Happy 5 months to me! haha it's felt like a lifetime and no time at all. Only a fellow missionary can understand :) Just a reminder- I can receive DearElders every month and they are the best thing ever.... soooo yeah pretty please send some! :)
I learned so much about how the spirit can work in us! This morning as I was exercising and getting ready for the day, I realized that I was thinking about our investigators. Questions to ask them and insights about their situation were just popping in to my head. I'm so grateful for the spirit.
This week we found an awesome guy named Bruno. He has a mental disability that makes it so he can't comprehend things very well, but we are going to keep trying to teach him anyways because he is seriously so cool and he has potential. He is an insanely good drawer, and he owns a towel business. Qué tal ey.....
Recently I've been focusing on the Preach My Gospel manual and realized that there is basically nothing missing from it. It tells us step by step, very descriptively, what we should share as missionaries and what results we should see. Not only that, it explains nearly flawlessly how to work with the ward and members, so you all should read it as well!!
In Helaman 3:29, we read:
29 Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon the wordof God, which is quick and powerful, which shall divide asunder all the cunning and the snares and the wiles of the devil, and lead the man of Christ in a strait and narrow course across that everlasting gulf of misery which is prepared to engulf the wicked.
This is actually my favorite scripture. It tells us the first step to overcoming challenges that life gives us-- read the word of God. As I was pondering this and thinking about temptation, I realized that in the heat of the moment of being tempted, it is nearly impossible to discern what is good and what is wrong. The word of God always has a response when we can't tell the difference. It literally allows us to "divide" the cunnings of Satan and recognize his snares.
I love you all so much :) Have a great week!!
Elder Burns
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