Eu esto muito bem e tivi uma semana muito
bom.
I have been on my mission for 203 days
and learned a lot but I think every day I had at least one complaint if
not a hundred everyday. I started out happy and just ready to jump into
it but as time went on things were not what I expected and I thought I
knew better. I thought for some reason that complaining and being
negative and angry would help. I didn't know how to deal with those
problems I ran into, but the Lord knew that and that is exactly why he gave
me those problems and he has been teaching me everyday. I got to a
point where day to day I did what I could and would watch and learn
keeping the problems inside until I had someone to talk to and then I
would unload the negative things in my head. This is why email got to be
so problem centered. I started to be better day to day and learn more
but I was still letting the negative things in and unloading them on
people complaining every chance I had. It's so important to be positive
and not complain. Life is so short and there is so much good with so
little bad. Just know I'm going forward and trying to take another step
towards be positive. Maybe if I learn my lesson the Lord will stop
trying to teach me and I can get the perfect comp haha. Anyways, emails
for now on are going to be positive because really my mission is good
and I'm having fun most of the time, learning and growing and seeing
others change.
This week we had Elder Holland come
and speak to us and it was awesome/ in English. He talked about really
learning and remembering what we learn on the mission for afterwards and
also about being converted during your mission. We are the Lord's
investigators and everything we want for our investigators he wants for
us. Now every time I say something in a lesson I think about it for
myself and question if I've really done it in my life. He was
awesome but dad,one of the Seventy at your stake Conference I'm sure was cool too haha.
I'm learning so much in my time here. Mom and dad you wouldn't believe it but I'm all about getting up in the
morning and my body doesn't even let me sleep in anymore. The
other week I finished the Book of Mormon for the first time on the
mission but didn't tell yall because I forgot. It was good but I didn't
get that answer that 'BAM' it's true. I got more of a stop asking me you
already know just look at your life and think about what you have
learned.
I wish every missionary could live in our
house with mom for a month before being my comp or that she could teach
every investigator a little before we got there. There are so many
things she used to say that I want to yell at people. For example, we
have Hosana, the crazy cat lady and she loves to listen and pick one word
to twist and argue. I remember doing this to mom and her just telling
me to shut up and tell her the important part of what she said. Or how about just
keeping stuff clean or thinking about others haha. Thanks mom for all
you taught me. I see other people that didn't have someone like you and
its black and white.
We had one more baptism yesterday. It
was Marcos' sister Sara. We are teaching everyone in the family but for
some reason can't baptise them all to gether haha. I think their mom and
sister will be baptised this next Sunday. They are a really cool family
and already stopped drinking café and try everything we say. Only
problem with the mom is she has a boy friend but he lives super far away
and they only see each other like twice a year. In other words booty call
haha but she knows she needs to change her life and is changing so its
really cool. We also have Fransico and Ivonete still and no they didn't go
to church but will this week. We have a new family that's really cool as
well Hemilly and Nina. Nina is already a member but has not been to
church for like 15 years but wants to come back, left her boyfriend and
wants her daughter baptized. They are going thru a really hard time
right now but I think we are to see some real blessings come into their lives. The work is good.
I love yall and miss you. Hope it is all
good and you're enjoying some warm weather as much as I'm enjoying some
cooler weather. As always keep doing what your doing, being better
everyday and rockin on.
Elder Schmidt
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