Dearly Beloved!
so.. ya know this week was kind of a kick in the pants! honestly I could look at this week and say wow! Elder Johnson... your not a very fruitful missionary! I'm mean come on! look at you!... yuck! lol aside from what I know that we did this week I still see myself coming to a conclusion every week with the phrase.."what lack I yet?" and in my case more than one. Yeah so mom our mission president is not American... I just said he lived there for a while and thus knows english better than most. However, I wont be really celebrating thanksgiving this year... :S infact president, Elder Hofeling and I will be on the road to L'viv on the 24th. And then for Christmas he is encouraging the missionaries to do something but as for the mission as a whole as he states " the holidays are not going to put us on hold". I really like working with President! way practical man. This last week we had Leadership training, alot of the missionaries are starting to struggle, or complain more or less that its hard! ... well DUH! ofcourse its hard! and thats pretty much what president told everyone! It was quite the entertaining thought for me... sort of humorous. however, something I picked up on this week, I think the Idea is that we despite what we want to have happen need to submit to the Will of our Heavenly Father rather than complain about it. The Lord is the Lord of the Harvest and he makes the calls! its not our work its his! he simply invites us to make it our own purpose in other words submitting ourself to him in every deed, action, and thought! and well you know that sounds great! but honestly I'm not there yet! but I do get that you shouldn't "kick against the bricks" as it says, "our ways are not Gods ways" he will ultimately determine what happens. thats why we are encouraged to pray so much so that we will come to the knowledge for ourselves the Will of our Heavenly Father, and what ever it might be that we dont complain about it! the very first story in the BOM tells us what happens to those who complain. Its funny, we who wear the wrist watches and carry the pocket watches seek to complain to and council the One who over see's the cosmic clocks and calenders! He does everything in his own time! That should be enough for us all to know. Obviously wanting to find someone to teach and baptize is something great to want, but all those "great "things obviously are not given with out a price or some effort on the recievers end. The instrictions I beleive could be any clearer on HOW TO BE A MISSIONARY! We've got a written missionary library that practically screams it at us. Being willing to submit to our Father in Heaven I feel is alot more then just bended knee and a bowed head. there is a requirement involved. "except ye become as little childeren" it says " ye shall not inheret the kingdom of God." or even help build it for that matter. I have been in Mosiah lately and I think mosiah 3:19 really applies, The recipe to become a Saint is to become as a child, Submissive, Meek, Humble, Patient, full of love, (here's the kicker) willing to SUBMIT to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father. Elder Maxwell said that "discriptive Simplicity of Spiritual Submissiveness is matched by its developement difficulty." Its so easy to be half hearted, but this only produces half the growth, half the blessing, and just half a life, really , with more bud then blossom. Such a superficial view of this work will not do! All missionaries (Missionary= member) lest we mistakenly speak of this life only as coming here to get a body, as if we were merely picking up a suit at the cleaners. Or, lest we casually recite how we have come here to be proved, as if a few brisk push-ups and deep knee bends would do. Our Heavenly Father alloteth unto man certain thing which we are to be content. The submissive individual will be led aright, enduring some things well while anxiously engaged in setting other things right. all the time discerning the difference. Obviously we have to recognize (also a new principle hitting home with me... recognizing) Heavenly Fathers love for us and the he is not just oging to hang us out to dry. I know God wants me to succeed and be happy, I know he if we let him ready's us for all of the learning experiences. But we have to own up to those learning experiences of the past and listen to the soft Whisperings of the Holy Ghost as he prompts if we are to succeed and be happy!
Im way excited for Bryndon! thats way cool about the papers! Taleya it was way good to hear from you! and I dont care if they are short or not send them anyway! just... dont be consistent with the short ones ;) and mom you can count on me (atleast while single) coming home for the holidays so you guys wont be alone! once married well... probably have to compromise a little bit.. you know the family will be a bit bigger. anyway so I love you all! my holidays are going to be busy! found out that we are flying to ODESA and I'm stoked! its been awhile since being in the air! so that will be fun! I love you all! I'm doing well! trying to stay away from apendisitus! its gotten like 6 missionaries since I've been out and just got one of our zone leaders into the hospital :S the end of the week was kind of depressing because our baptism didn't go down! he wasn't quite ready.. but it will happen. I'm not discouraged! president gave the mission a thought to play with! if your discouraged than its because your being disobedient! haha I like it because its true! if you have done ALL you could that day! you may be disapointed because of the results but its not because of what you didn't do! you did all you could! anyway love you all! I'll talk to you again soon!
