This week was litttt. A lot happened.
I was too hyped when I hit 230 on the bench. Still skinny tho but I'm trying :) Me and my comps work out every morning together and it's hilarious. One of my comps every morning just walks in front of the mirror and is like "Oh DANG". I got a letter this week all the way from india from my boy Benny Gantner! Love you brother! On Saturday the McAllen ZL's baptized the Casanova family I was teaching. I got to go to the baptism and watch it and everything and that was super fun and a treat! This week was good though with the work. Honestly we didn't have anyone really at church this week so that was a little disappointing. Something I realized is you can work super hard out here but if you don't have God's guidance nothings going to happen. He can do so much more with our lives than we can by ourselves and the same goes with missionary work. That's something I want to work on!! I was reading in Ether in the Book of Mormon and this scripture impressed me so much.
"O Lord, and do not be angry with thy servant because of his weakness before thee; for we know that thou art holy and dwellest in the heavens, and that we are unworthy before thee; because of the fall our natures have become evil continually; nevertheless, O Lord, thou hast given us a commandment that we must call upon thee, that from thee we may receive according to our desires."
So much more will get done with him on our side:)
We met a guy who had investigated the church for like a year with his wife and he spoke so intellectually and loved to use logic as we discussed. I have begun to realize that anything that has to do with God is always spiritually discerned. You can never logic your way into having a testimony! It's all about having experiences and the way you feel. I shared this scripture with him and I think it summarizes what I'm trying to get across pretty well:
"14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned"
Another thing. When God created everything, it was created first spiritually, then physically. As God's children, we have the ability to create things in our minds and if we allow our minds to cultivate the seed or thought which we have planted and focus on it, one day, it will manifest physically - It's a literal spiritual law. We learned that from president this week and I believe it's so true.
We also had a lit ward party with a super dope mariachi band.
Email me!
Les quiero mucho
Elder Freedman
I was too hyped when I hit 230 on the bench. Still skinny tho but I'm trying :) Me and my comps work out every morning together and it's hilarious. One of my comps every morning just walks in front of the mirror and is like "Oh DANG". I got a letter this week all the way from india from my boy Benny Gantner! Love you brother! On Saturday the McAllen ZL's baptized the Casanova family I was teaching. I got to go to the baptism and watch it and everything and that was super fun and a treat! This week was good though with the work. Honestly we didn't have anyone really at church this week so that was a little disappointing. Something I realized is you can work super hard out here but if you don't have God's guidance nothings going to happen. He can do so much more with our lives than we can by ourselves and the same goes with missionary work. That's something I want to work on!! I was reading in Ether in the Book of Mormon and this scripture impressed me so much.
"O Lord, and do not be angry with thy servant because of his weakness before thee; for we know that thou art holy and dwellest in the heavens, and that we are unworthy before thee; because of the fall our natures have become evil continually; nevertheless, O Lord, thou hast given us a commandment that we must call upon thee, that from thee we may receive according to our desires."
So much more will get done with him on our side:)
We met a guy who had investigated the church for like a year with his wife and he spoke so intellectually and loved to use logic as we discussed. I have begun to realize that anything that has to do with God is always spiritually discerned. You can never logic your way into having a testimony! It's all about having experiences and the way you feel. I shared this scripture with him and I think it summarizes what I'm trying to get across pretty well:
"14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned"
Another thing. When God created everything, it was created first spiritually, then physically. As God's children, we have the ability to create things in our minds and if we allow our minds to cultivate the seed or thought which we have planted and focus on it, one day, it will manifest physically - It's a literal spiritual law. We learned that from president this week and I believe it's so true.
We also had a lit ward party with a super dope mariachi band.
Email me!
Les quiero mucho
Elder Freedman
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