7 Why should I desire that I were an angel, that I could speak unto all the ends of the earth?
8 For behold, the Lord doth agrant unto ball nations, of their own nation and ctongue, to teach his word, yea, in wisdom, all that he dseeth fit that they should have; therefore we see that the Lord doth counsel in wisdom, according to that which is just and true.
I love that scripture that I put in the
subject line. This week we were tracting and we met this guy named George. We
got to talkin about life and the effort we put in to the things that we do. And
he offered us this gem of advice. "I don't care if you're diggin’ ditches.
Be the best ditch digger there is!" We laughed and noted his short quip
as pithy, and witty. But upon further pondering his remark, I
realized a much deeper call to repentance for many of us, if not all
of us. So often do we desire more. More experiences, more
responsibility, more things etc. But the Lord calls us to certain experiences
for a reason. And why would we desire more than what the Lord asks us to
do. I relate this to being a missionary in this way. I have been called to
the Oklahoma Tulsa Mission. Sure! It would be awesome to be a missionary
in France, or Italy, or Brazil! But that’s not the point. The Lord called
me here. He wants me here. He has a purpose for me being here. And
why would I desire more than that. I will grow where I am planted. We
can all learn from the ditch digger analogy. Where ever you are, what ever
you are doing, do it well. "What e'er thou art, act well thy part".
This week we had a pretty funny
experience tracting also. Someone called the cops on us! It was like
8:45 pm. We were just unlocking our bikes to ride home and a cop
pulls up to us and says they got a call about some door to
door salesman in the neighborhood. We tell him well we are from the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! He says "ok well, did you see
any salesmen around here?" We assured him it was definitely
us that he was looking for. We exchanged a few short words about our
purpose and what we were doing. He then bid us a good night and made a
hasty retreat to his car and we rode home with smiles on our
faces, humbled, however struggling to not feel a sense of victory
over what ever disgruntled neighborhood watchman saw us as a threat
and called the cops on us. Please don't call the cops on the Mormon
missionaries, all they want to do is teach you about Jesus Christ.
This week should be an awesome
week. Our whole Zone is going for an all time OTM record! We are trying
to get every area to achieve the standard of excellence, which is 20
lessons taught in one week, 60% of which have a member present during the
lesson. If every area can achieve that standard it will be the first time in
OTM history that this feat has been accomplished. We are so close! I'll
let you know how it goes!
Sorry I couldn't email
yesterday! The library was closed because of Columbus day. We did however
get to go to the Tulsa Zoo! It was pouring rain all day and the whole
Zoo was empty. No people and really just a bunch of animals taking
cover from the weather. But it was awesome nonetheless. I love getting
together with other missionaries. This is an awesome area, awesome district,
awesome zone, and awesome mission!
Love you all!
Elder Sherwood
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