Turn Your Mule-Self Into a Racehorse

Wazzup Fam, 

This week was a very rewarding Sunday! First of all we were supposed to go on splits this Saturday with the ward members in order to invite everyone to church, but they fell through last second. So Elder Pajarin looked at our crazy schedule and went full speed all day teaching 10 discussions:) It was a lot of work, but super fun to be teaching all day. So now we get to the rewarding sunday I mentioned... yep 3 of them came to church! Haha I was like why is it always the weeks we work the hardest that we get the lowest SMA. But then our recent convert Jayson got up to bare his testimony. He is 20 years old and spoke for about 10 mins explaining his conversion story. Everyone was listening so carefully because it was honestly one of the most heartfelt testimonies I have heard on my mission. Sometimes hard work is blessed in ways we don't expect it:)

Then we got to go teach Elder Pajarin's family again. We taught them all about the tree of life. It was awesome because I was just thinking how Elder Pajarin is like Lehi inviting his family to pertake of the fruit:) It was an awesome lesson! His brothers baptism is going to be this Saturday and we are both so excited! Haha is brother used to be in gangs and do drugs, but he has changed sooooo much! 

We had MLC this week. President Hughes really has a way of motivating people. I was trying to explain it to my mom how he does it, but you really just have to listen to him to fully understand! He taught us skills we should expect to find and develope as we exercise our responsibilities as leaders in the mission. He explained it like landing a ship at a dock, how the lighthouse is Christ showing them the pathway, but as missionaries we are the lower lights. We are the guides that show the details to make sure the boat comes into shore safely. He also tied it to us being the little lights on a runway at the airport. Idk he has a way of using stories and object lessons to teach his "pearls." I'm blessed to be in this mission!!

I read an awesome talk that gave me some encouragement this week. I was kind of questioning why God trusts me with this role to try and lead all these missionaries. But I came across President Holland's first general conference talk. He has always been one of my favorites. Anyway he said:

"Brethren, it is impossible to express the overwhelming sense of responsibility I feel tonight. Like the mule who entered the Kentucky Derby, I know I probably shouldn’t be here."

If Pesident Holland felt like he shouldn't be there and God turned him into the person he is today, I know I can become something more if I let him mold me. I have been blessed with many experiences in my mission where I have seen the Lord mold me like a piece of metal hahaha. Freak sometimes it hurts, but I'm slowly seeing progression on myself!

Elder Reber

(Last Week)