Mountains & Valleys
Elder Langford's Update: November 12, 2012
Hello everyone!
Whew ok I have almost zero time, all the time! So it’s time
to write fast!
So first off, we have this great young marine, who is
just progressing like a jet, and is soaking everything in so well, just a solid
investigator to the gospel! Hahaha and we were having a lesson with him, in a
family in the ward’s house with their kids, and we pull out a scripture near
the beginning where Nephi’s talking about faith to his brothers, and I ask him,
“I’m sure you’ve read quite a bit about Laman and Lemuel so far?” and he said, “
oh yeah, Laman and Lemuel are *** holes” :) hahahahahahahaha! Oh man it shouldn’t
be funny, but it really was! In front of the whole family! We were trying so
hard not to laugh! He’s a great guy, and he’s going to be baptized on the 28th,
but, haha he’s got a marine’s mouth here and there… soooo funny.
We
had a great miracle one day! We had this appointment
scheduled for later in the day with a less active women who hadn’t been
to church
in over 20 years. She said that she felt she needed help, and that Satan
was
getting into her life. Elder Clegg and I really wanted to prepare for
this
lesson, so we did a little fast, and we really tried to stay focused and
full of
the spirit that day. When we got there, we had a perfect lesson with
her. She
spilled out a life story of all sorts of trials and tribulations that
were
tremendous and wide spread… we gave her some scriptures at the end,
blessed her
home, and gave her a blessing. It was such a powerful blessing given by
the
spirit… it was incredible how the connection was made between what she
needed
to hear, and how God wanted to tell her it. If we hadn’t fasted, we
wouldn’t have been able to have such a guided lesson for her. We sang
her a hymn as well
as we left, (me singing… and she still wants us to come back). She
bonded with
the members we took with us extremely well, and is getting great
fellowship.... always a great
reminder to see how much God loves all his children, and is always waiting for
them to come back unto him, so that he can reward them with all the blessings
he has waiting in store.
Ah don’t have too much time, but this week has been a week
of many mountains and valleys… we’ve had some high points, and some low points.
I’m convinced that the mission field is probably best described, as a big,
tall, mountain range… It takes so much work sometimes to get to the top of a
peak, but when you’re at the top, it’s all worth it everytime. When you receive
for even just a moment the perspective God has for the area and the people in
it, and the role that you play in that process, every single hard day or moment
seems to disappear, and only add to the joy of the feeling. But, it’s not just
one mountain climbed and done, it’s a mountain range, meaning that you don’t
always get to that point and stay, you have to climb up and down every second
of every day. It’s a non-stop thing! It’s so key in those moments to remember
what’s at the top, and that, there is a top of the mountain! There’s always
hope, and a purpose to every steep area, and strenuous path we take as we
climb! God knows what’s at the top, and he knows that there’s no point of
getting to the top, unless we have the experience of scaling the slope, and
working towards it. We’ve been on the peaks and the valleys of the mountains
this week, and are staying positive and upbeat about everything! Wish I had
more time, but Just a quick bare of the testimony that the whole range analogy
applies to each one of us in every day lives! If you feel like the climb’s just
ridiculous and pointless, give a call to the man at the top (God), and ask him
for directions, and I know when you do, he’ll also remind you how great it is
once you get to the top of your next mountain,
so hang in there! I love you all sooo much! I’m eating my veggies and staying
healthy! I pulled my arm out, but it’s feeling better! Hope no one’s seriously
injured! ( if so let me know :)
) LOVE YOU!!!!
Elder Langford
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