Hey
Guys!
Well, this week was a
rather weird one. We weren't able to get much done in the area because we had
back-to-back meetings every single day. Monday was P-Day, Tuesday we had the
Leaders' council, Wednesday was a zone meeting, Thursday we had a training meeting
for Elder De Leon for New District and Zone Leaders, Friday we had Weekly
Planning, and Saturday and Sunday we had conference.
I haven't had to do so
much traveling since I was in Puerto Barrios.
One of the funny
things we learned is that Zona Laguna, one of the neighboring zones in the
mission, had hyped up their zone in a competition against us. We had no idea
about this whatsoever, so it was kind of funny to talk to them. Poor guys.
Competition is a good motivator sometimes, but many times, people can get a
little too worked up over it. The zone leaders of the Laguna, Elder Clarke and
Elder Lozano, are both competitive guys. Like they said in the conference, it's
better not to correct with fear or shouting, but to correct with love and help
the missionaries grow and become better, to behold them, and love them.
The conference was
good too. I was able to watch the last conference I will ever see on the
mission with a couple new gringo missionaries. Something that gave me great
satisfaction was to see them writing, taking notes, and learning. As a member
before the mission, I loved the conferences and I loved learning from the
prophets and apostles, but I didn't get as much out of it as i do now. Now, I
feel as if every conference is a flood of revelation and a flood of new things
to be learned. It was cool to see new missionaries experience the same thing
for the first time and to watch them take notes and afterwards talk about
things that they liked. There was a wonderful spirit that accompanied the
conference this week.
This month of April
marks some pretty big events for me in the mission: the last general conference
I will see while I am on my mission, the last Holy Week (week before Easter,
for those who don't know), the last Easter, and my 2nd birthday while I'm on
the mission. The mission has gone fast, but it has been full of spiritual
experiences. Something interesting I have pondered is that while I have been
out here on the mission, I have been able to go about with the same calling
that the first group of Seventy received from the Savior (Luke 10:1-12) and
now, at the end of my mission, I have seen blessings fulfilled, promises kept,
and I feel as if I can return unto the Master and say, "Lord, even the
devils are subject unto us in thy name. (v. 17) I have seen blessings and
promises fulfilled up to this point, and I have a little over 3 months left to
enjoy the mantle of the calling I have been given. I honestly love being a
missionary. When you dedicate yourself to this cause, the spirit of the work
will forever change the people you meet and will forever change you.
Love you all! See you
soon!
--
Elder Jeffrey Reed
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