so its been a great week with transfers and all. i received a new companion to the ghetto! his name is elder jackman and he is from the town right above me also known as orem utah! for me it may be the 2nd best town but as long as provo is #1 anyway its starting off great! he just came from the spanish program. maybe ill learn a little spanish!
k so a hard thing i have came to realize is that when you here about cool things from home have happened and your just like " man i wish i was there for that". well stay strong out there. you are ment to be on the mission. i have come to find out that timeing has been great for me out here! for example some of my experiances growing up has helped others. i have told them how i over come drinking coffee, how i have over come some of the teenage addictions, how i have helped myself grow from allot of things. my family situation with the split and the bringing back together has helped and how i have been able to relate. now with the smoking and drinking was not something i could have been able to get into. that stuff is nasty and it kills your insides. the blessing of having sacrifices in you l9ife to bless others as you can relate to them.
so we have been working hard on helping others learn about family history in our mission and it has blessed others with what they have found and for some it has helped connect with more with their family as they work together to be able to find family that needs work done. family history is a great work in this life it is so amazing!
you know another thing i want to tell you guys that have hard stress. it will be ok in the end i mean i have had hard times just on the mission and im pushing through. i may not show it but i sure as heck try hard to keep myself strong as i push through my mission as i watch theses childrren of god suffer through poverty or just even when i cant always help. i try my hardest so if you are having a greqat do or even a bad day try to find someone that is struggling and bring a smile upon their! share a scripture with them or even pray with or for them! i always think there is someone out there worst off then i am and i have really noticed that out here in anacostia and even my mission. its so hard to watch but appreciate allot more of what i have then what i did have. the mission has changed me allot and for those young men/young women preparing or just thinking about a mission I KNOW a mission will bless you and help you! dont give up you are ment to help someone out! you are here on earth for a reason. there is really great movie i saw called saturday warrior its a great movie of 2 guys before they came to earth and they were friends and one says to the other "i will find you and bring you back unto christ" and we are ment to find those friends we talked to in the pre earth life and this all goes for those just starting on missions also! just remember you are also a child of god! you are serving him and he will bless you in the end! like i always say all sacrifices you make there is a even bigger blessing around the corner. I KNOW what you are doing is right and what you were ment to do!
if you are a member missionary, former missionary, a present missionary or even preparing for a mission if you are comfortable i would like to hear blessing or miracles you have seen in your life or even on your mission or ones towards your family! i would like to hear some maybe you will hear a miracle back from me!
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Hope you guys are having an amazing week! and keep up the beautiful smiles you all have and make sure to help someone out in need or just struggling maybe it will help you, it may just put a smile on your face and give you a warm feeling inside!
I LOVE YOU ALL AND WISH YOU A GREAT WEEK!
