Week 32: Nimajuyu

December 21, 2022

Oy... so I've been in my new area for a week now... it's been a very, very, busy week. We're both new to the area so we're struggling to pick up we're the last Elders left off, and we're technically covering two areas. So two wards, two phone numbers, two sacrament meetings, all that. Luckily, the members are really nice and have been helping us move along. I also get along really well with my companion, so that's helped a ton. He also has an insane memory, which has been crucial. I'm horrible with names and the way that the apartments are set up here is slightly repetitive and confusing. But he somehow remembers everything, I'm just trying to write everything down. It's a little weird, this is my first Christmas away from family so it honestly hasn't felt much like Christmas. It's also still hot here, so that doesn't help. But sometimes you just set your mind to what you need to do, then give yourself some extra time at night or the morning to process. I've been absolutely loving my hot showers by the way, those have helped tremendously. The shower is a safe place, besides the wires sticking out everywhere. It's kind of hard, but being really busy helps to keep your head in the game. I just haven't seen the fruits of my labors much at all for a while. I think I may have had too high of expectations, or maybe I'm measuring success wrong. But it's been humbling, and I've learned to rely more on my Savior recently. I've been learning and working to change my perspective more too, to be more flexible and quick to adapt. There's already so much I've learned in this past 7 months, but I've got plenty more to go, which is a little daunting, but I know it's worth it. Nothing worth doing is easy. I've also learned that it really is the little things in life that make all the difference.

Alma 37: 6-7

"6 Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.
7 And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls."

Enjoy the small moments. They're so small and fleeting, but these moments are what remind us of what life is really about. It's not material things, I can promise you that much. Work for the things that last forever, not just during our time on earth.

These things I share in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

~Elder Owens~

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New area

Stuck in a taxi for 2+ hours

Hurrah por Israel
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