Hellos to everyone,
Well this week was awesome! We went to
Monterrey on Tuesday for leadership council with the President on Wednesday. So
we left on a bus to take a trip for three hours to Monterrey and got there at
night. We spent the night in the mission home and all the other Zone Leaders
from the border zones spent the night too. It is soooo weird to see new faces
and I never would have thought that I am like one of the oldest in the mission.
Ugh where is the time going!!! But the next morning we woke up and got ready for
the council, we went to the chapel where we usually have council and to my
surprise, the assistants walk in and out like President is not here, he is at
the temple waiting for all of us. I was like ``oh my goodness we are going to
the temple!!!!
So we took a bus to
the temple and it was a blast, I was with all of my buddies, some of my
companions from the MTC and others that I have been friends with here in the
mission. We took a lot of pictures and I was in heaven because I got to see the
beautiful parts of Monterrey.
We got to the temple and we took a bunch of
pictures of the temple and of the garden, and it is a beautiful place.
I
included a photo so that you can see the temple. We then got greeted by the
President and his wife. We then got instruction that we were going to do a
session all together. Oh I was soo happy for that too!!! It’s been a long while
since last February that I did a session. So we walked in all happy and we did
the session. It was seriously such a spiritual moment and it was definitely a
huge moment of unity there. It was President Walkers last moment with us in the
temple and it was a very uplifting spiritual moment that I cannot really
describe. It was a very good moment of the week.
We returned to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas,
Mexico (my area) on Thursday morning. And as we went back to work, everything
changed for my comp and I. We had some very good moments this week, It was a
very spiritually uplifting week.
One lesson that I learned this week is the
essence of making time for God. While in the temple I thought about after the
mission and if I will have time to go to the temple regularly or to even read
the scriptures like how I have been the mission. It will be a struggle like how
it was before the mission. But one thing that came to my mind is that if we
make time for God, God will make time for us and what we need to do. Before the
mission I didn't really focus on putting God first like I should have. I
worried more of what I wanted. But in the mission, it’s pure dedication to God
and what I have been getting from the mission is what I wanted all along
because of what I have invested in God and what he has given back to me as a
reward. After the mission I want to make time for God in my daily life because
I know that he will make time for me in whatever else I need to do or whatever
else is best for me. I know this principal applies to everyone else of you
because you are all my brothers and sisters of the same God. I invite you all
to make a time for God every day, even if it is 5 to 10 minutes, and you will
see the blessings. And you will want to make more time for God until you get to
the point where God is guiding you down a path of complete happiness and
protection. Make time for God, and God will make time count for you.
Well that was a lot in my mind, that's what I received as an
answer in the temple. Haha. Wow well go to the temple as well, everyone, when
you can to get some crazy good answers!
I love you all and I miss you like crazy! Keep
serving everyone and making time count in doing the uplifting things. Read your
scriptures and act according to what you learn, that’s the most important is the acting.
Love,
Elder Justin Powell
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