it is amazing knowing that i have so many friends here, it feels so good, because at home, even though i had you and maddie, i still felt alone at school, and in my life i felt pretty alone, but day one here i felt so good, all of the elders in my district are amazing righteous men that i consider my best friends, and it has helped me a lot, and helped my confidence a lot. it truly is amazing what heavenly father does, i dont think he puts much thought into it, considering he knows everything, but im glad all we have to worry about is following his beloved son jesus christ. and that is something that this week i have really tried to do, we have 3 hours of study a day, 1 hour for personal, companion, and language study, and i love it so much. but this week i have really been studying in chapter six of preach my gospel, which is Christlike Attributes, and it has opened my eyes. Christ was so amazing, and we can never live up to him, but that wasn't the purpose of his life. ive been thinking about that as well, and i thought that christ didn't have to preach, all he needed to do was establish a church and perform the atonement, but he had his 3 year earthly ministry for a reason, to give us an example. without christ's example we wouldnt know how to live, how to pray, how to teach, how to bless the sacrament, how to administer the priesthood, we wouldn't know how to do anything, and that's why he did what he did, so we could follow him. so why wouldn't we? so ive been studying christlike attributes to find out how to follow him and become more like him, and all is boils down to is just forgetting about yourself and serving, offering thanks to god at all times for everything, and not complaining. its that simple, if we do those things, our lives fall into place immediately, and we will be blessed, so i have made goals to stop being negative, and to serve in every opportunity i can, and i know that if i do that i will be blessed and helped through my mission. so my plaque scripture i would like to be Alma 7:23-25. and i cant wait to be able to really speak polish haha, i am improving slowly and it is coming, and i know i will learn it, because i have the lord on my side, so i cant fail. other than that ill leave you with my testimony: wiem że modlitwa jest nieźbędnym działaniem dla nasze zbawienie, poprzez modlitwa możemy utrzymywać milośćą boga, wiem że modlitwa jest bardso ważnym, kocham modlitwa bo modlitwa przynosił dobry czuć i dobry doświadczenie do moje życie, ja nie zobaczę bog, ale poprzez modlitwa i duch swięte wiem że bog i jezus chrystus jest zycienie. I probably spelled things wrong so good luck haha. love,elder summers
hey dad,
its good to know that life hasn't changed for you at all haha, im glad to see that you are still fishing and having fun and catching big fish. my week was good, it will always be good when i am in the service of my fellow beings, and i love this work so much, i've never been happier than i am right now, it feels amazing to have the spirit with me so often, it has truly transformed me. this week our two devotionals were by stephen b allen, and elder groberg, both of which are very powerful men. i learned from the spirit of stephen b allen's address that when we truly love this gospel we share it in any way that we can, that one duty of being a Latter Day Saint is missionary work, and that missionary work is one of the most amazing things that you can do, for the worth of souls is great in the sight of god. and then elder groberg, he is the man that the movie The Other Side Of Heaven is based off of. And he taught about the importance of bearing testimony, and that no matter where we are we should bear testimony. we bear testimony by how we speak, we bear testimony by how we act, and we bear testimony by how we treat our fellow man. and when we bear testimony like that, it isn't normal, and people will see the difference in our countenances and want to know why we are so happy, and so peaceful. I love the devotionals here, i dont learn much from the speakers, but when i intently listen to the spirit during meetings is when i am taught the most.
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