Hey everyone. This week has been pretty great! I'm officially two thirds of the way to two years which is crazy. Time doesn't really exist to me anymore though so it feels like it's just a number.
The sickness that Elder Reber brought to our apartment earlier in the month has still been giving him problems with headaches and stuff but he was refusing to rest... Well me and the other two missionaries decided that it would be best if he finally gets over this thing and so we forced him into a chair and literally used six zip ties and latched his arms and legs in place until he couldn't move. Then we called the mission nurse and made him talk to her and he received orders to take some Ibeuprofen and rest. Victory! He's feeling much better now haha.
We've still managed to do some good work though. We taught a man who was baptized when he was eight but never had anything to do with the church since. He was nice and gave us soda, he's used to the missionaries tracking him down through the Ward list, but he has absolutely no desire to do anything of any sort that has to do with God. It was a unique chance to have an audience with a typical Danish person. They simply do not want to have to be ''forced'' into thinking about God or trying something as weird in thier minds as prayer, and definitely not wasting their Sunday hours with church. The most interesting thing he said though was this: ''In my opinion if us danes were put into poverty or war or had a disease come through the country everyone would turn to God quickly'' Me: '' Well then do you think you personally would turn to God if you had a trial in your life?'' Him: ''.......... I don't know... Haven't thought about it much'' Me: ''Well, will you? It's important we think these things through before it's too late.'' Him: ''Nah that's just not me. I'm ok.''
Really an eye opening experience to me about how someone can have no Desire at all... and after all is said and done that is what we will be judged on.
We also headed up to a Little town called Felsted where we've made a few friends that are interested in our message. One of them is studying to be a religious teacher and wants us to come by and teach about Chrisitianity and the Book of Mormon to her so that one should be an adventure. The roads around this area of the country are incredibly beautiful.
There was also a beach nearby where we took a short breather before heading back to town to do some more contacting.
It's been great working with a new missionary. His Desire is in complete contrast to that of the ''less active'' man we talked to. I've seen the work pick up a bit simply because we have more energy going out the door. We handed out four Book of Mormons in an hour or two the other day, something that may not be big in another mission but here it is a pretty big feat. We're working on removing excuses and we're trying much harder than ever. We've decided that this week we're really going to Work on being more focused on the Work and not let living in a four man Apartment distract us or all the many excuses we have every day take anything from the Work. Wish us lusk :)
I know that the Desires of our Hearts are what makes or breaks us. In the past I used to do church Things and say church stuff simply because that's what was easiest and that's what was expected, it was never really what I desired. Well that's lame. I can now say that I Desire to have a testimony, I Desire to be the kind of person who wakes up each day ready to build myself spiritually, I Desire to be the missionary I know I can be.
Alma 41:3 And it is requisite with the justice of God that men should be judged according to their works; and if their works were good in this life, and the desires of their hearts were good, that they should also, at the last day, be restored unto that which is good. (Many more where this one came from)
Not just our Works need to be good, but our Desires to :) That Means that until about half way through my mission it wasn't really benefiting me a lot. That's my thought for the day, how are your Desires?
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