Saturday, August 17, 2013

Aug 13, 2013

As of tomorrow, I will have been her exactly two weeks.  The language is coming along pretty well and I am learning more than I ever have in my life about God, myself, and the gospel.  There is never an easy day here.  I work all day, every day to learn and grow spiritually in the gospel.  I have a few times realized that my first conversion must be my own and there are many ways in which I've found that I need greater conversion in.  The word conversion has come to mean to me "coming unto Christ" or "facing Christ".  I just want to ask all of you to do the same.  Come unto Christ by sacrificing those parts of you that need to be done away that you may more fully have the Lord's holy spirit in your life.

As far as the language goes, I feel like I'm not learning it fast enough, but I know I need to be patient because the other things I spend time on are important as well.  I am already reading Preach My Gospel in Tagalog and understanding it.

I have a great district.  We all get along well.  We have 4 elders and 6 sisters.  We all like to do activities together like play kickball or throw frisbees.  We have fun.  Right now we are playing basketball in the hallway of our residence.  It is our personal fitness hour right now.  We are using a ball made out of plastic bags and a small nerf hoop that was given to us by some sisters who left for the Philippines yesterday.

I know that through the power of the atonement we can be healed of EVERYTHING/ANYTHING. This power, however, is conditional upon us asking for it, desiring it, and seeking after it.  God does this because He is the master teacher and because every lesson he teaches is centered on us and our learning.  That is what we do as missionaries.  Every thought/idea/application must answer this question:  how does this help (investigator) come unto Christ?  We pray for them & study the gospel to find answers for them.  We love them and serve them.  It's a process that brings amazing joy and can also bring great heartache.

Love eveyone.  Be happy.  Continue to grow in the gospel.  Tell Danika I love her.  Tell the siblings to write me please!!!  Thanks
Love
Kell

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