How is everyone doing? I hope all is going well out there. Things here are continuing to move along. Last week was on the rough side again. It was busy too!
On Tuesday Elder Jacobs and I held a zone meeting with the missionaries in the zone. It went pretty well. I feel like I did a good job in my training. I trained the missionaries on how to extend a commitment invitation and why we extend them. I really enjoyed it. I love studying for and giving trainings! It's an enjoyable experience. I always learn so much more than I can teach. It's really a fantastic experience. When preparing I always learn so many new things. The rest of Tuesday went well.
Wednesday was a good day. We went to a Leadership Training Meeting in Jacksonville. It was a really good meeting. I was able to see quite a few missionaries that I haven't seen in a long time. Elder Morris and Elder Failner were there. It was good to see them and catch up a little bit. Elder Morris is actually a district leader in the Ocala 1st Ward. Right where I started my mission. After the meeting I stayed in Jacksonville and went on a tradeoff with one of the assistants while Elder Jacobs went back to Lake City to work in our area with the other assistant. I stayed out there the rest of the night and came home Thursday afternoon. I really enjoyed it out there. It's definitely different than Lake City. It made me realize how small Lake City really is and how slow things are out here. Don't get me wrong though, I love it out here!
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| Elder Lisman, Elder Craig, Elder Wadsworth, Elder Summers, Elder DiCristofano, Elder Jacobs, Elder Snow |
Thursday and Friday were relatively normal...so was Saturday.
Sunday was really good! At least church was really good. Like I said this last week was a little bit rough. We're still having a hard time to find people to teach and we weren't able to see those people we are teaching much at all. However, for the most part they are progressing. Anyway, President Barry had us study about obedience every day of the week last week, and had us be more obedient than ever before. Elder Jacobs and I are very obedient, but we found a few areas where we can do better. Whenever we try to get better, to be more obedient, more diligent, and have greater faith there are greater trials and challenges. Just in general we couldn't get things to go the way we wanted. On Friday we had three appointments scheduled with our investigators and all of them cancelled. We were shocked because the people have been doing so well and are so reliable. That among other things were making it more difficult. Now, the purpose of me telling you all this is not to complain. There is a good reason and I'm about to get to it.
So, Sunday morning came around and we were looking forward to having our investigators at church. Nobody came. We didn't hear from any of them either. It was disappointing that they didn't come. It was the icing on the cake of a rough week. We were in sacrament and while they were passing the sacrament I was reflecting on the last few weeks because they've all been more difficult. Something very comforting came to my mind. As I reflected I recognized that each Sunday had gone better than the other days of the week and that as I had come to church and partaken of the sacrament I was filled with peace and comfort. That peace and comfort had lasted with me throughout the day and that's why they had been better. The thing that really hit me is how lousy I would have felt if I hadn't come and taken the sacrament each week. All that weight and disappointment wouldn't have been relieved. It would have built up and compounded. I realized with greater assurance how much taking the sacrament blesses us if we really reflect and focus on it's meaning and importance. I felt so much love in that moment, and throughout the rest of church. Once again I had a greater determination to go out and do all that is required of me.
That determination has been with me throughout this week so far too. I know that as long as I give my total effort that all will be okay. Also that giving my total effort isn't as difficult as I sometimes make it out to be. The gospel is really simple and living it should be too. We only make it more difficult on ourselves. We worry and make things complicated. We need to remember that only the adversary loves complexity because it brings us to a halt.
Love Always, Elder Zachery Snow
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