Kia Ora Whanau!!
I can honestly say that this has been the best week of the
mission. Crazy right?? Let me splain. No no no, too much. Let me sum up.
I was really struggling with R but I knew that even
though I didn't understand it, I could pray to be comforted through the
Atonement of Jesus Christ. So I did just that. After district meeting on
Wednesday, I asked Elder Osburn for a blessing and it was such an incredible
answer to prayers. Among many special things I was told, I was told that
R would be brought to the Lord when the time was right. As I hear that,
it just kinda clicked in my head and I thought, "Oh. Hey. Everything will work
out and I'll be okay."
After the blessing, I was able to receive some really
inspired council from the Osburns. (This is where the best week of the mission
part comes in.) They helped me realize that I was letting other people define
me. When I would get annoyed with a companion or an investigator would drop us,
things like that, I was letting that define who I was. The Osburns told me that
I need to define myself as a Son of God. Define myself by my divine heritage
and then, tell myself that when something goes wrong or I get upset about
something. That's what I've started doing and let me tell you, it made a world
of difference.
My whole mission, even with the incredible experiences I've
had, I felt like I wasn't quite as happy as I should be. I never thought too
much about it, but I always felt that just a little something was missing but
when I started the "self-talk" this week about being a son of God,
that's when I got that last bit of happiness that I was always looking
for.
So I guess this is really significant for me, but not a
super great email... Haha so I hope you all can appreciate how much this really
has helped me.
I love you all!
Love,
Elder Benjamin
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