Although we may not be able to swing from webs off of buildings and climb skyscrapers, we are still here for the same intentions: Help others have better lives. When you think of what the effects of misionary work are, you come out to help others come unto Christ, yes, but doing so leads to a happier life!
This week we have been focusing on being grateful for anything and everything. There was a gratitude challenge issued in the December 2011 Ensign by President Eyring and it is garunteed to make your day/week/year go a billion times better! I challenged our district this week to take the challenge and then report on how your week went during district meetings. THus far, my week has been greately improved since last week. Oh, the changes you will see in your life when you focus on what you are grateful to have than to sulk on what you don't. I challenge you to take up the gauntlet and Be HAPPY!
The Challenge is this:
1.Write 10 physical abilities you are grateful for.
2.Write 10 material possessions you are grateful for.
3.Write 10 living people you are grateful for.
4.Write 10 deceased people you are grateful for.
5.Write 10 things about nature you are grateful for.
6.Write 10 things about today you are grateful for.
7.Write 10 places on earth you are grateful for.
8.Write 10 modern inventions you are grateful for.
9.Write 10 foods you are grateful for.
10.Write 10 things about the gospel you are grateful for.
When we make a list like this, we discover that a list of 100 doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of all the things God has given us.
Take it! You will feel an increase of happiness in your life! Remember that Gratitude is a Choice.
As for other news in the mission, Harrison Trinca is going to be baptized this saturday!!! We are super stoaked for him! He has come a ways and has learned a lot! A total of three weeks of meeting with him and now he is super prepared for baptism. If you want to know what Harrison was like to teach, read this scripture.
16 Therefore, blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled to be humble; or rather, in other words, blessed is he that believeth in the word of God, and is baptized without stubbornness of heart, yea, without being brought to know the word, or even compelled to know, before they will believe.
~ Alma 32:16
So Prepared!!! It is always a fresh breath of air to go and teach him. We have a lesson with him tonight and on Wednesday and then he will be baptized on Saturday, November 29th! I am SOOO Excited! We have to be at the church at 06:00 to fill the font because it takes three hours to fill and there is a childs baptism before Harrison's. Wish us luck!
That, my friends, is my week for you! I love hearing about others reading my emails. Makes me feel that I am loved and not insignificant. :P Thanks for all of your support! Love ya!
Stay Stellar!
~ Elder Zac Snell
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