So whats up guys. Another week another dub. Shoutout to Elder Isaacson from the CCM for that phrase. But for all of you oldies reading this, dub basically signifies a WIN. This week was full of many small successes the biggest being the confirmation of the Holy Ghost to Rosalba, but also this week was full of challenges. I experienced on multiple occassions times where all of the Latinos were making jokes around me (not necesarily about me but ya I have learned Latinos are an easy crowd). What I mean by that is they laugh really easy even if something is only kind of funny which I like a lot because its fun but sometimes I think, why the heck are they laughing that wasn´t even funny. But yeah sometimes I am the only one who isnt´t laughing and its because I dont understand the words they said so that is a bit frustrating at times but honestly moments like that are decreasing and I know the Lord is helping me with the Spanish language. IN fact the Lord is putting a lot of trust in me because I will be in charge of teaching English classes to our branch for a period of time so we will see how that will go. Its interesting to me because everyone here as an interest in learning English.
This week I was able to go to Zone Conference and this Zone Conference was the lat one for our President because we are going to have a different President this month. But this Zone Conference was special because we had 4 zones when we usually only have 2 and also an Area Seventy came. He talked about a few things and I want to share those things with you guys. So his main focus was about sacrificing our will to the Lord. Since that is what conversion and every act of faith is in a form. Sometimes this is hard though because we view things in our own personal way and think that form of action is the best path to take. But what I have been realizing and learning from experience and not just hearing in Church is that the Lord always knows the best. What is sometimes hard is submitting ourselves to his will because at first thought his will may not be something we are willing to do. I think stories illustrate thoughts best, so I will share my experience with my first companion a little bit. I am very particular about the way I want to do things and I like things to be done in a certain manner, but for the past 3 months with my companion I have just been accepting his way to do things because he is the trainer and I dont know what I dont know, I repeat I might think I know how to do things effectively but in reality my trainer has been in the mission much longer than I and he knows how to do things. Of course each person can work in a different form, but I feel like I have been blessed immensely by just submitting and following the lead of my companion for this period of training that I have right now. I know that because I have done so we have had a lot of success and we work together very effectively in lessons and transition smoothly. I know this is because there is harmony between us.
So just to kind of finish off this thought imagine how much more success we could have in life if we submit to the Lord and work in harmony with the Lord who has an infinite amount of wisdom and experience. It is important to be considerate of others and of ourselves in this life but I know that if we prioritze the desire and will of the Lord first we will be going in the right direction no matter what we are doing. I know that Jesus Christ put the will of his father before anyone else and he is the example of how we should live. I am so grateful for this opportunity to align my will with the Lord´s.
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Alma 26 1212 Yea, I know that I am
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