Hello friends and family!
I don’t mean to pat myself
on the back, but this is the third email in a row that I’ve sent, so
that’s pretty good. It’s better than ignoring you guys for a month at a
time, sorry about that haha.
This week has
been kind of slow, but it was a pretty good week! We started it out with
a zone activity last P-day. We had a BBQ and some fun games. It was the
most fun zone activity I’ve had my entire mission I think. I’m probably
in one of the coolest zones. Everybody is really relaxed and easy to
get along with. The sisters are really low maintenance which makes my
job as District leader a lot easier. We played a game called Wilson ball
which is the missions rendition of dodgeball, it never ends, it’s
pretty
fun.
Did you know we were
going to have a baptism this week? No, well me either! Apparently the
zone leaders were teaching someone in our area and didn’t tell us,
typical, haha. The stake president found out and made them more wards so
we had their baptism in our ward. We were scrambling for a few days
trying to get everything set up. Their names a David and Shonna, they
both recently came to America from China looking for better
opportunities and freedom. David was recently baptized and had the
privilege of baptizing his wife, it was a pretty spiritual experience
that I was delighted to be apart of. I may have not been there for their
lessons but I am grateful to know David and Shonna, and experience
their great enthusiastic spirits.
We haven’t
done a very good job at finding this week, and it seems like everyone in
our teaching pool has either dropped us, or is ignoring us. Eh oh well.
I’m at a point in my mission where I’ve done a lot of reflection and
you just gotta roll with the punches. Up to this point, 95 percent of my
mission has been trying to find people, through long summer days, never
ending contacting, and being willing to let someone slam the door in
your face one more time. The other 5 percent I would say has been the
pure joy of working with people that are prepared to receive the gospel.
I have met and worked with people that have changed my life, and it’s
been what has made my mission a pure bliss. That 5 percent is the most
meaningful thing that I have ever experience thus far in my life, and
for that I am grateful. The mission is about laughing when it’s hard,
working through the tears, making friends with your companion and just
cracking jokes through the rejection. I’ve been feeling really grateful
for my mission lately, and even though I’m not home quite yet I’m
excited to make the most of the next some odd 4 and a half months I have
left. My sister Alyssa shared with me and reminded me of one of my
favorite quotes by Thomas S. Monson and I wanted to share it with you as
well. “Find joy in the journey now” this life we’re living is pretty
short, so make the most of what you have now. Love the people that
matter most to you a littler more, smile, laugh. Find happiness through
the trial, find peace through our savior Jesus Christ, who bore all
things for us. “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they
might have joy.”
tell the people you care most
for that you are grateful for them and what they do for you, most of
all, tell them they are loved by you.
"Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved."
-Thomas S. Monson
I
hope you all can find happiness and peace in your lives today, I hope
you can feel gratitude for all the many blessings our Father in Heaven
has bestowed upon you and your family. He loves us and will forever
stretch his arms out to us. Thanks for the inspiration Alyssa. 
Elder LeBaron
The last picture is us having lunch with our ward mission leader, he’s Samoan and he is so much fun haha.
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