In other news: Elder Fillerup and I set a goal to get fit at the beginning of this transfer. We are happy to report that after 3 weeks I have lost 10 more pounds. That equals out to be 55 pounds total that I've lost (so far) on my mission.
My perspective has changed a lot. It's interesting what you can be taught by the spirit just off of one single quote. We have been studying desire this week, and in result I have found a new meaning to my calling as one of the Lords Representatives
"The greatest men came to the top because of the strength that grew
out of meeting resistance." -M. Russell Ballard
Through my life my sweet Mother often
wondered what the Lord was preparing my family for. Trying and
failing, trying again, failing again, over and over for the past 9
years of my life. The circumstances were unbearable, the struggle was
a real one. Suffering heartaches, disloyalty, sudden deaths,
sicknesses, financial crisis, spiritual whirlwinds, sin, temptation, a
broken home, helping support a family, and wrestling the adversary.
But trial after trial the Lord was there, helping us build strength,
never once did he give up on us. I have often wondered What was the
point of all that? Here is my partial answer:I am the man I am today
because of the strength I have gained from growing up the way I did.
God, has let me pull through those times for this moment right here.
These resistances prepared me for this moment right here, today, in
the mission field. The "dry area" shouldn't phase me, the rejection
should be a "challenge accepted" moment to act on what commitments I
should extend to bring that person to humility. I have been prepared
for resistance, and trained in the furnace of the refinery, I had to
act, or I was going to get eaten alive. The Lord has prepared me long
and hard through those years, and what will be my outcome? What will I
do? I have been given talents to work through affliction, to bust
through the darkest hours, and to find the light of the gospel. Will i
doubt the Lord? Will I stand ready? Will I take what I have been given
and build a kingdom? I didn't lay down when times got difficult, and
for that reason I was made strong. I worked with my circumstances, and
I got through it. I can work in any area, and leave it better then
when I found it. I can sure change my circumstances by the desire of
what the Lord has placed in my heart. Through the resistances that
have been placed before me in past years I have been given the gifts
that are necessary to build just a sliver of Zion. Each family I come
in contact with has experienced at least one of those trials if not
more. But I have been prepared spiritually and emotionally to help
them. I will no longer let that go to waste. "I am a disciple of Jesus
Christ, the son of God, I have been called of him to declare his word
among his people, that they might have everlasting life". I will
"declare his generation" from 10am to 9:30pm. Every day.
“Our time in the mission field is short but eternally important"
"Become a creator of circumstances instead of a creature of circumstances."
"By being able to control what we put in this mind of ours, we determine our own lives. “as we sow, so shall we reap.” We can see how important it is to sow the right beginning thoughts. Another interesting fact about our minds is that we can only entertain one thought at a time. Therefore, your destiny may be determined by one single thought, and it is up to you whether you make it positive or negative. Think baptism and you will baptize. Your actions, attitude, mission, and life will be directed by your thoughts." -M. Russell Ballard
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-Elder Greenburg
Missouri Independence Mission
Rebuking of the sisters
Comp-mansionship
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