Hoooooooooola!!
So, first to start out with... THOSE PICTURES WERE GREAT!!! I really liked how you led up to the last pictures in there (even if unintentional!)!!! When in February was that? I want to go back and see what we were doing on those days. That was trippy! But really fun, too! I don't think I would have gotten too homesick, but I think it's better that you told me after instead of before...who knows?! Haha how was the trip, dad? Did you see the bridge over in Kemah? We can get going at least 35 mph going down one side, and that's with the wind going against us. Just think of how fast we can go with the wind at our backs! Actually, maybe not...
So this is going to both of you, and then I'll get started on the e-mail. They're the same, but only because I wanted to try to have enough time to write everything.
Hola again!!!
I loved the package!! Thank you! And I'm going to start wearing the shirt as soon as I get the chance!! Haha you should have seen the list of questions I had about the pictures (most of which were answered by your e-mail!)!!
Things have been going well here in Kemah. Still, I'm not sure what experiences to share. It's been interesting: My brain isn't holding too much, so I've tried to become really good at writing things down in my journal every night. I haven't had any experiences come to mind as of yet, but hopefully as I write, I'll find something that someone in the congregation really needs, and thay can go and help someone in need. So, in advance, if I don't answer all the questions or comments...that doesn't mean I don't want to. I am just not the fastest typist in the world, but I'm getting better, poco a poco.
There's a whole lot of new experiences and opportunities to grow as I've been out here in the service of our Lord and Savior. Every transfer, I have something new to learn. I joked a lot before coming out here that the Lord wouldn't transfer someone from their area until they had learned what they needed to learn. Now, I know that's true. He puts us in places out here where our option is to learn and grow, or to flatline and not do what He has asked us to do. As we focus more on Him, He can make more out of us than we ever could ourselves.
Since before this transfer started, I've been feeling a lot of push to change. I haven't felt like this very often, but I know the Lord wants me to learn something. With each and every choice that comes my way, I feel like the Lord is telling me, "Now Elder - I've given you a little room to grow. It's going to take a lot of effort, but I wouldn't give it to you if I didn't think you could handle it."
I think He does that more than we think, but we just aren't willing to change our lives for Him. Maybe we have our 'pet sins' that may not be anything HUGE...but they're just big enough that we can't become the people the Lord wants us to be, because really, we're just fine and content with who we are.
One of the biggest challenges I've faced hasn't been dogs chasing us, little kids shooting at us with their airsoft guns, or companions that just annoy the heck out of me. The biggest thing I have been struggling with is what Moroni tells us we need to have: charity. There have been times where I have really been able to feel the pure love of Christ working through me. But there have also been times where I feel like I am just going through the motions. I feel that that can be too easy to do sometimes. Our mission president has warned us against "Doing missionary activities, but not being missionaries." We can go through the motions, but if we do not really want to love our neighbor, classmate, co-worker, or our boss, we'll never be able to have that, "Love of God, and of all men."
Wow, my time is almost done already. One more experience: One of my favorite memories is from when, after facing problem after problem, a couple was finally married and baptized. We really did put all of our efforts, work, and love into helping them to come unto Christ, and when they entered the waters of baptism...I don't think I've ever seen such an AWESOME sense of happiness anywhere! I wish everyone could see it.
Well, time to go. I love you soooo much!
Con MUCHO amor!!!
A infinidad, y mas alla!
El Devinator
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