Written Feb 16, 2016
This week was honestly so good. On Christmas
day we shared a lesson with an ex missionary who did really good on his mission
and has been faithful ever since, he teaches classes really well on Sunday and I
really liked it. so when we taught them a lesson after I asked what he thinks I
should do to be better and he told me just don’t change when it comes to
teaching be yourself and teach the way you should. The craziest thing is that
that changed everything. In place of changing I'm just myself. The Spirit
testifies of what I say. I’ve never felt the Spirit so much in my life. It’s
like I just get a feeling to start talking to someone and then they invite us
to come teach them. And when we teach they feel comfy to let us teach them and
then when they feel the Spirit they accept it!
A quick example...
We had a family come into our ward,
they found us in the street and they passed us their address, we went over and
they said that their dad isn’t a member and that he is heavy in drugs and needs
a change and that they know the gospel could help him. We started to talk to
him and found that he has been sad ever since his Mom died and we talked about
how the gospel could help and really just focused on him in place of teaching
the lessons and he accepted us and we had an activity that he went to and then
came to church on Sunday and told me that he wants to be baptized. We are
really excited for him.
All in all it was a good week even
though I’m soo tired I wanna die it’s so worth it.
This week one of my old young men’s
leaders asked me to write a letter to the young men to get them hyped about the
mission and I did that today and thought I would share it with all of you who
are preparing for the mish...
I’ll tell you what the mission
is the hardest thing that I’ve ever done. Learning Spanish was so hard, being
in a place where the people don’t speak the same language as you and you can’t
express yourself the way you want to even though everything is trying to burst
out of you and you can feel what you need to say but you just don’t know what
to do. I’ve never had more stress in my entire life. Some days I just wanted to
scream. And then on top of that sometimes your comps don’t want to be obedient.
It’s been a rough ride....
But after time...
I learned something. Ok, a lot of
things. I learned that if you work on something you get better. My Spanish now
is really good. Now, when I want to say something that I feel like it’s going
to burst out of me the words come. Those words that the Lord wants you to say
that shoot the Spirit and it fills the room, there’s not a feeling like it. And
when you know someone for one day and they tell you before you even invite that
they want to be part of the church and want to be baptized it’s an amazing
feeling that is indescribable. It’s more than a simple happiness that the world
gives us from winning a state championship or going on a date with the girl of
your dreams. The happiness that feels real and it lasts. I love seeing people
change, when you see people who are really poor and don’t have any hope in
their lives and don’t know how to progress and they drink their pain away and
then your leaded to them and change their lives and do everything to progress, it’s
something different. I can’t even explain it. It’s something that explains in Alma
chap 26.
With all this I’ve also been able to
learn how to work and be diligent because if we are not diligent in everything
that we do WE WILL NEVER BE THE BEST. In whatever we do. We have to keep
working at it till it’s done. That’s how we can be the best as missionaries
(studying the scriptures, being exactly obedient, and working on our faith
every single day of our lives)
Be obedient!!! EXACTLY OBEDIENT!!! I
am only going to say this much there are blessings... it’s said if you want your
dream girl... BE OBEDIENT AND THE LORD WILL MAKE HAPPEN WHAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
And something more I’ve learn how to
work. People have told me that their missions have helped them every single day
of their lives. I see it now. I really didn’t believe it but after being here a
while I can see the changes in myself. I’ve never had better experiences that
make me see why the Lord commanded us to come out here. Not only to find, teach
and baptize but also to learn. I’ve learned that the mission isn’t necessarily
for the people we teach but it’s for us.
20% find, teach and baptize
80% learn and apply
On a life scale I can see how I’ve
changed for the better and learned about the atonement that Jesus has done for
us. It’s crazy and something that if we learn it and help others learn it we
will never want to sin again. Sometimes we fall into the trap of sin and don’t
know how to leave but when we really think deep on it The Lord has given us the
tools to leave from any type of hard things and when we are in the work, he will
bless us and help us and when we recognize him in prayer he listens to.
Abinandi (in Mosiah idk how to spell
his name in English I think it’s like that) he gave his life for the work. Something
that I don’t know if I would be able to do it. But his validation didn’t come
from a big name brand or other people who are popular or a nice car, but his
validation came from God and that’s the kind of validation that counts. We can
give our everything here on earth and we will see the blessings there in heaven
even though the things of this world are super cool. I promise the things of
the next world are even better than being popular, having money, and having girlfriends.
I promise that if you serve a mish
you will see the fruits of your labors later in your life. You will not regret
it and will always stay on the path. You will not get lost if you dedicate
these two years and then the rest of your life to the Lord. I love you all. I
miss you guys but I know I’m in the right place. You will find happiness in the
work of the Lord. I only have 9 months left and I wish I could just start over
again to be able to get everything done. The Lord has a place for each one of
you and expects you to get out here. Put everything in order and take action as
fast as you can because that’s what your Father in heaven wants for you.
LOVE YALL!!!
Have a good one!!
Elder TJ Anderberg
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