I didn’t feel like this weeks email was that great, so I thought i’d share my email to president with y’all!

Hey President!

This week has been pretty great! A little more mellow than the last 2 (due to the quick baptisms we’ve had lately).

It’s frustrating when investigators sound so set on coming to church one week, but then just don’t come. They need to feel the spirit that is in the building! We had a lot say they were coming this week, and actually the least likely to come came. He very much enjoyed it! We plan to progress him toward baptism.

We’ve also found how frustrating it is that everyone we are in contact with HAS as cellphone, but they rarely answer, but when we are with them, they’re constantly on it.

These frustrating times have actually made me laugh! Because I’ve asked the Lord to help me change certain parts of my self and asked him to allow trials to come that will help me make those changes. So when I go through trials, I remember I asked for them and I see how its helping me change and it becomes way easier! I stumbled upon 2 Cor. 13:9 “For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.” I’ve found I’m becoming glad in the weak times because I know the refiners fire! I feel like I’m being refined. Elder Austin read 2 Cor. 12:9-10 in a lesson once:

“9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”

And It hit me hard because I feel like these were the thoughts I’ve had and I didn’t know that there was a scripture that said it so perfectly!

I feel like I’m constantly hearing the words of Elder Bednar, “Get over yourself Elder! Who cares what YOU want! It’s not about YOU!” And it pushes me forward time and time again. I am here for my brothers and sisters, not for any personal gain.

I’m doing everything in my power to be Christlike, but I fall short so many times. I am motivated by Elder Groberg’s poem “The Race” when it says, “you haven’t lost at all, for all you have to do to win is rise each time you fall.”

Thanks for everything you do for me President, I see your love and dedication and it really impacts me in my life and in the mission field.

Love,
Elder Householder