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Старійшина Джонсон
so.. ya know this week was kind of a kick in the pants! honestly I could look at this week and say wow! Elder Johnson... your not a very fruitful missionary! I'm mean come on! look at you!... yuck! lol aside from what I know that we did this week I still see myself coming to a conclusion every week with the phrase.."what lack I yet?" and in my case more than one. Yeah so mom our mission president is not American... I just said he lived there for a while and thus knows english better than most. However, I wont be really celebrating thanksgiving this year... :S infact president, Elder Hofeling and I will be on the road to L'viv on the 24th. And then for Christmas he is encouraging the missionaries to do something but as for the mission as a whole as he states " the holidays are not going to put us on hold". I really like working with President! way practical man. This last week we had Leadership training, alot of the missionaries are starting to struggle, or complain more or less that its hard! ... well DUH! ofcourse its hard! and thats pretty much what president told everyone! It was quite the entertaining thought for me... sort of humorous. however, something I picked up on this week, I think the Idea is that we despite what we want to have happen need to submit to the Will of our Heavenly Father rather than complain about it. The Lord is the Lord of the Harvest and he makes the calls! its not our work its his! he simply invites us to make it our own purpose in other words submitting ourself to him in every deed, action, and thought! and well you know that sounds great! but honestly I'm not there yet! but I do get that you shouldn't "kick against the bricks" as it says, "our ways are not Gods ways" he will ultimately determine what happens. thats why we are encouraged to pray so much so that we will come to the knowledge for ourselves the Will of our Heavenly Father, and what ever it might be that we dont complain about it! the very first story in the BOM tells us what happens to those who complain. Its funny, we who wear the wrist watches and carry the pocket watches seek to complain to and council the One who over see's the cosmic clocks and calenders! He does everything in his own time! That should be enough for us all to know. Obviously wanting to find someone to teach and baptize is something great to want, but all those "great "things obviously are not given with out a price or some effort on the recievers end. The instrictions I beleive could be any clearer on HOW TO BE A MISSIONARY! We've got a written missionary library that practically screams it at us. Being willing to submit to our Father in Heaven I feel is alot more then just bended knee and a bowed head. there is a requirement involved. "except ye become as little childeren" it says " ye shall not inheret the kingdom of God." or even help build it for that matter. I have been in Mosiah lately and I think mosiah 3:19 really applies, The recipe to become a Saint is to become as a child, Submissive, Meek, Humble, Patient, full of love, (here's the kicker) willing to SUBMIT to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father. Elder Maxwell said that "discriptive Simplicity of Spiritual Submissiveness is matched by its developement difficulty." Its so easy to be half hearted, but this only produces half the growth, half the blessing, and just half a life, really , with more bud then blossom. Such a superficial view of this work will not do! All missionaries (Missionary= member) lest we mistakenly speak of this life only as coming here to get a body, as if we were merely picking up a suit at the cleaners. Or, lest we casually recite how we have come here to be proved, as if a few brisk push-ups and deep knee bends would do. Our Heavenly Father alloteth unto man certain thing which we are to be content. The submissive individual will be led aright, enduring some things well while anxiously engaged in setting other things right. all the time discerning the difference. Obviously we have to recognize (also a new principle hitting home with me... recognizing) Heavenly Fathers love for us and the he is not just oging to hang us out to dry. I know God wants me to succeed and be happy, I know he if we let him ready's us for all of the learning experiences. But we have to own up to those learning experiences of the past and listen to the soft Whisperings of the Holy Ghost as he prompts if we are to succeed and be happy!
Im way excited for Bryndon! thats way cool about the papers! Taleya it was way good to hear from you! and I dont care if they are short or not send them anyway! just... dont be consistent with the short ones ;) and mom you can count on me (atleast while single) coming home for the holidays so you guys wont be alone! once married well... probably have to compromise a little bit.. you know the family will be a bit bigger. anyway so I love you all! my holidays are going to be busy! found out that we are flying to ODESA and I'm stoked! its been awhile since being in the air! so that will be fun! I love you all! I'm doing well! trying to stay away from apendisitus! its gotten like 6 missionaries since I've been out and just got one of our zone leaders into the hospital :S the end of the week was kind of depressing because our baptism didn't go down! he wasn't quite ready.. but it will happen. I'm not discouraged! president gave the mission a thought to play with! if your discouraged than its because your being disobedient! haha I like it because its true! if you have done ALL you could that day! you may be disapointed because of the results but its not because of what you didn't do! you did all you could! anyway love you all! I'll talk to you again soon!
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Старійшина Джонсон
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