Hello Family!
This
week has been rather fast for me and I'm having a hard time thinking of
the important points...
Although
in general news, I can definitely
feel
my faith and understanding of the love of Jesus Christ growing daily.
What
I think has helped me as well was my companion and I being able to go
on exchanges with the Assistants to the mission president assigned to our part of the mission
(having
4 APs in our mission because it is so large) and I was able to just
have a good time working and still having fun at the same time, of
course within mission standards.
It was nice to see the APs, who I know are under much more pressure and stress than I am, just be able to enjoy the moments when they can.
It was nice to see the APs, who I know are under much more pressure and stress than I am, just be able to enjoy the moments when they can.
So
I made a resolution to try to relax a little more, in the
right way that is, and start just enjoying the moment when I can. As
long
as I can account to my Heavenly Father and say "I've done all that I
could this day and did better today than I did yesterday, and I'll do
better tomorrow than I did today" then I also have a right to be at
peace and know that that is exactly what He expects
of me. Nothing more and nothing less.
As
far as the work is concerned, I have some not so happy news about the
"golden contacts". I visited them again yesterday and the wife had
prayed
for a sign to know if they should continue being taught, and the
following night she had nightmares/very negative dreams, from which she
took to be her answer and would have nothing more to do with being
taught, justifying it by wanting "evidence" that The
Book of Mormon is true and saying that they don't need anything more
than The Bible etc., etc... the usual.
I
could tell that she was full of fear and doubt because of her
experience and I taught about how God will never make us afraid and how
nothing negative
or no negative feelings can come from God, citing what Mom has pounded
into my brain through repetition, "For God hath not given us the
spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy
1:7), but it was too late. I could tell her pride
and her fear had hardened her and there wasn't much more I could do.
Brother hadn't read yet, but he'll follow his wife.
I
ceremoniously read 2 Nephi chapters 28-29 after these kinds of
experiences and comfort myself with the knowledge that it has all been
prophesied
and that I did all I could to be a witness.
I hope you are all doing well! Keep keeping the faith!
I love you all!
~Elder Butler
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