Ok. So. This week has been the hardest so far. Basically me and my comp have been having a hard time creating a real relationship. We have different views on how to do missionary work and almost complete opposite interests and passions. We couldn't be more different. I had kinda given up on trying to get along well and had just accepted it and was looking forward to the next transfer.(which is a really dumb thing to do). I would be praying almost all day for patience and power to be ok and endure and for time to fly by.
Then God basically told me I was doing it wrong. We had a zone conference and afterwards president smith found me and asked if he could give me a priesthood blessing. So very sneakily we left the room and went to a nursery room in the church and talked for a bit.
I had not told anybody i was struggling with anything but president Smith hit almost all concerns and gave me council that i had not even considered. THEN he gave me a blessing and it was perfect. I began trying to be happy and looking for ways I could show gratitude and serve my comp and genuinely care about his interests. I found ways to serve him. I tried to share it with him.
And nothing really changed…
Till one night. I opened up. I told him i was feeling discouraged about ASL. He opened up and told me all about his struggles with learning Mandarin chinese. He gave me lots of really helpful tips and insight. It felt like the first conversation we ever had actually communicated.
Then we were up till 12, he taught me a bunch of really really really difficult maths and math ideas. It was a miracle. I was fully engaged and wanted to understand what he was saying and actually did! He was comfortable enough with me to share his passion for math and it felt like we were united.
I cannot change him. I can't pray for him to change. I have control over myself. I can change. I'm learning so much right now. I am excited to become better friends with him and learn more.
It'll be great.
The actual work:Huseyin had his baptism interview. He's not willing to be a full tithe payer. So were gonna wait a bit.
Im excited for him,im glad i get mire time to teach him. I love huseyin so much, hes so wonderful. I know his faith will grow.
That's basically it.
Love you guys.
Usually I invite you to go on a mission…but there's a bunch of you that can't go on a mission for whatever reason, so this week, you get the invitation! Be a missionary at home! Invite your friends to churchy opportunities! Share a verse with them! Bear your testimony! Go out and find and teach with the missionaries in your ward!
And please! Be an example! People should know that you are happy and that you have the spirit with you. Love you're life the way the gospel teaches you to so that people can feel the spirit when they are in your home and with you. Study the book of Mormon every single day so you can have that essential power with you all day.
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