Whats Up all people reading this!
I loved the package this week, and I think that it made all of the guys staying with me super
jealous with all of the food and muffin mixes and stuff! Thanks a ton!!!
I was
having a super good week this week even though some things didn't happen that I was expecting and wanting to happen really bad. Oh well... things happen for a
reason I guess! :) I did have some super cool experiences this week though. Although they are not super crazy, they are just little things that meant a
lot to me being out here in the mission field.
I love being able to go over to
members' houses and share a short message with them. Last night we went over and
had dinner with a family after church and it was ridiculously awesome! It was a
great meal and there were a ton of people there. After the meal we went in the
living room and shared a message with them through object lessons and then
expounding on the lessons. We shared with them an object lesson with the rat
trap that I bought about temptation. You take the rat trap, set it, and put it
on the floor. Then you take a newspaper or anything else you want to smash and
hold it far away. The newspaper represents us and the distance between
us and the trap is where god wants us to be in life. He doesn't want us to be
right next to the trap because if you get close it is easier to set it off and
get trapped. If we begin to give into temptations from Satan we get a little bit closer to that trap and soon we are like a millimeter away and
it just takes a little thing to send us over. Once we get trapped the pressure
of the trap is like the guilt that is on our shoulders after we have sinned. But
through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we are able to repent and Christ helps us
lift up that pressure and we can be on our way to get back to where God wants us
to be again. We shared that with many families this week and I think that it is
one of my favorite lessons so far. It has really helped me to understand how
important the Atonement is in all of our lives. Super Awesome!!!
Another experience that I had this week just happened last night at
like 8:30 pm. We were on our way over to an investigator's house and there was a
man sitting down at the bus stop. He just sat down and he didn't have any shoes
on and his clothes were a little torn and worn out. We stopped and asked him if
there was anything that we could do for him to help him out. He quickly
responded and said to me "Do you have an extra pair of socks?" I answered and
said, "No, I don't have an extra pair of socks." Then we continued to talk with
him. As I was thinking I was wondering why I hadn't just given him the socks
that I was wearing. Then he asked again "Do you have any spare socks or shoes
that I could wear?" When I realized how foolish I was that I hadn't given him my
own pair of socks in the first place, I quickly answered back and said, "Here, let
me take off my socks and you can have them." He was very grateful as I
took off my shoes and socks and gave my socks to him and put on my shoes and was
on my way. Although we did not share a gospel message with him and we probably
will never see him again, I shared something of mine and it made me feel good
serving someone that I had never met before.
Well, that is about it for this week and I will make sure to keep on
telling you guys all of the crazy stuff that is going on over here. Also, of
course all of the awesome stuff that is going on which outweighs the crazy stuff
for sure!!!
I love you all!!!
Adios,
Elder Wallentine
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