Hey hey Dad!
You have an application? Wow... well, I've stopped counting
at this point 😅 I just tell
everyone that I've been in Thailand for about 1 year. To be honest, I'm not
that good at counting how long I've been out... I just know that more and more
people are finishing their missions. Way fun... Soon I'll be at that point, but
it's still pretty far away... hahaha. I'll cross that bridge once someone
points it out to me that I'm actually at the bridge already (meaning once I get
there and I don't notice it...). Until then, I'm a blind man 😎.
This last week was good! P-Day, didn't really do much...
bought stuff. Cleaned a little? Ate food. Relaxed all in all. We'll probably
try to go somewhere next week, but exploring takes planning... which I'm not
super good at yet... hahaha.
The rest of the week was as it was. We've been blessed with
many miracles and a couple more investigators to teach. New investigators are
always a blessing and always a miracle. It just takes being at the right place
at the right time, and us acting in concert with the Spirit.
One thing that I have always found funny is what happens
when I get sick on my mission. Saturday, I basically got taken out. We still
went out to proselyte... probably dangerous in retrospect, but we still
did 😀. Can't miss out on any opportunities! So I
felt as if we were blessed, wherein we found 2 new investigators that day! We
had already found some others earlier in the week, but I was especially glad to
find these two more! I know that the Lord will be helping us and we are
obedient and diligent.
I've been smiling more this week, even when I didn't feel
like smiling. I've been trying to be happy, and I feel as though I found more
happiness. I feel as though I found a better source of happiness rather than
success, which is faith in Jesus Christ and the fact that Heavenly Father and
Jesus Christ will help us as we pursue righteousness.
One thing that I learned over the past week was from a study
in one of my favorite chapters in the entire Book of Mormon: Ether 12, in a
very well known verse. Verse 27 in the 12th chapter of Ether reads as thus:
27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble;
and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and
have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
I want to point out the first part: "And if men come
unto me I will show unto them their weakness." Well that seems a little
rough doesn't it? If we come unto Christ we will have all of our weaknesses
pointed out to us? But the wise saints know that if we know our weaknesses, we
can work on them. Here is what the Lord says later on in the same chapter. the
37th verse in the 12th chapter of Ether reads as thus:
37 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been
faithful; wherefore, thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made
strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father.
Notice the middle part! "And because thou hast seen thy
weakness thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place
which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father." So, in conclusion,
I'll share one more scripture, found in Moroni 10:32-33, which reads as thus:
32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.
33 And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot.
I know that while knowing our weaknesses might be difficult,
we will be made strong and we will know that, through the grace of Christ, that
we will be made strong. The Savior and our Heavenly Father truly love us, love
us enough to cut us down, that we might be built up again, even stronger. I
know that the Savior lives, and that he loves us. I know that our Heavenly
Father is the same, and through our weaknesses, we can be made even greater.
I love you all! Remember to rely on the Savior and our
Heavenly Father, and we will achieve our heavenly potential. I hope you all
have a great week, and I'll talk to you soon!
- Elder Collin Decker
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