my one big fear...

Dear Home,

This week was the week I got over my one big fear of coming on a mission, the fear of getting sick. So you know how last week I mentioned that my companion got sick and all of that intestinal stuff went on, him being miserable and I watching him suffer, well that's when Carma comes in. 

I got sick on Wednesday and had a Mission Tour to attend. A Mission Tour is when a General Authority of the Church comes and visits with us, not to look at the sights of the area. He talked about the power of prayer and how everything in life depends upon how prepared we are for it. Our success is all on us and how we prepare to over come the tasks to come. How well my investigators progress and further themselves on the path is all up to how well I study the scriptures and how much I get out of them, being able to retain that knowledge and relay in to them. I can say that my prayers are much stronger and sincere and my study time has become more productive. The Lord has already started to bless me in this aspect of my life as well as my investigators. 

So during this mission tour, being sick, it was very hard for me to focus because I had to release my bowels every 10 mins but I had to hold them in for 2 hrs then again for another hour. My stomach hurt so much. I had straight diarrhea and cleared out several bathrooms when i got the chance. It was just stomach discomfort so i went out to make a couple visits that night thinking that i could hold it in, I did for the most part. 

We met with a man named Jim and talked with him about prayer and church attendance. The lesson was going well and he was feeling the Spirit. We knelt down and he offered up a nice prayer, arising from the prayer he said that he had this overwhelming feeling that he needed to read the Book of Mormon. At that moment his wife walked in and asked us to leave and then started saying all this stuff that she was mad at her husband for doing, nothing relating to us, we haven't been able to reach him since and he didn't come to church that Sunday like he committed to. OK so a little weird but we went to our next appointment with a young mother named Brittany. 

As we began to talk she started to bear her testimony about how the Book of Mormon has already begun to affect her life. She said that the small moments that she gets to read that kids start to behave better and she has this feeling of peace and love come over her. My companion and I were like this is great keep going. Then at the peak of the Spiritual moment I excused myself and threw up at the end of the driveway. We got Gatorade out of it and left. 

But TWICE IN ONE NIGHT at the peak Spiritual moment we were interrupted. The next day i took the whole day of because i was throwing up and pooping left and right till there was nothing left. Now I'm polar opposite from there, I'm constipated. My body is so weird i tell ya. 

Anyways this week was pretty good. 

Scripture message this week is in Alma 12:24. Why are we here? What are we to do? How are we doing with it everyday? Ponder upon it and pray to the Lord asking how you can do better. Also as it is mentioned in the scriptures that if you are in the service of your fellow being you are only in the service of your Lord, pray each day in the morning that you can find someone that is in need of service and that you can help them out. Also those who deny the service are a hypocrite and deny others those same blessings, who are we to deny someone blessings. Even if we don't need the help find something that they can do, such as get a glass of water or rub their feet I don't know but something. 

I love you all and hope that all is well and if not, sorry there isn't much I can do from here :) 

Take care and may the blessing in your live be revealed as you look for them.

Sincerely Elder Leonhardt

Also mother thank those that sent me letters for I haven't had the time or resources to do so yet. Love you