Well, another week has come and gone, and I still can't believe how fast the time is going. I really can't believe that my birthday is coming up in less than a week. I still can't really believe I'm 20, I'm not ready to be 21. Still, you can't stop time, you just have to make the most of the time you have. I hope I will be able to say that I did that in the end. (Sorry, my deep thought mode turned on for a second there. Must be because I'm freaking old now.)
As far as this week goes, it was pretty good. Except one of our investigators and his girlfriend had a pretty hard breakup this week, and he left our area and went who knows where. Still, this has acctually happened with him in the past, and he came back, so we'll see what happens. Other than that, things are more or less the same here. We're entering into week 6 of this cycle/transfer/I can't speak English anymore, and we're starting to get those "What's going to happen?" nerves. Still, it's a week more, so we still have time. But the next time I write you, I'll know more or less what's going to happen.
Other than that, things keep going like they do. We have some really good people that we are teaching, but we've had some difficulties as well. Recently, we had an investigator inform us that she is no longer interested in hearing us. It really hurt, because we had a lot of confidence that she was going to progress. Still, we have to respect everyone's beliefs. But's it's always difficult when something like that happens. Still, that quote you put in your email does help. Really, this life is full of difficulties, something I have come to understand a bit better here in the mission. But ultimately everything works out in the end. During my time here, I've really learned that this understanding is the heart of a lovely thing with feathers that pearches in the soul we call hope. (Poetry referance FTW) More than anything, hope is something that we should never lose, because we know that God has promised us everything he has, up to and including being coheirs with Christ, and that he WILL complete his promises. With that knowledge, there should be nothing in this life that kills our hope that everything will be all right, the hope, as Ether said, of a better world. So, thank you for that inspiring quote, and I will try my hardest to put it into practice this week.
OK, I think that's about it for me this week. I'm doing good, and it sounds like everything is OK in home. I love you, and I'll talk to you next week.
Love,
Elder Samuel Long
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