Well this week has just been great!!...just like every other week in the service of the Lord can be haha I think I have just been having a blast with individuals this week that think we don´t understand them...XD We also have committed one of our investigators to baptism and he said yes, so we´re pretty pumped about that!! I have also become really good at killing fruitflies. Elder Jensen always rocks the "whipping towel" Technique and the "Open dictionary slap" I went on the creative route and used the vaccum...genius is never appreciated hahaha We´ve been to some pretty awesome places this week though! I´ve gotta get the pictures from Elder Jensen since my camera died...I need to be more responsible with charging that thing....and taking pictures with it XD Ah well, I think this week has been filled with more rejection than I have ever had on my mission...I loved it! I think I´m starting to go crazy but there´s nothing quite like a challenge to make a man chipper at the end of the day. We still ended up having a ton of appoitments so I was pretty pumped about that when I was sending in the numbers for the week. We ended up having 5 lessons yesterday...yes, to some, that is a normal day...maybe even a slow day, but to us it was great!! I also got free cookies and 3 bacon burgers so...yup, miracles happen hahaha even if it´s me finding solace in a burger I know that the Lord has got my back...he´s probably eating something way more healthy but hey, you take what you can get ;) We also had one of our Elders get Blitzed so we are now down to four. We have no idea why but he´s gotta go fill in for someone else so hopefully no one got injured or something like that. We´ll see. We had some great basketball contacting this week as well! Got to play with some really good guys so that was an absolute blast!! It was crazy, one of the guys we played against had just been playing street ball for 20 some odd years. Never been on a team in his life...but he was insane!! I stuffed him twice though...so that was sick. I think I am finally starting to get a little bit better at basketball with all of this basketball contacting we have been doing that, or the lord helps his servants...not suck. The latter is probably correct. I know that this is another really short letter, but I kindof like it that way....If you don´t mom I will change my ways. haha. I guess if you really want to know I walked 3600 steps yesterday....okay, not really. Thanks for everything guys. Thank you for your help and your support. Remember how great the Atonement is. The lord truly has done a lot more for us than we can or probably ever will comprehend. When you taste the bitterness of rejection or sadness or regret, remember that he has the antedote. He has his arms spread wide open.Take in every moment, remember them, learn from them, and then let them change you. Become something better every day. The lord gives you plenty of opportunites if you look for them. Serve one another, give yourself over to the spirit of service. Therein you will find the happiness and joy that the Lord gives to those who give of themselves to others. Happiness is always found when you give it to others, just like when we lose ourselves to find ourselves. I talk about the Atonement, I dream of the Atonement, I help others understand the Atonement, and above all else, I use it. "Trust in the Lord with all the heart and lean not to thine own understanding." We can not comprehend the things of God, but we can trust in him. We can trust that he has a plan, we can trust that he gave of his son, and we can trust that he loves us. Search the scriptures diligently. The lord and his prophets don´t give you these commandments willy nilly. Test what they say...Test them. If there was anything that I learned on my mission so far that I will take with me forever, it´s that the Lord never falls through. He keeps his word. Always. Take advantage of that. Understand him by understanding his works. By their fruits ye shall know them. It isn´t any different with God. I bear testimony of his divinity. I bear testimony of the truth of this work and I bear testimony that we all have a Savior who is waiting for us to hear him knocking at our doors. "Choose ye this day whom ye will serve, as for me and my house we will serve the Lord." Have a great week everybody, I love you all.
Elder Lee
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