Lieve Familie,
My love for you all is
something I cannot explain. I have tried to do it several times through email
and also while talking with others, but it just doesn’t seem to manage. It is
much like having a testimony of the Divinity of Christ or of the Gospel.. We cannot
physically explain these things, but we just know that it is real and that it
is true. We know that there is something there that brings joy to our hearts
and our souls. It is powerful and calm. Brings purpose and direction in our
lives. But it is something that cannot really be physically explained. It is
truly a gift given to us from our Heavenly Father that I am so grateful for.
Grateful for you guys and grateful for the Gospel. It’s allllll trueee.
This week was quite
the fun and stressful week. I got my new companion and let me just
say.... LEKKER! Elder Lee is his name and we instantly clicked. He is from
Singapore and ooooh boy I love the Chinese spirit. He is so Chinese it blows my
mind! Love it. I think the first three days together I got my 6 pack back from
laughing so hard. We truly are a ``Gangnam Style´´ but on steroids. He made the
big jump from just being a normal missionary to ZL, so it has been quite the
blessing to bring him up to speed on his new life of giving trainings,
planning, traveling, and being constantly stressed out. We definitely are just
making the best of it!
We have had to spend
the last 3 days pretty much inside doing planning and giving trainings. Last Friday
we had our mission leader council with all the Leaders from the mission at the
mission home. I was asked to give a 15 minute presentation, which was very
exciting. I am grateful that the spirit was able to help me out. Following that
we made the long drive back to Eindhoven and gave another training Saturday
morning to all the District leaders. The rest of the weekend was spent planning
for our big Christmas Zone Training that we will be giving tomorrow. It has
been some of the craziest and most stressful 4 days! But I am grateful to have
Elder Lee because he has really helped out a ton and has been such a blessing
to have as a companion. Really looking forward to the rest of this transfer!
Well Christmas is
coming up and if you haven´t seen the new Film on LDS.org or the Mormon Channel
called ´´He is the Gift´´ I invite you now to go watch it. I am so grateful for
all the many gifts I have had bestowed upon me through out my life and also
grateful for the many gifts that I have worked for. I want you all to remember
that..
There is no such thing as a possession in this
life, everything is a gift.
Everything we have received is a gift from our Heavenly Father.
He loves us and cares for us. He has given me so many snickers bars through out
my life and through out my mission he has constantly been nourishing me with my
``Daily Bread´´ (Matthew 6:11). I love him and am grateful for his son
Jesus Christ.
Have a great week fam bam! Be safe, make good choices, tell one
another that you love each other, and Enjoy to the End!
Love,
Big Dude
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| Goodbye to Rudolph |
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| Elder Lee and I |
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