the past two years trying to care about others more than myself and have really felt how I have benefited from that.
Our investigator situation at the present is pretty low but we have two people who we believe are going to be baptized this or next month. One is a son of a less active woman named Sister Jiang. I have met with her consistently over the past 6 months that I have served her and she has never come to church. This last week she came!!! Finally! We were so happy that she decided to make the decision to come back. She is super excited about it and her 4 children had a great time. We are going to be able to help her son get baptized most likely at the beginning of next month. He is a great little kid who already really believes and relies on God. He is wonderful.
Paul is progressing slowly but surely. It is kind of do or die for him at this point though. He has had plenty of time and opportunity to make some decisions to bring him closer to his decision of being baptized but hasn't really taken advantage of all of them. I think that if he will make the decision he will receive the witness. I was reading a talk by Elder Oaks this morning about revelation and he pointed out that most of the revelation we receive is on the move. We can't expect to ask, sit down, ponder for a while and then receive. We have to first act and then God will confirm our actions. Most of the time. :) There are so many examples of this in the scriptures and many in Doctrine and Covenants.
I went on exchanges with Elder Karlindsey this week. He is a solid guy. On our exchange he really wanted me to take notice of the things I felt like he could improve on in his missionary work and we set some awesome goals together. He really believes he is teaching the gospel well. But that sometimes he gets so caught up in teaching he misses the mark in loving the people. Which is the most important part. He had noticed this in himself recently and so we talked about ways that we can make sure that we are loving the people that we are meeting with. It was a very enlightening conversation and I know that he will, if he changes some of these habits, become an incredible missionary. Super happy to have him in our zone as a district leader. He is doing a great job training and leading.
I have seen so many miracles in the past little while. I have seen so many friends from before my mission start to return to their faith. I have seen so many changes in myself and others. All of these things point to the fact that there is a God who loves and cares for each and every one of us. He truly does. As I do things that are righteous I feel the Spirit in my life stronger and stronger. This prompts me to want to continue to make right decisions thereby keeping that Spirit with me constantly. I truly believe that God loves each and every one of us. This gospel just makes me so happy.
I'm ready for another week. It'll be great. Ready for the challenges that lay ahead and ready to tackle them.
Keep it real, Keep it Chill, and LOVE THE LORD! Things will work out. :)
Elder Meeks
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