This week is cool because I'm on exchanges with my DL (district leader) right
now, a solid guy named Elder James who gets is getting transferred to Florida
next week (he's been out 103 weeks and refuses to believe he's going home next
week. Instead he's just getting transferred back to Florida and released from
full-time service). We're working on developing Christlike attributes (see
chapter 6 in PMG) and It's a really great learning experience.
To Stefan
Dude, that's awesome that you went out with the missionaries! Keep
it up! It's so much fun! I'm focused on a mission right
now, and committed to living the mission standards in the handbook. Anyways, what I'm
learning since I've been out is that pop punk is amazing, and I don't think I'll
ever lose my passion for it, but amazing as it is, the gospel is a thousand and
three times better. Right now I'm on a mission, and as much as I'm sure the new
ADTR record is good, and as long as I've waited for it, I can wait another 20
months. It's worth the wait, and it's not worth being disobedient. That's one of
the things I'm learning not only on a mission, but in life in general. A mission
is better than the best punk album out there, hands down, and I know it's better
than playing D1 college ball, or seeing VT have a miracle season and win a
national title. If you're gonna do something, do it right, and right now I'm a
missionary. The gospel is amazing, and the atonement is real. This work is the
best work you can possibly do, and I can't wait until you serve a mission, which
is why I want you to keep going out with the Elders back home. Keep calm and
carry on, my brotha. peace...Elder Jake Lusk
I always think it is to amazing that these young Elders and Sisters go out, serve for two years of their lives, have minimal contact with family, give up their worldly pursuits in order to fully immerse themselves in the work and after two years, many will say they are not ready to go home, they want to stay out in the mission field, they want to keep serving and helping others come to Christ. These missionaries are true heroes in my eyes.
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