"Yea, come unto Christ..and deny yourselves of all
ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God
with all your might, mind, and strength, then is his grace sufficient for
you." - Moroni 10:32
At zone conference last Thursday President Craven reversed
his previous stand on checking email. We are now, again, only allowed to check
our emails on Monday. No more checking during the week.
Also at this last zone conference we had all been asked to
prepare a 5-minute talk about Christlike attributes using Moroni 10:32-33.
President would then pick several missionaries to speak. I was asked by the
assistants to sing in a musical number beforehand and then, wouldn't you know
it, I was also asked to give my talk. Thankfully I'd prepared a good amount of
material so I didn't make a fool of myself.
This week we had one of our investigators call us up and
invite us to the Martin Luther King Jr. parade. They were going to be selling
Girl Scout cookies and suggested that we set up a table to talk to people and
hand out material. And we did. It was a fun finding opportunity, almost as
exciting as seeing Ronald McDonald in an enormous shoe passing by us in the
parade.
The Spanish elders were also there, as were the sisters. I
suggested all seven of us getting in a line and marching in the parade as if we
were a part of it and seeing if anybody cheered for us, but this was vetoed.
Lame...
***
One thing about Elder Mejia that I'm very grateful for is
that he is a good listener. He and I are able to have good conversations with
each other about the gospel, about life, about the mission, about anything. I
greatly appreciate this.
The Moroni 10 scripture was one such thing we talked about.
We're both near the last quarter of our missions and so I was reviewing my time
so far. I realized that I need to be far more grateful.
I concluded that there's about 4 kinds of mission
experiences:
1) A missionary gets tons of success and their mission is a
wonderful experience for them.
2) A missionary gets little success and their mission is a
wonderful experience for them.
3) A missionary gets tons of success and their mission means
nothing to them.
4) A missionary gets little success and their mission means
nothing to them.
It's all about if you've changed or not, and change only
comes through hard work and obedience. Change -- personal conversion -- is the
true measure of a person's "success" on their mission. The numbers
can actually mean very little when the two years are up.
So, reviewing my mission thus far, I would consider it
successful because of how much I have changed. My objective now in the six
months I have remaining is to change into the man I need to become by the end
of my mission. It's a scary prospect, but I still have time.
I am just so grateful for all the wonderful blessings my
Heavenly Father has given me while out here in North Carolina. I am amazed at
what He has allowed me to become.
Love you all. Hurrah for Israel!
Elder Fisher
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