8-12-15
Hey Y’all!
This week
was a pretty good one! It was hot but still real good. It was the last week of
the transfer and I am still staying here! I’m super happy I’m staying! That
means that I get to finish Elder Barton's training at least. At the end of this
next transfer I will have been here for 6 months so there’s a good chance that
I could be getting transferred. But we'll see what happens. Anyhow, He is doing
real good! He is adjusting to missionary life well and picking it up! He keeps
me in check too. Holy smokes this kid is sharp! We really get along great and I
have learned so much from him! One of the biggest things I have learned from
him is patience. Not because he drives me crazy but because he is a very
patient person and I’m not haha. But it’s good because I've been trying to work
on my patience without praying for it because we all know what happens when you
do that! But we work well together as a companionship. I have to get myself to
shut up sometimes because I find that I talk too much. He is a quiet kid so I got
to give him opportunities to teach and testify. He is so much further ahead of
me when I was at that point on my mission. They just keep coming out better and
better every single transfer! I am so lucky to be training him! I got super lucky and got the stud of all
studs! I feel like most of the time, he is training me. So it’s always fun
to work with him.
Also, I
wanted to thank everyone for the birthday wishes that y’all sent me! On Friday I got 18 letters and 2 packages in the mail! I
think that's an all time mission record! So thank you everyone for that! It was
a special day for sure. It was another day of missionary work but it was
still a special one!
This
week I read a scripture in Mosiah 5:2. It talks about the people believing the
words of the prophets and knowing of the surety of the spirit
because it has brought a change upon their hearts and because they no longer
have any desire to do evil. When we let the spirit influence us in a positive
way we will have no desire at all to do any evil and only a desire to do well.
I have found that to be true on my mission. There are often times that you
receive temptation and you really have to fight it. And when you are
receptive and sensitive to the spirit, temptation seems to be super easy to
resist! It’s a huge blessing to have access to the spirit! That is actually
what I am going to give my training on in district meeting this Friday. So there’s a little sneak peak.
I hope that y’all have an amazing week and
sorry this is late. We had some other stuff going on Monday. Talk to ya next week!
Elder Walker
