01-13-14
yo yo yo what up what up!!!
another week fleeeeeeeewwww bye.... like mega fast..
ill try and share some quick fun stories here
so the other day im walking out of somebodies house trying
to wheel my sweet wayyyyy nice bike out of there walk way right??? whammy i
roll my ankle on this little pot hole... next thing you know i fall into this
little gutter system... i smelled like poooo for the rest of the day... i felt
like a real tard
my feetsies are getting a nice rest from not walking anymore
and my legs are getting real nice and juicy from riding on my bike... i love me
some bikes out here on the mission :)
i was asked more than twice by members if i was going into
the military with my hackjob of a haircut... i just dont really look good
anymore without curls :(
haha so i was showing this family videos of me trying to eat
some stupid salad at the mtc because they didnt believe my food problems...
yeah they’re laughing at me making fun...
they have a 3 year old little girl who is adorable... she is
the shape of a bowling ball and has some serious loving on her.. shes reallll
chunky.. the family calls her chanchy which kinda means fat little piggy
anyway she was upset because she couldnt see the camera.
the next thing i know she whacks me right in the goods.... i
got 3 year old girls making me cry out here... whammy that hurt..
sorry mom thats potty talk
ive been as tired as an old goat for the last 2 weeks
because the bikes just slam the energy out of you!
i made oatmeal for the first time in my life this week...
wooo me. im awesome right??
ummm i absolutley love this area.
this ward has a mega massive amount of potential
this ward covers a really really big area and its the 1st
time they have had 4 elders working here so we have a lot of work to do and can
make a real big difference
we have lunch with members which i cant tell you how much i
love eating with members, to actually get to know them and spend time with
them... ive learned so much about the gospel through them this week... what a
blessing it is in theirs lives helped me reflect the blessing it is in my life
AND THANK THE GYPSIES WE HAVE SISTERS WHO WASH OUR CLOTHES EVERY WEEK... IF THERE IS SOMETHING
TO BE THANKFUL FOR IT IS THAT!
haha well im learning so much out here.
these past two weeks in this area have been so awesome
these past two weeks have been a really special time on my
mission
ive struggled out here in these past 4 1/2 months just like
every missionary does. but ive struggled in ways that i never thought i
would...
ive finally realized what ive needed my whole entire life
To be humbled
my mission hasnt been what i had
expected it to be.
my whole life i feel like ive
always been on top. ive always been a leader and been sucessful at the things
ive done because i feel that my success rate has been determined by how hard i
work for something.
ive always been the type of person
that has never asked anybody for help because i always felt like i had all of
my own answers and never needed anybodies help.
in that sense i guess ive been a
prideful person.
these 4 1/2 months here have been so hard for me because im not able to be myself in
the way where i can help people and handle situations like ive done my whole life.
i finally hit the point where i
realized how unhappy i was when i knew this work was supposed to be so
enjoyable
i kept trying to do it on my own but it really never worked. my own answers werent fixing my
problems.
i finally had to give up my own
pride and ask for help... because i simply couldnt do it on my own anymore.
i needed to loose my pride and
seek for a way where i could be happy and really feel like i could lose myself
in the lords work.
after getting advice from some
people i learned a lot of things
to me i learned one of the greatest lessons that ive needed
to learn in my life. a lesson that has taken me almost 19 years to learn. and i
think the only way i really could have realized it is because of my mission
ive needed to learn how to be
humble. ive been humbled
to be a weak simple servant
ETHER 12:27
and if men come unto me i will
show unto them their weakness. i give unto men weakness that they may be
humble. and my grace is suffecient for all men that humble themselves before
me. for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then i will make weak things become strong.
this scripture helps me out in so many ways.
i came on my mission anticipating to do such great things and to
work so hard.
i always thought of the great
things i could accomplish and the lives i could change.
but what i realize now is that all
the things that i had in mind or wanted to do was based off of thinking of my own strengths and my own talents.
i never thought much of being a
missionary soley based off of the strengths of
the lord. to do the things of greatness
based off the strength of him.
ive learned that i dont need to be
something great in order to be a great missionary.
i need to be a weak simple humble
servant for the lord.
if i focus on being weak, simple,
and humble submissively offering and giving up my pride to the lord then he
will make me into a great, powerful servant.
in my eyes im his weak simple servant
in his eyes i am powerful working
miracles through him
¨"i give unto men weakness
that they may be humble"
had i gone to some sort of english
speaking mission i would have never been humbled in this way
spanish has been the hardest thing
that ive ever faced in so many different
aspects. the lord has given unto me this weakness of not being able to do
things my way
learning his way
"my grace is sufficient for all
men that humble themselves before me"
GRACE-unpraised divine assistance.
let me tell you that i have given
up my pride and have been humbled... im learning how to be humbled every day
out here.
learning this has been the best
thing for me. these past 2 weeks have been incredible and some of my most
spiritual experiences on my mission
all because im letting the lord
work through me. doing it his way
im weak by myself yet so strong
through my savior
i am strong through the atonement
of jesus christ
i have felt the lords grace in
this past two weeks and i promise you that there is nothing better than his
grace... his atonement
let us all give up our pride and
look to the lord for his assistance.
look to the lord for his grace-
his unpraised divine assistance.
i know this church is true and i
know this is the work of the lord
i love you all.
-Elder Myers
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