I just LOVE getting your emails on Monday and reading how each of y'all are
doing! It brings a smile to my face and gets my p-day started in an awesome way
:)
This week has been wonderful! It felt
slower than the past few weeks but it didn't keep us from working hard and
DOIN' WORK!
A lot of disappointing things happened this week with lots of people not
home and people deciding not to learn anymore. We learned a valuable lesson from
it as well! I was reading in Preach My Gospel and came across this as many
things were falling through and not going as planned,
"Some may not
accept your message even when they have received a spiritual witness that it is
true. You will be saddened because you love them and desire their salvation. You
should not, however, become discouraged; discouragement will weaken your faith.
If you lower your expectations, your effectiveness will decrease, your desire
will weaken, and you will have greater difficulty following the
Spirit."
Things happen in life! Whether you're a missionary or not. Things don't go
as planned and certaintly not exactly the way you would like for it to either!
So what I've learned is to make new goals and to work even harder. Being
discouraged and taking a step back to pity yourself doesn't get you too far! So
if you've been having a hard time and things aren't going to well, look up, take
a step forward and smile :)
Some WAY exciting news is that we have a baptism today! The young woman who
is getting baptized is SOO excited and has been wanting this for so long! She
has finally prepared herself and is just thrilled for this evening; as we are too
:) I'll be sure to send some pictures next week!
Another experience is that we found
this young man who we've been teaching for a week. Literally, a week! No joke!
It's funny how we started teaching him. He works at the news station here in
Billings and asked one of the students from the singles ward out on a date. She
ended up saying no but he then asked her a simple question; to tell him an
experience that she will never forget! She said she would have to tell him later
because it was a long story but eventually had the chance to share what she's
been going through these past few months. She shared how Christ and His gospel
had now given her faith and direction in her life and how blessed she has been
lately! He was so interested he wanted to meet with us and learn why certain
things had happened in his life and why he was here! We've been meeting with him
3 times a week and on Friday he said he wanted to get baptized! I love how the
gospel touches and burns in the heart of the honest seeker of truth :) Every
time we meet with him or talk to him he is just the happiest guy in the
world!
I love y'all and hope all is well!
LOVE,
-Elder Parr
PS. I DID get the INSANITY workout and we
started it today! I'm soooooo stoked to finish the entire thing! Just the fit
test was AMAZING! Thank you SOO much! Gettin' all the missionaries in the area
to do it and get healthy! Missionaries eat so much junk and hardly work out! Haha Got to change the mind set!
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