Man I sure do love my mission! It is so awesome, tough and difficult but full of blessings and joy! That's one thing I have been thinking a little bit about. I'm not sure if I have shared it or not but I have found that serving a mission is not about having fun and making memories, its about experiencing real joy and administering blessings! And frankly you can't have real joy and administer blessings without consequently building memories and having a blast!
We work hard, but it is amazing that because of Jesus Christ we can actually work infinitely harder! There is no limit to how hard we can work, and that is because Christ made it possible for all of us to overcome all things through Him. Yes, we can always improve our time while in this life!
Anyway the work is building up! It is such an awesome process how that works! We have a pretty strong part member right now, Justin is his name. His wife is less-active but coming back to church. He will be baptized on January 9th, unless we can encourage Him to be baptized sooner. He is probably 22 or 23 or something and just an awesome guy. The tender mercy of this all is that it is not the first time I have met and taught him. Back in June in my first transfer as an office Elder, Elder Robinson and I taught him a first lesson in the Dutch Fork ward. He accepted the commitment to be baptized after that lesson, however, He lived in the Lake Murray ward, so Elder Robinson and I referred him to the Lake Murray Elders. They worked with him, but at that point he wasn't ready. Near the end of my last transfer as an office Elder in, October(?), I saw a family in the Dutch Fork ward I did not recognize (and Justin was sitting with them), so I went to them and talked to them and invited them to be taught by the sister missionaries in my last district. They accepted. One of the oldest boys in that family is getting baptized this weekend and he happens to be Justin's brother, and the rest of the family is Justin's family as well! And now that I am serving in Lake Murray, Elder Adams and I have had the privilege to teach Justin again and now he is ready! What an awesome tender mercy! That and the baptism will be held in Dutch Fork, so I will get to see some of my old ward family again!
That right there is one of those cool memories that comes from the joy of sharing the gospel! Welp I can't think of much else to write I love and miss you all, Happy Christmas and keep your noses clean!
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