Fact: God Answers Prayers!

Howdy! As most of you know I have high highs, and low lows, this week had both.

 

 

On Tuesday, we had a zone meeting. That day was a lot of Elders 1 year mark! So the zone went out for sushi. And I don't know why, but that sushi was sooo goood! After me and Chan looked for an investigator, but we could not find his house. So we called the Elders who where in our area before us. They Led us to a Tiny dirt path that didn’t look like it went anywhere. We hiked up it, and found our investigator. He lives in a super poor place, so I was exited ( those people like talking to us). And he did want to talk! So we talked with him, gave him a Libro de Mormón, and left. He seemed to like us, so I hope he'll let us teach a lesson.

 

 

The next morning was really cool! Hermana Nanci (an amazing member), drove us around to all of the inactive members houses. So we got to talk to a lot of people that day. Chan got a ukulele, so ive been teaching him how to play during lunch. He's really funny, because he only wants to learn Taylor Swift songs. That night we visited Hermana Gabby, and her husband just bought a uke too! So I taught him how to play a couple songs. The members are amazing here! There is only about 20 of them, and yet they still feed us every day. And they love working with us!

 

 

Thurday was my pretty bad low. Me and Chan where practing the lessons, and in one of my books its talks about how after 12 weeks you should be able to train a New missionary. And that made me feel so overwhelmed, and Stressed about everything I needed to learn. I also felt so behind in my teaching, and in my spanish. So I started spiraling pretty bad. I've never felt smart, or like im good at learning, so for some reason this just made me break. I kept thinking how could I learn spanish, I go through the book, and don't undertand any concept. Learning spanish has been a Dream for me since day one, so I kept wondering if I even had the brain power to learn it. It was bad. Again my highs are high, and my lows are lows. And then I was getting even more frustrated, because I was mad that I wasn't happy. So that night I realized I was just tired, and needed to go to bed. That usally solves most of my problems. That morning I woke up feeling the same as I did the day before. I was not about to go through that day again, It drives me crazy when im not ok. So that morning I pleaded with God to help me get out of this funk. And my day was a little better, but I still felt really overwhelmed. I bought the corn on the stick from Nacho Libre, and that was pretty cool. But we went back to the apartment to do some Facebook work. I was on facebook and one of my friends posted a video with him playing the song there is peace in Christ. And he went on talking about how he usted to stress over every little thing, but now he finds his peace in Christ. After reading that post, and listening to him play the piano, all of my stress went away. It was like Turing on a light switch. The spirit then kept telling me it was going to be ok, and that the Lord has a purpose for me. I just need to wait a little bit longer. The spirit then  reminded me of what I read that morning. I read about Nephi getting the plates, and how theres a verse that says if God gives us a commandment, he will also provide a way to complete his commamdment. That morning I also read about looking for the strength in a weekness. I kept feeling the impression that in my life learning has been so difficult for me, because I needed to learn how to practice, and stick with things. I then felt that spanish is no diffrent. There where a lot other things I felt that night, but those where the two main points. It was a really cool experience having the spirit show me how God answerd my prayers with exactly what I needed. And how he really does have our backs. That night brought me out of my low, and put me on a high, high, that I rode for the rest of the week. And the next day my spanish was Strait Fire! 

 

 

God is there, and he cares. All we have to do is ask, and rely on him. There is peace in Christ, and through his power anything is posible! I love you all so much! And I hope you remember that by Gods favor we can conquer! 

 

 

- Elder Mitchell 3rd

 

 

Fotos!

1. Me and Chan

2. Our álbum cover

3. Pday with my White Boys

4. The dirt path we went on.