(Its a long one, so fellow missionaries, don't feel bad if you don't have time) Man, I don't even know where to begin. It all kinda blends together sometimes of work, teach, miracle, work more, sleep, study, study, work, exhaustion, teach, work, miracle.
I did have a pretty cool week, though. We had training meeting in Iowa city 3 hours away, and we headed up to Marshel town about halfway to spend the night with some elders there and ride up the rest of the way with them to save miles. Turns out it was my old companions apartment, Elder Merrel, and it was awesome just getting to goof off and swap stories again like old times. I love my companion now, but he doesnt understand 90 percent of my jokes or any of my references, so it was nice to talk to someone who had a million inside jokes. At the meeting I was able to meet all the other people from my mtc ditrict that came to Iowa with me, and that was a blast. Forgot how much I missed all of them. It also reminded me of my old friends back home. Miss you guys. I actually get to see them again tomorrow at a huge zone meeting in Des Moines.
Like I said, it has been a lot of work, and a lot of miracles.
President Jensen said it best," You will find that most of the miracles of healing God does today are not of the body, but of peoples souls." It is crazy true. People who are so broken, so lost, so messed up can be repaired and built up through the atonement of Christ. It is amazing to witness the love of God, who he truly does love everyone, and how much he does, that he doesn't give up on anyone, even if we as missionaries want to sometimes. As a missionary, if you are doing it right, you began to see everyone with a little bit of the same love God does. You worry about talking to them less, what they will think, or even judging and being afraid in the slightest of different people. Even people who have made some really messed up decisions. You know you have a message to share, the most important one ever told, the message that can bring them more happiness than we can even comprehend, and you are exited ever day to share it. And why wouldn't you be? it is so cool being a servant of Christ.
Two of the people I am most exited about are Louis and Crystal, the young couple. We took them to the church for a tour yesterday, and the spirit was so strong. Luis still isn't sure about being baptized, says he wants to be sure, but they can feel this spirit. And it is always a little annoying when people say they want to be sure but are not yet, because whenever you ask them if they have prayed and asked God yet, they say no. It really is so easy, its unbelievable. Its like the story of the jews in the wilderness who kept getting bitten by snakes. All they had to do was look up at the Golden serpent thing Moses had made, and they would be fine, but so many didn't! And all people have to do to know if the church is true, the One True Church of Christ, is to ask God with sincere heart and true intention, and he will tell them! He wants them to know the truth, he wants them to follow him, but so many people don't. I have to have more patience sometimes. A lot of people have never even prayed to God before, or only said the same rehearsed prayer their whole lives.
Its funny, getting people off drugs isn't the hardest part, its getting them just to pray to God daily. To have a relationship with him and rely on him, expressing all your doubts and fears, and asking for help. well, I have to go, times up. Love all of you, by.
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