Being a missionary can be fun and exciting and everything can work out perfectly where you are teaching lessons and meeting goals set by your Mission President for every companionship to strive towards, or it can be a week where all your investigators want to do is talk, "hang out," and basically do everything other than learning the gospel. Well, as a missionary that can be kind of discouraging. Luckily, Preach My Gospel has a section just for that in Chapter 9 called, (you guessed it) "No Efforts Wasted." And it is true. If you are bringing the spirit to those people and doing all you can to help them succeed then truly no effort is wasted. You may not be able to see the fruits of your labor, but it is a cultivation for the ground for that sapling to be planted and grow into a wonderful Oak Tree.
So, what I want to give to you about this , is don't be discouraged. Whether it be in school, sports, work or church, no effort is wasted because it allows us to get better. If you take this and put it in the context of reading scriptures, you can see that even if you read a single verse a day, you will gain knowledge and answers from your Heavenly Father and eventually you will not only want to read more, but it will be easier to read more. So, always remember that NO effort is wasted.
So, I guess you may want to hear about my week. Well, here it goes: This week was kind of strange for a lot of reasons. On Tuesday, we ended up sleeping through our alarms and didn't wake up until 8:30... don't tell President! After which, we had Service helping out the Second Counselor in the Stake Presidency, upon which he fed us lunch and then we proceeded to go home and shower. While Elder Scott was showering, I decided that I better get a head start on some talks that I have to have prepared for when Elder Marcus B. Nash comes next week. So I started on those, and actually learned a lot in the process, which is where I got the No effort is wasted. Wednesday, was fairly interesting... Elder Scott was acting very depressed all day and kind of secretive, so much so that when we got back from an appointment, he said he was going to call President. So I had to give him space. When he finished, he walked up, handed me the phone and said he was leaving and gave me the keys. I was kinda shocked, then a few minutes later, he said he was joking and told me that President said to have me drive. So I am now the driver and loving every minute of it! Thursday, Elder Scott got sick so we stayed in the apartment and I again worked on my talks and finished 2/3 of them. Friday was fun... We had new missionary training followed by District Meeting and a new thing called "Power Hour" where the missionaries from your district go and tract some streets in someone's area to boost the finding in that area. After that, I went on exchanges with Elder Earl down in Roseburg! It was really fun, we dug up trees, had Chicken Alfredo Lasagna, and I learned some good do's and don'ts from a Correlation meeting with the Ward Missions Leader in Roseburg... Saturday was great. We did some fun tracking up some very steep hills and got a good calf workout in. We switched back just in time for us to be locked in the apartment for Halloween. Yes, thats right, missionaries under house arrest. Sunday was good. We had a great time during sacrament. The spirit was so strong that I was about in tears... don't laugh! Then we did a lot of tracking because most of our plans went bunk!
Well, that is all that is happening in my life. Remember that no effort is wasted and to always try your best at something, and you will succeed. Love you all. Until next week!
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