Let me start off with my testimony of The Book of Mormon.
I know that The Book of Mormon is true. It contains the salvation of our lives. In it, the Savior Jesus Christ has taught principles that gives us the knowledge that we can be forgiven. What joy that has, knowing that we can be forgiven. It gives us peace, and joy! Don't you just also want to share it?!
How can we share the restored gospel even if we are not missionaries? I invite everyone to study and ponder Alma chapters 17 and 18!
"Council with Heavenly Father" President Teh told me this in our last interview and it has helped me big time!
It has strengthen my relationship with Heavenly Father. and has increased my spiritual capacity to receive revelation! Council with Him!
This week, I am about to enter my 9th week of the bodyweight excersice program I have!
I could definitely see the progress I have gotten from this book! I feel so much stronger and healthier! Not for my body only, but also for my mind!
I love getting my body bigger! It has been a great motivator for me.
Every morning, I can decide for myself whether I should go and get bigger or sleep for another 30 minutes and not do excersice.
Obviously there are days where I just really want to sleep. But having that goal in mind, I just go jump out of bed and go to work. And honestly, I feel great!
Excuses excuses excuses... Oh how I loved them! But this book gave some cool facts. "The next time you skip a workout because of some excuse, you'll know why. That excuse was more important to you than the goal you set for yourself."
"Quitting and failing quickly become a habit. It gets easier as we give in to it, while our commitment and resolve are strengthened every time we don't give in to weak-mindedness."
"The fact is that one of my short workouts pays enormous dividends once it's over: Stress is washed away, your mind and body are revitalized, your self-esteem is lifted, and those feel-good endorphins explode through your body. This is the outcome of letting the world and its excuses wait, and taking a few minutes for yourself. "
" Never giving up and keeping an achievers attitude is a matter of having a vision. Once you have a clear idea of what you want-whether it's bigger muscles, a thinner waist, better legs, or to do five straight Handed Push Ups-it's time to plan your work and work your plan."
This doesn't apply only on excersicing. But I believe it can also be for our work, school, missionary work, and etc...
The attitude we give towards our work or school. If we have a good attitude towards it, we get good results. If we have bad attitudes, we easily get tired, stressed, angry, and sad. But it doesn't always mean that if we are positive in things, it will always turn out good. Obviously it doesn't always work out but it definitely is worth a try. No efforts are wasted! Attitude is everything!
I know that Heavenly Father lives! There are times where I feel alone but I am so grateful that we can still communicate with Him! And it's through prayer! He hears our prayer and is willing to help us! I invite everyone this week to put effort in speaking with Heavenly Father! I promise that you will feel his love.
Ask and ye shall receive... I asked Heavenly Father for a challenge. And He did! Right away! Now I'm suffering haha
But life is good! I'll try my best to write some of the things that helped me face these trials.
I was down for a while so I had to reevaluate myself. I asked myself questions that where not fun.
As I was thinking of the feelings I had, another feeling came to me and told me to read the letters President Teh has sent to us.
The letter 'Growth in adversity' has helped and strengthened my faith.
He said that there are four common ways we might view overcoming trials.
1. The trail or challenge vanishes or is taken away.
2. We run away from the trial.
3. The trial or challenge is naturally resolved through the passage of time.
4. The trial remains but our capacity to bear it is increased.
So basically President Teh is inviting us to keep trying. Even if it is hard.
Everytime we return home, the most exciting thing for me is prayer. Talking to Heavenly Father, sharing my feelings with him, asking for strength and guidance,
I am grateful for this wonderful blessing. Being able to talk with Him. I know Heavenly Father lives! and that He really do hear our prayers.
I invite all of you! To try to find a quiet place at night. somewhere you're alone. And just kneel down in prayer. And express your feelings to him. Ask for help, ask how you can overcome the trial you are facing. And I promise you that he will be there with you. He will help you get through the challenges!
Hello everyone! First of all, it's transfer day! Elder Davis will be leaving! It's sad only being with him for 8 weeks. But these 8 weeks with him were definitely awesome. I'll be with Elder Wu and he's a native! Which means maybe I'll be talking in Chinese 24/7 haha.
For the past few weeks, I've been leading the area because of exchanges. And it has been really fun leading.
The only thing that I can remember vividly I did last week is being so confused of what to do. I started to ask myself if this is generally missionary work. Going out finding people, telling people that through Jesus Christ they would find joy and peace. Being told that they are Fojiao and Taoist. No time. Not interested. Yuanfen(destiny or maybe predestined). Being ignored.
Yes we do this everyday. It is kind of a rote thing. But looking back now, it was all worth it. Inviting is the sole purpose of missionary work. Having a testimony of a doctrine is the only important thing you need. And knowing that we can communicate with Heavenly Father through prayer has been a great blessing for me every morning and night. I know he lives! Have a great week!
