Hi everyone! This week again seemed
to fly by! I can't believe it's been 5 months since I was home, it's been such
an incredible experience to be serving and I'm so thankful for the experiences
I'm having! Even though it may be hard at times, it's definitely the best thing
I've ever done and I'm seeing that Heavenly Father really does have a plan for
me and is aware of my needs and of everything that's going on!
So this week we met a few times with
a man we met a while ago. He's really awesome and is very nice and we've been
able to talk about some different points of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with
Him, and he has incredible faith! One of the visits we had though we were being
in the defensive side and we could feel that both us and him weren't feeling
understood or loved. We felt the Holy Ghost in a few points of the visit, but
we definitely weren't creating an environment where the spirit could testify
continuously and help him feel God's love. After the visit we sent him a
message apologizing for that and expressed that we need to always help others
feel that love as missionaries. After this he responded and told us he was
grateful for our efforts and wants to keep visiting with us. I felt so much
better and felt like the wall which was keeping that love and spirit from being
felt was taken away instantly.
So a few things I've learned from
this are
1) we need to ALWAYS respect others
and love them as Christ would. He has commanded us to love others and to always
help them get closer to Him through feeling that love. It isn't an easy thing
to do though! We can get angry or choose to be offended and believe we're in
the right while someone else is doing something wrong, but it is so essential
that we choose to let those negative feelings and judgments go and that we
just choose to love and see others as Christ does.
2) we need to ask for forgiveness
and let hearts be healed by the Atonement of Jesus Christ. No matter what has
happened, we need to love and extend our hands to others. Whether we've been
hurt or we've hurt others, we're all brothers and sisters and we're all trying
to do better. We're all in this journey together and we all need to be more
united and loving.
As I've been thinking about these
things I've had a thought stick out to me that I heard from General Conference.
I don't remember who it was from, but they said something along the lines of
there will come a time when all Christians will need to be united and rely on
each other. I really feel it is important to be one with all those around us.
It's not an easy task, but I know it's what God asks. And since He asks it,
that means it's possible with His help. So I encourage each of you this week to
think about how you can be a little more loving and united this week with all
those who are around you. I promise you that you will feel greater joy and will
be able to have less fear and anger in your lives as you learn to see and feel
for others what Heavenly Father does for you.
Love you all! If there's anything I can do for you let me know! 😊
~Elder McDonald
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