Monday, August 12, 2013
This week has been a little different. We worked hard, but I feel kind of weird. We are working hard but the area still feels really slow. I still feel kind of bad when I report to the assistants-- I feel like they think I’m getting trunky or something but I’m not! I guess that’s how it goes. This week we found some new investigators that will help us a lot on the lessons. Many times it is hard because if you don’t have people to teach then you don’t teach and everything kind of goes downhill, but anyway I can’t complain. This week we did a little better and we found a lot of new investigators, so that will help out a lot. When I got here there was nothing, but now we have something to work with. Anyway we just got to get kicking. Next week we have changes so we will see what happens. I don’t think that they will let us finish the mission together because we will be entering into our last cycle or transfer. Wow, it’s gone fast but it’s not over yet. I feel like there is still a lot of success waiting for us, and am grateful to be able to be here and learn. Problems are good for you. My comp always says whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. It’s so much easier to face trails when you have a good comp that supports you.
Anyway funny fact president told me the other day that they are going to send "gringas" to the mission or as you guys know them as sister missionaries from the states. That’s funny! President said that some missionaries are going to want to changes their men companions out for woman companions. Ha-ha that’s hilarious! Anyway this week was good we are working and are keep on keeping on. So things are going well and mom if I could ask a favor to stop saying stuff like "see you soon." (Clarification – His Mom said, “I can’t wait to see your letter soon.”).That’s really weird I would like to think I have more time-- the last thing I want to do is "die" as they say here in the mission….all the way until the end baby.
On Saturday we helped some investigators move....better said we moved them they were like talking to neighbors and what not and really didn’t do that much. Elder Ika was kind of upset about the whole thing, but whatever. Anyway this week has gone by kind of fast and our investigator that was going to get baptized this Sunday fell because she didn’t go to church. She showed up right after it got over. This ward is the first ward I have ever been in that starts on time. The bishop here is great and works hard. Nobody complains about him --it’s great. I got sick of members complaining about their leaders. It’s nice to see a ward that doesn’t --pretty cool.
Well it sounds like my little sister doesn’t feel like she knows me...what’s up with that. The truth is I think she has changed so much I won’t recognize her. It seems like she has grown up. Mom is teaching seminary now. I’m sure she’s busy. Women always seem to take a lot of time preparing their lessons. But things will go well. I’m starting to study differently lately and I have taken topics that I like and talks and tried to relate them to each other. This morning I was listening to a talk about integrity that dad sent me that was from a 70. It was pretty cool. He talked a lot about missionaries that lied in interviews and stuff like that, and about how some guy had so much integrity that he made a business transaction with just his word saying that "his word was better than a contract." I found that interesting it seems like things like integrity can be easily over looked and pushed out of the way. He talked about how integrity is our foundation and doing things like that can help us have a stronger foundation which is true. Faults of integrity can be a rough testimony breaker if we let it. I also have been thinking a lot about the worth of our testimony they say it’s our priceless gift which is true. But we all have a point in which our testimony will break if we are not continually striving to make it bigger and stronger. Last Sunday in fast and testimony meeting I looked over at this ex-missionary and told him to go bear his testimony joking with him. He looked at me and said. “No man my testimony is so big that I wouldn’t have enough time to bear it.” Ha-ha, I got a kick out of that. Clearly he is joking, but what if we all had testimonies so big wouldn’t that be great! We would all be a lot more converted. And another thing I noted is that in the topical guide it defines conversion as change of feeling and beliefs. But it didn’t say actions. That’s an interesting point because if we change beliefs and feelings than we will change our actions, but if we don’t change our feeling and beliefs and just change our actions then we will be a falsely converted person. That is like a missionary that went on the mission, changed his behavior for a few years and came back to do that same thing as before. Changing action changes nothing unless the nature is changed. We change nature by changing thoughts and feelings. In proverbs there is a scripture that says something about whatever our thoughts are that’s how we are. Anyway, I think if they give me the chance I will give my first talk in church on this subject. We will have to see. Thanks for the letters it seems like everything is going great and the family is well. Say hi to everyone for me. Oh, the Wilkerson’s wrote me this week they are the only ones that have. I think this is like the third time. Anyway thanks for everything!
Elder Hendricks
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