April 18, 2011
Dear Family and friends,
So I don't really have too much to really cover or talk about and I haven't gotten many specific things to respond to. This past week went by pretty quickly(tired of me saying that yet?) and every time I reflect on it, I find myself thinking, what could I have done that could've made it better and more effective. I say that because being on a mission(and even in life really), every day is important and can lead to greater success in helping others to find a belief in God and to find greater happiness and joy as they come to increase their faith in Christ and understanding of His Gospel. I don't know how many get the same feeling of regret, but it is something I absolutely hate. I hate it when I find out that I could've done better, but because of my actions I didn't achieve it. That's the life for missionary work, you know what your role is and what you are there to do, but how you act and react to that role is your choice. This is pretty consistent with the higher law that Jesus Christ brought about when he came to Earth for his mortal ministry. The higher law that he gives us the commandments and whatnot, but unlike the law of Moses, it doesn't tell us everything we have to do. It tells us what we are to follow, but as to how diligently we follow it is up to us and our knowledge of the accountability we have to God for. I love those days of missionary work where you have spoken to everyone you could have and you've worked as hard as you could because the feeling of exhaustion that you have when you get home is so rewarding. The knowledge that I have tried my best. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is all about us trying to do our best to follow all that God has commanded us. All about us trying our best to find happiness, which happiness can be eternal supposing we follow the commandments and what not. This happiness is explained in an address by King Benjamin to his people in Mosiah 2:41 of the Book of Mormon. Obedience to the laws and commandments in all diligence is what brings us happiness, like it does with me when I return to the flat knowing that I have done my best to spread the word of God to everyone I can. It's interesting to see how much God trusts us to make the right choice. When I look at the world today, I wonder why he has because lots of people aren't very good at making the right choice and it's frustrating to see.
Enough of that rantingish. This week was alright. We have had a bit of trouble with the people that we are working with, except for one or two. We had those two at church. One is a 10 year old named Morgan and the other is his cousin Jack, who is 11. They are really good and it's amazing to see the intelligence they have and how quickly they pick up and understand what we teach them. If only the adults we teach could be as clever and smart as them :) Like as we teach they ask really good questions, they can connect the dots to the principles we teach and they are so willing to follow what we teach. It's so much fun. And I can pick on them and what not, so it makes it much more enjoyable.
There were a couple other people we are working with who have been going through semi rough times, or at least tough times to keep going with the change that they have either made or are trying to make. I've been reading up quite a bit on prayer and it has really enlightened me as to the power of it and and the importance of relying on God for all the help we need in life. He is there just waiting to help us, especially if we ask sincerely and if we truly desire the change that we are wanting to make. So long as we do all we can and ask for his help, we can overcome and accomplish anything. One goal of mine is to get better at that- reliance on God and to have more sincere and specific prayers whether they be for my help or for those that I'm working with.
Oh, one fun thing that happened this week was that we had to unclog our drain for the sink. It got major clogged from oil going down the drain. my guess(since we have a deep fryer.....I don't like using it just to put that straight.) So it ended up to being a pretty dirty job and really nasty too. I'll include a picture of myself after having unclogged it. Like Elder K started the unclogging and whatnot and went down into the big chamber, but we couldn't unclog it from there and so we had to go by hand since the metal rods we had didn't work. It was soo nasty and smelt soo bad.
Other than that, my life hasn't been too interesting. The biking is still hard and super tiring, but that's life. What has made it worse is that Stourbridge has a car now and Walsall is in process of getting a car...... so unfair. They get them after I've gone and now I'm in Wales and i don't have one. What have I done to deserve this??? Just kidding, it's really not that bad, but a car would be nice needless to say.
I love you all and I will be writing quite a few letters today, so more should be getting them this week. I apologize for slow responses considering the time that you've taken out of your life to write to poor me in Wales. It's much appreciated! Keep going on and doing your best, especially in making others happy and finding happiness yourself. Until next week.
Love,
Elder Hulet
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