I found out at 9:44 pm Saturday night the 23rd of February that I am going to get the opportunity to ruin a missionaries mission by training him. I am most likely going to get a new 18 yr old missionary fresh and scared like I was. President Taylor was telling us that being a trainer is the most important part of a mission. The training will reflect on that missionaries entire mission and they are the future of the mission and they might train more which will set the tone for the mission and soon the whole area is effected by me. Eh nothing that important though. I am excited to learn from a new companion and to help aid in the development of a new missionary.
I have been thinking about those that I have been able to teach in my area such as Brittany Rowland and Ben. Those two stuck out to my the most because I had my most spiritual moments with them. They know that the messages that we've shared are true and that the Book of Mormon is true as well. Both have cried with tears of joy and felt the Spirits press upon their heart. They have now though decided to stop striving for the beginning of the journey starting with Baptism. They haven't come to church for over a month now and haven't been able to sit down and teach them either because they have become to busy and unreliably. They are starting to go back to the normal life with out those feeling. We are told that lots of people will have a spiritual conformation that this is true but still some will choose to disregard them. That is why agency is such a large and important part on God's Plan for us, we must choose him. We can ask, he will answer, we have to choose to listen and act on the answer given. It sometimes seems so disrespectful to God that when we ask for help or for knowledge and he answers and we don't act on it, God knows that that will happen why does he give the answer. He does so much for us. He truly is a merciful God for being so willing to help us and not expect us to follow through perfectly but that he is willing to help. How many of us are willing to help those around us and not ask or expect for something in return. Its sometimes hard to give someone something that is so precious to us and not expect for them to destroy it. Its like giving a homeless man a new home where he can have shelter and protection then him setting it on fire without taking in the warmth from the flames. Sounds terrible but that is what God has done for us. He gave Jesus Christ and the human crucified Him. Jesus Christ gave us the Atonement for us to use and save us from our sins but most of the world goes each day without using it. The work of God is not frustrating but the works of men are.
My companion and I also got the opportunity to teach the young women class in church and they didn't participate very much so I now know what its like to be a teacher. All the power to you men and women that can do that everyday and stay sane. We have begun to teach Ciera, a young lady age 14 who used to be taught awhile ago. She is the most spiritually mature person I have met so far. She reads the Bible alot and now the Book of Mormon and tells us that she prays every night to find the truth, the true church and to know if meeting with us is wasting time. She doesn't want to waste time on something that is not the truth. How many times do we step back and do the same. I definitively didn't do that when I was her age but I have begun to do it more now. Her big think which I believe is the big think with everyone is knowing what our answer is. She feels good when she prays but is looking, like most of us for a big answer. We can relate this to the story of Saul on the road to Damascus.
Love Elder Leonhardt
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