What's going on, everyone? Sorry it's been a while, my email has been having some serious problems the last couple weeks, but hopefully everything's back to normal, haha. It's great to be able to write one of these again, as short as today's might end up being. Anyway, some quick things- We had transfers this week, but nothing has changed in pretty much the whole zone- I think we had like one transfer only. So it's all about the same here in Dingras, though I'm looking forward to a new cycle of working harder and seeing more success as I seek to become a better instrument in the Lord's hands. We had a couple cool experiences this past week, a cool opportunity to do a service project over at the elementary school, and we are really working on finding the golden people that Heavenly Father has prepared, especially those families that are so critical in this world.
Speaking of families, it's been such an incredible blessing to get to talk to them the last couple weeks on P-day, what a wonderful opportunity to connect with home and get their insights on daily life here and tell them about my experiences. It's just reminded me of how much I love everyone at home and what a blessing they have been in my life, and are continuously. I've also had some thoughts this past week about humility- how it is truly the fountain of all virtues. This is one eternal truth- that we cannot by ourselves become like our Heavenly Father, or in other words rise above our mortal and natural selves. But we can do it- if we just exercise our agency in Jesus Christ and His perfection, His willingness to take away our natural selves and replace it with the virtues of Heaven. This is especially applicable in the mission field, as I come to realize how very helpless I truly am to do this work alone. There's just no way. There's a reason that Heavenly Father sends out a bunch of unready, young, and weak kids to be His missionaries- because we need to see just how unready we are. Or me at least. And then, in the process, see just how incredibly a perfect Father can take us and use us as His tools to do miracles- the only thing we need to have is trust- just that trust, that faith, that if we act, if we go out every day and say what we know to be true, He's gonna do the impossible. Because with Him, nothing is impossible. That's the only thing I can trust in anymore, because if it wasn't true, than I would already be far gone. And so, it's up to us, our choice, to just choose it. And I hope I have the courage and faith to choose it every day.
Love,
Elder Griffitts
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| The corn fields in Dingras |
