Good Week. Me Happy. Spirit. Fun Experiences. (I don´t even
know how to begin my emails now :D ) What else am I to say? I get tired of
repeating it, but it´s been a good week! We worked hard this week, and really
made an effort to open our mouths and spread the gospel. We were able to teach
several people this week, find new investigators, and see a few blessings from
our work. One awesome thing that´s happening as well is that the ward´s waking
up a bit. The members are getting their Home teaching visits done (Or at least
much more than before) and the ward´s getting its mission plan together quite
nicely. They´ve also been able to help out with the investigators that we have brought to church. Speaking of which, there´s an awesome family that we´re
teaching (the Balmori Family) and they have great desires to keep learning and
going to church and whatnot. It was funny, because one night we went to their
house to teach a lesson, and the member that was going to accompany us couldn´t
come (We can´t enter into their house without another male present) so we just
were intending to set up another appointment. So we get there, and decided to
ask them "Hey, do you by chance have a neighbor or family member that
could come with us in the lesson?" So they called their neighbor, and he
accompanied us in the lesson! hahaha what´s more, he went with them to church
yesterday!
Anywho, I just want to mention once more the importance of
setting goals. I think it´s safe to say that we all have the end goal of
getting to heaven, right? Well, there´s also a ton of short-term goals that we
can set. These are so important so that we reach higher in life! I like the
quote from M. Russell Ballard when he says that mastering goal-setting will
help us to make a great difference in the results that we attain in life. I´m
sure we don´t want to get to the end of our lives to discover that we´ve only
scraped the surface of our potential! We should never get comfortable in
respect to our education, church responsibilities, relationships with others, or
basically any aspect of our lives. As missionaries, we take a time frame every
week to see what we need to improve and set goals- this is a practice that I
want to carry on after my mission as well, because it´s fantastic!
Well, the purpose of this life is to gain experience and
prepare ourselves to return to God, so, we should prepare ourselves, learning
and being engaged in repentance constantly, so that when the Lord returns, or
when we return to him, we may be as similar to him as possible (1 John 3:2).
The title of the email says "Miracles aren´t for the Lazy" It´s
something that I was talking about with a ward member yesterday, and it´s a
very true principle! We have to really be trying, but if we are, the Lord will
really help us!
Well, I just want to testify that I know that Jesus Christ
lives and loves us. We have his Gospel restored in the earth to bless us, and
all who are around us. I know that the Bible and the Book of Mormon contain the
word of God, and that the true church of Jesus Christ has been restored in
these the latter days. It is my earnest prayer that we embrace this light
and hope, and that we may be able to spread it in this world that needs it so
much. Hurrah for Israel!
Elder Holtry
Ya, so there was a
lizard that found its ways into our apartment this week
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