Last week of the transfer already wow!! This week was probably one of the longest weeks I have had in a long time! To give y'all the simplified cliff notes version we had 10 baptisms planned in the zone of 3 companionships for this weekend and only 3 of them happened, we had 2 family home evenings that no one went to except the homies of the YSA that are our little team, we were supposed to have 25 new people and we ended up having 10, one of the sister companionships may have COVID and the other is having stomach problems... all around an interesting week haha.
Now I could go through and just say that this week was terrible but honestly with all things considered... it was. No just kidding I actually look back on last week and see the things I can do to be better. It was a week of reflection for me especially in respect to the baptisms. We were all pretty dang bummed that they didn't happen and we even called the ones who didn't want to be baptized anymore (that weren't even our investigators) and tried to ask them what the problem was to help them. For this next week we should have 5-6 baptisms this weekend and for sure 2 of them will happen for us but the other 3 we aren't sure yet. The two we have are named Marco and Manuel so for those who go to the temple or want to include them in your prayers, that would be super awesome!For the majority of you already know... I am probably the king of being hard on myself and so after hearing that in 2 days before our big activity with the baptisms 5 of the 8 had canceled... welp I was not very happy. Not because we didn't achieve our goal but I reflected on the things I had done and decided that man I personally need to be doing more. I know the majority of you read that and immediately wish you could grab me by the throat and say "Knock it off you're doing fine" but for me fine isn't enough it never has and frankly I hope it never will. Fine implies a plateau. If you hike a high mountain with more to go and turn around saying your fine well 1 of two things may happen. 1. you turn around and go back down or 2. you take a break and wait till you are ready to continue. The life of a missionary can't stop because people don't stop. It's not dependent upon whether or not I want to stop or I would spend most of the day inside talking with my American companion about sports or something. The reason I put the title as "Repentance (Elder Bednar Verson)" , apart from the fact that I love him and all he has to say, is because he explains repentance beautifully. He says that when we sin we turn away from God and so we are inviting people to RE-turn to God and let him take over. As I think about the changes I need to make to be a better person the majority of them are fixed by truly RE-turning to God and allowing him to help me make the changes. Being on that hike looking up it's almost insane to think that you still have that much more to go and it is haha it really truely is insane because you could never have anticipated the climb before you started. THAT is what the Atonement of Jesus Christ helps us to do, turn to God when you know there is no way you can do it alone and in those moments... he will be more than happy to help you along the way.Love you all and hope the Monsoons aren't hitting too hard haha
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