hey momma. this week hasn't been the best week we have had. it just wasn't the same. it felt so so so slow. this month feels so super slow. everything is slowing down. i think its becasuse i have been focusing on the fact that im going to be a year old in a month.
Seeing the Atkinsons the other day was a real eye opener for me to know and remember that there are people...real live people who aren't missionaries or investigators, that lead normal lives and remember me! so super humbling for me cause i have been having a tough time with beginning to be comfortable with where i was at with my mission but now i know that people care for you no matter what the situation. i love this gospel cause it requires you to change and if we're not willing to make the necessary changes for the gospel then we are not ready to be in the celestial kingdom with our Heavenly Father and our elder brother Jesus Christ. the past three months has been the hardest in my mission and i know that the lord is only testing me. and im happy for the change.
thank you mom and dad for raising me the way you did because i wouldn't be the person i am today with out you guys. i truely look up to you and see your marriage and your family and think how lucky i was to have been raised in the gospel with such a loving family.
i haven't really recieved anything from anybody but the fifes these last few months. nobody wants to write to a missionary thats been out for a year. ;) haha just kidding. i know that everyone is super busy with their lives and i have mine to focus on so its no biggy. :)
oh man, so when jon called and said we are here i was like oh this is no problem i can do this. it won't be weird or anything but then i started walking outside and i saw anna talking with her family and then it started to hit me that it was really them!! then we walked a little more and they saw us and then they all turned around and were all looking at us and i was like AAAAHHHHH. it was so weird to see them again!!! :) but at the same time it was so good!!
haha i have a funny story. so remember how i was angry about how president won't let missionaries who are this far away from the temple go to the temple for a day? well guess what he approved us to go to the nauvoo pageant on the 10th! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
anyways...thats about it for now! i love and miss you so much!!!
love,
Elder Jens Smith
:( ... The hard times make you appreciate the good days. Plus, when you look back you will see that these past few difficult months are where you grew the most.
ReplyDeleteI agree, you have been raised by two of the most amazing people I have ever met. I know your Mom will read that phrase over and over and over again. They have raised an amazing son. Be proud of who you are becoming! Amazing.