Hello Everyone!!!
It is always super cool for me to be
able to recognize the promptings of the Spirit! I never really knew back home if
it was just my thoughts or if it was actually the Spirit telling me to do
something. Sometimes it is super hard! But I have learned that if it is
something good that has come into my head and I get the urge to do it, then as
long as it truly is good and righteous then nothing bad will come of it and it
will really help in the future! :) We had a really cool thing happen yesterday
with that! JB came to church with us again, like he usually does, and after
church he turned to us and said, "Man, everything at church today was totally
focused on me!" It was awesome to be able to see that he was able to recognize
what the Spirit was telling him rather than just hearing the words that the
teachers were saying! That is a huge testimony builder for me to be able to see
first hand how the Holy Ghost can truly testify of truth to us and guide us in a
way that we can all understand individually! :) Then last night was another one
of those Mission President Devotionals and we went with JB again. Then right
when we were leaving he said the same thing! He said it was all focused on him
and that he really enjoyed what President Toone had to say! He talked about how
The Book of Mormon is literally a story about all of us! We can take any verse
in the Book of Mormon and liken it to something that is happening or that has
happened to us in our lives! It is super cool that it is written like that, and
it truly shows that God cares about and loves all of us!
Sometimes I think that being a missionary is
so hard and it is so easy to get discouraged while we are out here on our
missions. If you are looking for ways to be a party pooper, it is really hard!
:) But it is totally worth it because no matter what we go through while we are
here we will be able to gain a stronger testimony through all of this and we
will go back a better person than we were when we left! Holidays I think are the
hardest part for me to stay positive through. I have really been thinking about
my birthday coming up here in the next week and honestly I have no idea what to
do. I think that it will probably be the most normal birthday that I have ever
had. Back home I always at least had an option to go out and hang out with
cousins or friends and stuff and we always without fail did something fun or at
least had a really fun cake! :) That is one thing that I will for sure miss on
Sunday but I know that it is not really a big deal while I am out here on my
mission. It is really weird for me to already have been out for 8 months and
just barely be turning 19. I am still the youngest missionary in my zone besides
one missionary who's birthday is on the same day as me. That is super crazy! :)
But apparently I was the youngest one in my whole MTC group! Pretty
funny!
Oh, so this week was a super good week for
missionary work! We didn't have as many lessons as we usually do, but we were
able to come in contact with some more people that really are here to learn! :)
We met one guy at the park right behind one of the apartment complexes that we
are in daily! There are a bunch of basketball courts all over the park and there
was just this guy that was playing by himself just shooting around. So we
decided that we were going to go walk up to him and ask if we could play with
him for a bit before our next appointment! :) He let us come and play and then
soon we began to talk about missionary work and then that led to the next thing
and we began to talk to him about the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ!
He lives outside of our area but he said that he is at that park almost every
night so we are going to see if we can come back in contact with him one of
these days this next week! :) It is just super cool to be able to have so many
fun experiences even though there are always those moments that are not so great
either! It is really good for me to be able to see both sides, though. I am glad
that I learned to be able to laugh through things and get through hard things
with a smile! I still get teased about not being able to keep a straight face
because every time that I try I am still smiling without even knowing about it!
Pretty funny! :)
Thanks for the awesome letter and also for the
money that you deposited into my account! I really appreciate it and hope that
you guys all have an amazing week and I will try to do the same! :) Brenden is
working on his papers!!! :) That was the highlight of my week is just being able
to hear that my Brotha from anotha Motha was preparing for his mission!!!
:)
Love you all!
Elder Brandon Wallentine
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