Hello everyone,
Or sayonara as they say in Canada. Haha man I have so much to talk about it's been a crazy week! We had to go to Lexington twice this week for meetings and we had planning sessions/meetings every other morning! The Lord has been blessing us as long as we've been obedient to Him and to the mission rules, He can't bless us if we don't do anything! On Wednesday we went to Lexington fro a new missionary training, but I think it was really an Elder Crow training haha I learned so much! A sister from our ward, Sister Harper, she's a sweet 'ol Southern lady and she told us to call her Mama Harper, I love the South! Then we went to Lexington for another meeting on Friday, and afterwards we went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch; it was the first time in 6 months I'd had some Chick-Fil-A and I was so happy! Haha and as for the "Nerf Shenanigans" you see in the title: we had some elders stay at our apartment before we went to Lexington on Friday because it's a really long drive for them. One of them brought a couple Nerf guns and he had modified some darts to put thumb tacks in them! And all night long he would randomly shoot us and it didn't feel too good! So we quickly put a stop to that!
Anyways, I was reading a talk this week by Dieter F. Uchtdorf called "Forget Me Not"; now he addresses the women of the church in this talk but forget that detail because it was a good talk ok! This week was kinda tough and I was trying to find how to better be patient with myself and my personal growth as a missionary; because missionary work isn't all rainbows and baptisms. I would highly encourage any ladies who are too hard on themselves (and you insecure men as well) to look through this talk. The first point I noticed was this: "God is fully aware that you and I are not perfect...God is also fully aware that the people you think are perfect are not." I have a terrible habit of comparing myself to other missionaries, and often times many of us will compare our strengths and weaknesses to the strengths and weaknesses of others. This needs to stop. Now. Heavenly Father does not want you to be your own critic, leave that to Satan. When we focus on our weaknesses and our mistakes we often quickly forget our strengths and our successes; more importantly, we often remember our trials before we remember our blessings.
Many of us are "endlessly compassionate and patient with the weaknesses of others. Please remember also to be compassionate and patient with yourself." Don't set your standards to reach the world's 1st place podium, reach for the love and support of a loving Heavenly Father, who is always beyond happy and proud when He sees us try. Would you rather find 100 compliments and successes in today's world or would you rather have 1 prayer answered and know that you are loved? Heavenly Father doesn't become our eternal judge until judgment day, right now He is our #1 supporter and He loves us so much. Don't ever forget it. You'll always be special in someone's eyes. Because you're unique, no 2 of you have the same eyelids as the other (terrible example but go with it).
I love all y'all so much,
Elder Crow
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