October 12, 2015
Family and Friends,
To give you a brief run down of my week, I will
describe it using only 5 words. Wonderful, Incredible, Joyful,
Revelatory, and Faith-Filled. I can't find one thing to complain about
in my life at this point in time.LIFE IS GOOD, LIFE IS WONDERFUL, LIFE
IS HONESTLY THE GREATEST!
This week, we had an amazing
opportunity to go on 4 exchanges with other missionaries. I always love
how much you can learn from one another and how we can always progress
to become more consecrated missionaries. One of my favorite quotes of
all time says, "When you think you've arrived, you've never been
further." In missionary service, we can become very comfortable with
teaching the gospel, talking with people on the streets, etc. However,
it's important to always remain humble and be teachable. If we open our
hearts to the promptings of the spirit, he will tell us specific things
we need to work on. I came to this conclusion while I was proselyting
with another missionary. I thought to myself, "I feel normal, I could do
this for the rest of my life, this is really not that hard talking to
people about the restored gospel." Shortly after, I had a humbling
experience. A wonderful scripture in D&C states, "And it is my will
that ye shall humble yourselves before me, and obtain this blessing by
your diligence and humility and the prayer of faith." The spirit touched
my heart and told me now is the time you need to progress more than you
ever have before. I learned that I can't become complacent, but develop
a mentality of constant improvement. Self-contentment will fail, but
self-improvement will allow growth.
Therefore, this week I
came to the conclusion that I am not "stripped of pride." It was
incredible to realize how much more I need to do.
I hope your week was wonderful.
Love Always,
Elder Smith
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