First Off Happy Birthday Anna! Quiero decirte feliz cumple año, y que te extraño muchísimo. Espero que este bien y su día sea un día muy feliz.
This week hasn´t been as great as I had hoped. The truth we were lazy and took way to much time in lessons, and houses of members. A lot of times I feel like we are not being as obedient as we should be, and I hoped to talk about it with Elder Rivas but never did. I will do it today. I'm not talking like we don´t get up on time or study or anything like that. But more like wasting time when we are working, instead of doing a contact when I feel like it is needed I throw the idea out because I know my comp doesn´t like them and neither do I, or we spend to much time in lessons just talking. It doesn´t feel like a lot but when I look back on the whole day it shows. It is some thing that has given me a lot of guilt the past few weeks and I hope to make the changes this week. This change has been so weird from my others in the sense of my comp. In past changes my comps have been so different and sometimes difficult to live with on account of our differences were as I have the opposite problem. My comp and I are almost the same person, I know you probably don´t believe it but it is so true. Only differences are in music and t.v. but even then it is not that far off. And to tell you the truth I am really boring. At least when I live with someone like me. We are both really quite and usually only say what is necessary obviously we are not like robots but it has been really different. I think in last changes I have learned what I don´t want to do and this change it is more like alright I am not doing that anymore. One thing he has taught me that has been really hard my whole mission is to not be Machete. Meaning selfish, meaning what is mine is yours and yours is mine. It is something that has been so hard my hole mission but now I think it has clicked. Latinos are usually very not Machete sometimes just a little to much and some take advantage but I think this package that come hopefully tomorrow will be the biggest test. Oh and before I forget, the girl that put up pictures of me is a very good friend she showed me the pics and Uncle Deans comment yesterday because she didn´t know what it said. That also means I saw her page. She does look a little, I don´t know what the right word is but any she is not like it looks on facebook. Her family is amazing also her older sister is a convert of mine. You should except them they have been trying to send a video of me for a couple weeks, of my last day with Navarro. You also have to remember that I am in a big poor part of the city so the girls from this part are different from others. I hope I look happy because i am.
Anyway we had a pretty good training the other day from the ZLs. We talked about a lot of stuff manly Personal Revelation. But at the end Elder Kellis shared this with us. He said the day previous he got permission to write all our parents and they wrote back then he gave us what you wrote. When I got my letter the first few sentences felt like dad wrote it but I glanced at the elder next to me and saw that his was the same and instantly knew it was not true. But the letter still had quite a punch. I wanted to send you a copy but I don´t have time right now. In it said, That things in life have gotten hard and that you had stopped saying your prayers and then at the end even going to church. That you wanted help that you knew what to do but didn´t know how. It was really sad including the Hna next to me started to cry. I know that you guys don´t have problems at least I hope and I extremely grateful for your examples. Thank you for teaching and molding me into the person I am today. I know the church is true and living the gospel is the only way to be truly happy with our families forever. I have learned many things on my mission, and am trying to live and improve my life in a manner in which my Heavenly Father would be proud. Thank you for your support. Elizabeth, Anna, and Kate please try to read your scriptures and pray everyday. I know you are still young and might think it is silly and something only grown ups do but as you do it you will learn for yourself and you will be more happy. It is really something I wish I had done more almost everyday of my mission I tell myself if I had done things like this before my mission would be easier or I would have been better prepared. A lot of times I feel like I am behind even though it is not true. But Please try. I love you. Tell Grandma and Grandpa Hi! I love them to!
Love
Elder Wray
Ps thanks for the pics they were sweat. Also we had stake conference yesterday with Elder Gonzalez (70) Hna Reeves, Elder Anderson and the Profeta. The only one that used a translator was the Profeta. Really good, athough the hna really had problems reading her talk. pretty cool.
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