[Mom's note: Had the opportunity to skype with Jarek on May 9th for Mother's Day. It was so good to hear his voice and see his face. He is so happy and is just loving the mission. We are extremely blessed to have technology so we can communicate with him weekly not sure I can handle waiting for a letter. AND THIS IS THE LONGEST EMAIL FROM HIM YET :)]
Hey everyone week 36 is already over and it was a blast Monday we had
a zone activity and Tuesday we had our zone training meeting and it
was great my dendo Fire "missionary work fire" yea it doesn't sound as
good in English but yea my dendo Fire is blazing right now I freaking
love missionary work!!! Wednesday through Saturday was full of good
and bad 2 of our progressing investigators canceled meetings so we
that was bad but we went out and found 3 people and made some good
specific return appointments so even though we didn't get to see our
investigators hopefully these new people will be added to our pool of
wonderful people to talk to! Sunday was great got to call home and
Skype with the family and then Otani came to church it was great he
had a great time and since president nakatsuka was visiting he got to
meet the mission prez and his wife so that was great!!! One of the
members kids got his baptism yesterday and I was able to help with the
confirmation so that was fun and afterward we had dinner at that
families house! Also one of our investigators, he is a 70 year old
dude but he is still very healthy went fishing and caught a bunch of
fish and came and gave us 5 fish he caught and I ate one this morning
it was delicious just hate the bones! But anyways it was a good week
with some disappointing things but always the good outweighs the bad!!
This week I read the January 2014 ensign and in the first presidency
message president Uchtdorf talks about setting goals but my favorite
part from it was the proverb "The best time to plant a tree is 20
years ago. The second-best time is now.?h We can always change no
matter who, when or what we are doing now, because as Elder Renlund
said last conference "God indeed cares a lot more about who we are and
about who we are becoming than about who we once were." I find a lot
of comfort in these words and as a missionary you have a great
opportunity to immerse yourself in gods work and change we have a
article that is given to every missionary entitled "the fourth
missionary" it talks about all the blessings your can receive when you
serve with all your heart might mind and strength and how by the end
of your mission you can not only change your behavior but you can
change your nature. I love the opportunity everyday to help people
change and come closer to Christ and I love the opportunity I have
each day to change myself and try to get those Christ-like attributes
and although I am not perfect I know that through Christ, who
strengthens us in all trials, even I can be perfect, I am so grateful
for the atonement and all its many blessings, I love you all and hope
that you all have a great week:)!!!!
Elder Stevens
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