Man, oh man!
This week went by fast! We had really bad numbers this last week because there is a sickness going around Keokuk, and so lots of the people we are working with have been super sick. So we tracted alot this last week, and that was fun. We got a few potentials out of it.
On thursday was transfers, and Elder Wilson, our District Leader is training a new missionary. Elder Bradshaw and I are staying in Keokuk for another transfer, and yeah.
On wednesday we had a pretty cool dinner appointment. The Young Women in the Keokuk Branch were hosting a dinner thing, and they made a game out of it. The menu consisted of ten items that were from the scriptures. We had to (with the knowledge we have of the scriptures) figure out what the items were, and get our meals! Some of the items were utensils too, so you had to guess what those were too. It was fun. But the first course you had 3 items, the second had 4 and the third 3. Everything you got was taken away after you were done too, so if you got for one course a fork, you wouldn't have it for the next. So when you finally got your food, you had to figur out how to eat it. It was clever, but very frustrating to eat spagetti with crackers and a knife. But I enjoyed it, and it was creative. I just wish they remembered the scriptures that supported why they chose the objects they did, and what they named them for.
We had a good district meeting. We got to know our new district.
We had a cool experience tracting the other day. We were tracting out this culdasach (how ever you spell it) and if I remember right, we were looking for a referral we had received. We hadn't found it, and we were getting kind of tired of tracting and being rejected. So when we got half way through we decided we'd head out to go see a less-active. But when we started to head out, we both stopped and said "nah, leaving to come back and tract it later is pointless. We're here! Let's finish the job!" so we pushed through tracting out the street. But what was cool was the first door we knocked on after that was the referral we were looking for! She was very cordial and all that stuff, but not interested. But grateful that people thought of her! That experience strengthened my testimony. Sometimes we feel like we can't go on anymore, we feel like what we are doing is just too much. But if we really push ourselves to the limit, we can see miracles. We just have to keep trying. The Lord answers prayers in His own way and in His own time. I can promise that, I know that it may not always be the most readable way, and you may not recognize it. But he will bless you!
That is why we keep commandments. This last week Elder Bradshaw and I were studying out of 3 Nephi 13.
Verse 25 happened to stick out to me- "take no thought for your life, WHAT YE SHALL EAT, or WHAT YE SHALL DRINK; nor yet for your body; WHAT YE SHALL PUT ON."
This phrase touched me. All my life I have been a pretty picky eater, I'm not going to lie. Now while most of the things my family says I have not tried I actually have, and don't like. I got a particular message from the Savior here. Sometimes people worry too much about WHAT they eat or drink. They have to have the name brand soda or they have to have pizza or something that isn't too healthy or a little more expensive, simply because it "tastes better". But what the Savior say next is so important, pay attention:
"Is not the LIFE more than MEAT, and the BODY than RAIMENT?"
Our bodies are sacred, and a gift from our Father in Heaven. Our Father has given us commandments that will bless us, both physically and spiritually, such as the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Chastity. The Lord cares more about us getting the nutrients that we need, and the strength we need in order to do His will. That is why He has provided us with commandments such as the Word of Wisdom or Law of Chastity, because He knows best, and wants to help us take care of our bodies. I HATE lasagna. I think it's the worst food on earth, if there is anything on earth that I could choose to never eat again, it'd be lasagna. I like Kim-Chi over lasagna! And Kim-Chi is fermented cabbage, it's strong stuff. Lasagna is one of the things I have eaten the most on my mission. Because people can go to Wal-Mart and buy for way cheap a thing of premade lasagna and just throw it in the oven! I have not grown in any way to like Lasagna, Lasagna is still what they eat in Outer Darkness. But I appreciate so much the food that I am given. I do not eat the best food as a missionary. Sometimes members feed us stuff that is just downright nasty. But I am so grateful for them being courteous enough to have us over, and to sacrifice money to feed us. But I've learned on my mission that if I am willing to go for what costs less, and is healthier, not only to I feel better, and do I save more money- I realize I can keep the commandments. Too often do we focus on the part of the word of wisdom that says "don't put this in your bodies." But what about the DO's? We should put vegetables and fruits into our bodies. Eat meat sparingly. And all that other stuff! And I know that if we do that then we will be blessed by our Father in Heaven- just as He said in D&C 89.
anyways I don't think that all of what I said really explained what I meant clearly. But it's all in my head and makes sense to me, so if it doesn't make sense to you, then cry about it.
Peace!
Elder Prows
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