My Mission to Korea

DILLIGENCE

Diligence seems to have been the theme for this week and lasts. Lately I feel like I have been dragging because of the routine of missionary life. I have a tendacy to get bored of routines very quickly. {My mother will defianlty know what I mean by this.} But in district meeting we talked about consecrating our missionary work, by being diligent, not getting distracting about things at home, the furture, etc. Really good for me.

I haven't been lazy, don't think that, but definalty distracted and bored.  And while I thought about all these things I remebered a quote in "Preach My Gospel". It says something unto this, "Work, work, work. There is nothing more statisfactory in missionary work, than work." Looking back on my mission the happiest days have been when I am running around from appointment to appointment and returning home just barely at 9pm and collasping to my bed at 10:30. Then the hardest days have been when all appointments cancel and we just proselyte all day. Which I feel like that is what most of my days have been like lately.

So I have made goals to keep me working hard and moving. This week I went on exchagnes with a girl from Mongolia. She shared with me how her and her companion each day set goals to get a lesson, visit a member, visit a less active, and contact an old investigator. That really inspired me and is something I want to implement. 

I will work harder on getting lessons on the street, visiting members, less actives, and calling potentials each day. Maybe my problem these past few weeks have been very bad planning. I think the perfect remedy to get over the feel of routine missionary life and a little depression about the slowness of the work, is by working harder, pushing myself more, showing God I will do whatever it takes and setting good daily goals I can stive to get. That is where the statisfaction will come from and the feeling of a dull routine will go away.  

Even though missionary work has slowed down in my area the past couple weeks, I have seen blessings. Just yesterday we got a call at 8:30am from the Elders telling us about how a lady came into the church and wants to learn english. So we meet her yesterday around 9:30am. She is 58years old and divorced. Just two weeks ago her mom died and she found her son who she had given away for adoption 27 years ago. He lives in Texas and just last week she meet him. The only problem is they don't speak the same language.

So we are going to teach her english along with gospel. She was so sad when we met her. She seems tired with life. It hasn't been easy for her. So I'am excited to share with her the gospel and the power of the Atonement. I know these things can bring her peace and happiness, which she seems to desperatly need in life.

Seeing the changes this message can make in people's life is my favorite part about missionary work. That is why I love it, even if some days drag and are hard. Meeting people and sharing this message is what brings me such great happiness and confirms to me over and over again the truthfulness of this gospel. I love it!