Week #9

this week had some of my highest highs and also some lowest lows haha. one Friday we had four week follow up... it was amazing and helped me feel like a way better missionary! President said this thing about last reps...and it actually really applied to my week this week!! i had a last rep day on Wednesday...looking back on it now it was mostly brought on by me being too pessimistic. but none the less I was at my wits end a little with my self. after I got back from work that night and I prayed for a lot of things but mostly just the strength to keep trying to be happy. its truly amazing. the Lord knows exactly how much we can take...and He knows exactly how to help us and more importantly He knows exactly how much He can give us to stretch us so we can become better than before.

Plus during conference one of the things I noticed was trying to cultivate an attitude of happiness. and one of the things I'm taking from my personal study of the Book of Mormon is gratitude and how it relates to our personal happiness... so I started doing a thing where every time I check my watch, I take a second and think of something I am grateful for..I've only been doing it for a few days and already I can see a difference. it just keeps things in perspective of how lucky we are to be here and sharing the gospel. and no matter how bleak things may seem (like tearing your pants on your way home from proselyting at the end of an already hard day, haha) that there will always be our eternal spotter waiting to give us help and rest when we need it and most importantly, encourage us for one more set.

now as far as the work goes,its hard to say! we have been doing a lot of finding and trying to expand our teaching pool but anytime we sent a return appointment we seemed to get punted. but that hasn't gotten us down and isn't too frustrating...there are always new people to find. now the teaching pool we have is progressing! but the frustrating thing is that they are just progressing baby baby steps at a time. and its amazing to see their progress. but its just baby steps. which I'm just trying to be as patient as possible.

our most promising person is still probably mark, he is just came so far even in my first transfer. and i am excited to see his growth for the rest of the time I'm in Agoo

but yeah! I love the work, I love the people, I love my companion, and I'm just trying to love the struggle at this point. because like you said struggle means growth!! especially when my Savior is my spotter haha

anyways its crazy to see how crazy the time flies when you are doing your best to be happy:))))

I love you all so much and let me know of anything that you want to hear about in my next email!!

Ayayatenka

mahal kita 

-elder snow

also p.s I'm trying to learn a little Ilocano and its outrageous