Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Letter from 3/19/2012
Hello!!
How are you!! Deze week was eenbetje moelijk. I don't know why we're are still having struggles with investigators. Nothing is seeming to go right... I have been selfish Mom. I haven't loved the people the way that I should have. And that needs and is going to change. I need to be more obedient. I need to do things out of love for my Savior. It has been a trying week. But we did have the opportunity to hear from a member of the 70 Elder Anderson and that was a blessing. You could tell just by simply hearing his voice that he was a man of God, and that the spirit dwelt within him. He was just warm, and he loved the gospel. He talked about being obedient because we love the Savior. He talked about living our covenants because we Love our Savior. Thats why we do it. That is why we follow Him. Because we love Him. It gave me a greater desire to go to the Celestial Kingdom.
Sorry so short!
Love,
Elder Garcia
How are you!! Deze week was eenbetje moelijk. I don't know why we're are still having struggles with investigators. Nothing is seeming to go right... I have been selfish Mom. I haven't loved the people the way that I should have. And that needs and is going to change. I need to be more obedient. I need to do things out of love for my Savior. It has been a trying week. But we did have the opportunity to hear from a member of the 70 Elder Anderson and that was a blessing. You could tell just by simply hearing his voice that he was a man of God, and that the spirit dwelt within him. He was just warm, and he loved the gospel. He talked about being obedient because we love the Savior. He talked about living our covenants because we Love our Savior. Thats why we do it. That is why we follow Him. Because we love Him. It gave me a greater desire to go to the Celestial Kingdom.
Sorry so short!
Love,
Elder Garcia
Monday, March 19, 2012
Letter from 3/12/2012
Hoe gaat het met u? Another week has come and gone. And I am tired. Elder C and i have been working hard. Our mission President invited us to not be content with not baptizing... To not allow ourselves to be content with 99% and, I have really been trying to give it my all. We taught almost 40 lessons this week. But it had such a disappointing end. So investigators have to come to church for 3 weeks to be baptized and of the 7 people that told me they were going to come only 1 did. It broke my heart. I was really set on baptizing this transfer. But now given the circumstances, I wont be able to. Every one of those 7 dates has to be pushed back a week. I know of the power of this gospel. And when people don't want to listen, when they don't keep commitments, it really breaks my heart. It is something I have never felt before. I don't want to be turned away. Not for my sake, but for the sake of those that our passing by on the most wonderful blessings that are only available in this church. And it makes me so sad. My very basic desires have changed. I don't want to be the same person I was when i left. I don't want to do the same things. And I am so thankful for the changes I have seen in this gospel on my mission. And I am so thankful. I can never give my Heavenly Father what He has given me. I have been having a tough time with Elder C. He only talks about video games, movies and comic strips. And I am trying to let all of that go. I have decided to sell all of my video game stuff when I get home and pick up reading. I just want to live a full and exciting life. And I am done spending it playing as someone else. I have really had a stretching week. I am learning so much, and growing so much. But it has been hard. I have never done anything more difficult than I have these past 5 weeks. And I don't know if I ever will. It has been a struggle and sometimes I want to lock my self in a dark room and just sit there. But through diligence and patience i have been able to see the miracles in my daily activities.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Letter from 03/05/2012
How are you?
Or hoe gaat het?? Things are going good on my side. Things are stll rough and challenging but I am really doing my best... And working my hardest to give the Lord all of myself.. But this week I want to write you and who ever else reads this email about miracles. I received an email from Tay Swensen last week. He is now returned from his mission and gave me some advice that he received as a young missionary. And this advice has changed my life and my mission in the short week I have applied it. He invited me to write in my journal only about the miracles that I see in this work. I usually write about who we saw, what we ate, and what ended up going wrong. But I have really tried to take this challenge. And it has been really challenging some days to see the bright side. To pick out the tender mercies of the Lord, but as I have been diligent in doing this I have only begun to write more and more as the days go by. And Tay, if you read this, I want to say thank you. It has changed my life. Changed my attitude. And changed my relationship with God. This is a work of Miracles. This life is a miracle. And too often we get caught up in the negative and forget to see what we have done, how far we have come. And as I have focused on the little miracles that I see everyday, more and more catch my eye. And things that I didn't used to see stick out. I am so grateful for this challenge and I want to invite you to do the same. Focus on the miracles my dearest Mama. I know we have all made mistakes, but that is why Jesus suffered so that we don't have to. And he allows us the opportunity to see miracles everyday if we look for them.
I Love my mission, and I love Him. I am sorry that this is short. but I feel like there is nothing more important that I could share.
Elder Mason Garcia
Or hoe gaat het?? Things are going good on my side. Things are stll rough and challenging but I am really doing my best... And working my hardest to give the Lord all of myself.. But this week I want to write you and who ever else reads this email about miracles. I received an email from Tay Swensen last week. He is now returned from his mission and gave me some advice that he received as a young missionary. And this advice has changed my life and my mission in the short week I have applied it. He invited me to write in my journal only about the miracles that I see in this work. I usually write about who we saw, what we ate, and what ended up going wrong. But I have really tried to take this challenge. And it has been really challenging some days to see the bright side. To pick out the tender mercies of the Lord, but as I have been diligent in doing this I have only begun to write more and more as the days go by. And Tay, if you read this, I want to say thank you. It has changed my life. Changed my attitude. And changed my relationship with God. This is a work of Miracles. This life is a miracle. And too often we get caught up in the negative and forget to see what we have done, how far we have come. And as I have focused on the little miracles that I see everyday, more and more catch my eye. And things that I didn't used to see stick out. I am so grateful for this challenge and I want to invite you to do the same. Focus on the miracles my dearest Mama. I know we have all made mistakes, but that is why Jesus suffered so that we don't have to. And he allows us the opportunity to see miracles everyday if we look for them.
I Love my mission, and I love Him. I am sorry that this is short. but I feel like there is nothing more important that I could share.
Elder Mason Garcia
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