This week was the first normal week in a long time! We got to work all
the day long every day!
At the first part of my mission I thought it was the easiest thing
ever! I did not have a single worry in the world, fortunately that's
not the case forever. Now that I am understanding more about my
purpose as a missionary I'm starting to work harder. Not that my hours
of working are changing or how fast I walk or how far. You work harder
by planning better and specifically for each investigator, studying
specifically for them in the morning. You work harder by listening to
the spirt constantly and courageously. Every waking moment all you
think about is how can I serve the lord to my best ability today. What
can I do now to make me a better missionary. How can I serve my
companion, the word, the Lord. This constant work, believe it or not, is
very hard and taxing. But it is so beautiful. Every second is worth
it. It is what changes someone to be more like Christ. What I want to
share today, is that not only those on missions can change. Every
person can think this way. How can I serve my spouse? How can I
magnifying my calling today? How can I bring myself closer to Christ?
We need to ask ourselves these questions. Every day. All the time.
Now for the unfortunate parts. Even though we worked super hard and
long this week, I feel like we have been going backwards. People have
dropped us, we have had to drop some people for not keeping any of
their commitments. I'm pretty sure the Lord is just testing our
patience. So we will just work harder.
A few quick stats, our mission had 334 baptisms this year.
We have 5 stakes in our mission, and
197 missionaries
I got ringworm and a super nasty infected ingrown toenail so far.(now
that they are healed I can tell my mom)
I'm staying in Molina for another 6 weeks!
Muesli is the best cereal in the world.
Love you all!!
Elder Owens
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