Mena Stays Up :)
HEY earthlings!!!!! Another great
week!!!!
Man we had another great week!!! A
whole bunch of stories to tell today!!!
First off what I am most stoked
about is the progression of our dear friend Webb (Michael). He is doing so good
he came to church and we had him all suited in our clothes so he had a shirt
and tie and slacks and belt and shoes and everything haha. Nobody in the branch
even knew he was an investigator and he loved church and it was so awesome to
just see the smile on his face and everything! He and Jason are scheduled for
baptism on July 30th and we could not be more excited about that!!!
Hmm this week we had the privilege
of the Zone Leaders coming down to Mena which was super nice because it can get
very lonely out here never seeing any missionaries or really members for that
matter haha but that was awesome to have those guys down here! They are some of
my really good friends too so I was loving that. The next day on Friday me and
Elder Doman headed to Gore, Oklahoma to blitz the Gore area and that went
really well and there was a talent show in their ward that night and so we did
the classic fake cooking show with the people being your arms from behind you.
AS MADE FAMOUS BY CAM SMITH AND PARKER ATKIN I would not ever want to steal any
of their credit. I got it directly from them and it was hilarious when they did
it and so shoutout to them for the awesome idea and I stole it and the Gore
ward was loving it so thank you Cam and Big P’s army.
We taught a whole bunch of people
this week and it actually was a very eventful week. A lot of our investigators
kind of fell off though this week. But Adam is doing well and Donny is
still awesome and he drove us to Fort Smith haha. One of our investigators is
such a nice guy he took us the hour and a half drive to our zone meeting!!!!
Well Lately I have been thinking a
lot about loving the moment that I am in. I feel like a lot of times on my
mission I catch myself thinking like, “oh if I can just get home then this or
that will get better.” Or, “oh man this area just is no good and as soon as I
am transferred things will be better,” and this and that and whatever. I feel
like I am realizing that the grass will always be greener somewhere else. In
the modern world I see this as almost a plague with social media and everything
else it can almost seem as though everybody's lives are all better than ours.
If we let ourselves get into that mindset the sad thing is is that everybody's
lives will look better than ours and we will spend our whole lives endlessly
chasing somebody else’s life or somebody else’s success or style when what
Heavenly Father wants is for us to love the life we have! And love the people
he gave you! I am grateful for the life that I have and the chances I have! I
try to remember this quote when I get feeling sorry for myself "There’s
no such thing as a life that’s better than yours." Anyway there is my two
cents!
I love you all hope everybody is
doing well! Shoutout to one of my best friends and longest childhood friends,
TJ on getting married to Stacy! Love you both and that is so awesome to hear TJ
my man I love you thanks for being such a good role model and friend all my
life! Also love you Mike and Dana and the whole crew!!!!
Well this is pretty long haha love
you guys!!! Later
