Oct 15, 2012
Wow, it’s weird to think that I will turn 21 too. It’s weird on the
mission too because you are so separated from the concept of time. Time here is
just something that you are constantly racing against, that goes by really fast
or not fast enough.This ward that I’m working in know is a really old ward full of returned missionaries and stuff, so you´d think it would be a good ward to work in, but the area is really tough, its super hard to find people that are interested in your message.
The worst part is that even though the members are really great and knowledgeable, they don’t give references!!!! The worst sin that members of the church have nowadays is their disinterest in sharing the gospel with their friends. The excuse that everyone gives is that all their friends are Mormon too.
WELL THEN MAKE MORE FREINDS!!!!!!
There are millions of people around us every day that don’t know what their purpose in life is or how they can find peace in their homes or families but WE KNOW!! So what does it cost to tell your colleague at work or your acquaintance at school or that same guy that always waits at the bus stop at the same time as you? It costs nothing!!!
Something my mission president says that really sticks out in my mind:
missionaries that don’t talk to people on the street are PRIDEFUL; they think more about what people will think about them than what God thinks about them.
All members of the church have the responsibility to share the gospel with others. if you don’t have a desire to share the gospel it means that you don’t really believe (you don’t really have a testimony) that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is God´s church on the earth, and that it contains the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, and is the ONLY WAY that all people on this earth can return to live with God and Jesus Christ and receive the fullness of joy with their eternalized families.
So think about this to yourself, everyone that reads this letter: I really believe? I REALLY believe?
And if you do, then you will tell your neighbor. Because you will have a desire that he knows how he can be happy in this life and saved in the next. You will feel like these great missionaries in Mosiah 28:3.
I know that this is true, I know it. Not because I saw a vision or had any supernatural experiences, but because the Lord reveals it to me every single day through the Holy Ghost.
For a birthday present to me, talk to somebody about the gospel this week. If they seem even the slightest bit interested, get their address and give it to the missionaries. Just do it.
I love you all!
Thanks so much for the birthday cards!
We have an investigator that wants to be baptized but is having trouble trying to stop smoking. If you could pray for her that would be great.
-Elder Leete
