The Subject to this email comes from a recent convert here, Baxolele. He
was talking to us the other day about how now that he is a member, he
is trying to notice the blessings from living the standards that he has
been taught. He said that he expected blessings to come in material
things at first but just the other day he did something that just
brought him pure happiness. He took that as a blessing from Heavenly
Father. It made me really think....what blessings do I miss out on
because I'm looking for the wrong things? In the past two years I have
gained nothing on the terms of material things or money, I haven't moved
up in class, nor in status. My entire life is on hold right now as I do
this service. In fact, my family has sacrificed more for me to be out
here than they probably have received. So what have I been blessed with?
These past two years have brought me a greater sense of who I am, who
my Heavenly Father is, and the role that the Savior Jesus Christ plays
in my life. I have been blessed with hardships, really bad days, and
moments where I thought I was nothing. I have been blessed to learn what
it means to have humility. To have patience. To realize that when you
are running the best you can through life and you trip and fall that the
only thing to do is to brush yourself off and keep going. I have been
blessed to understand the importance of the family, the role that
Heavenly Father designed it for and truly what the words "I love you"
really mean. I have been blessed with a greater understanding of the
Gospel and the Scriptures. I have been blessed to see people change
their entire lives just to be a part of this Gospel. I have seen that in
my own life, I have yet to really sacrifice anything. I have been
blessed with an understanding that I don't have much to complain about
in life. I have been given so much. Heavenly Father loves me so much. I
have enjoyed the time I have spent in the Gospel these past few years
and I hope that many years will still be ahead, full of ups and downs.
Blessings shouldn't be looked at things that make life easier but make
life more meaningful and worth it.
As for this past week, things didn't go quite as Elder
Giles and I had planned. We had full days Tuesday and Wednesday but on
Tuesday our car was getting serviced and was in the shop most the day
which hurt our appointments, Wednesday everything just seemed to fall
through. Thankfully Thursday was an incredible day. We went on splits
with the ward and managed to get a lot of work done. Powerful day. We
managed to get six people at Church again and this coming week seems to
be shaping up to be a great week. We are heading to Grahamstown
this Thursday for exchanges which I'm excited for because I love working
with the Elders of my zone.
I hope that everyone had an amazing week and that this coming week will be better.
I love you all!
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theELDERNAYLOR
