Hello everyone!
well this week has been great, but i don't really now what to tell you about. there isn't alot of things that happened. i think the high lights of my week is my personal study. can i just tell you that i love my personal study!!? its only an hour and its just not long enough. i have been reading about the 2000 stripling warriors this week. and i just love the book of mormon!! i have learned so much and i feel heavenly fathers love when i read it and i feel closer to him. so let me tell you about some of the things that i learned/experienced during personal study.
so i decided to take the Christlike attribute quiz in Preach my Gospel. and i felt like I (and it also showed) that i should work on my charity. i thought i was ok in this before i took it. but i was wrong. so i studied the scriptures from PMG. and then i read Pres. Monsons talk "charity never faileth", and wow, i was humbled! what i learned is to not judge ppl and criticize people. and the reason that this hit me so hard cuz in my district, and my companion, they are just very disobedient. and i started to look at all the things they've been doing wrong. and just all the rules that they are disobeying. so i really felt humbled from pres. Monson's talk. so i asked for forgiveness immediately after that. but i just love that talk. i suggest that you all read it. i think it was oct 2010 Relief society conference.
then also, as i said ive been in the 2000 stripling warriors section. and i just love these chapters. just learning about Captain Moroni and his characteristics and about the sons of helaman. and i've just been glued to the scriptures this week. so this is what happened. so i was fasting yesterday, and ended up being for 27-28 hours of no food, and idk why but its getting harder and harder to get along with my companion. just because of certain reasons, i won't say why cuz i don't need to but, i've just been having a hard time. so we came home early yesterday cuz he was "tired/Sick". and when he went out of the room, i just dropped straight to my knees and was just pleading and pleading with heavenly father.i really needed his help. and i just gave this really sincere heart felt prayer, and afterwards i felt so much better. he really took my burden from me.. so then i was reading in alma chapter 56 and this is when the sons of helaman finds the army of antipus and his men. and this is exactly how i felt. read Alma 56:15-17.  but try and apply it to me..meaning like i have been really enduring the best that i could. and i just felt such a huge support from this. i just felt like it was personalized just for me. so i guess my point is that the book of mormon has personalized answers for everything that we stand in need of. whether it be comfort..answers..bisan ano! so make sure you read the book of mormon everyday!
lets see, what else,
yesterday was sunday and our piano player in our branch was late..so guess who was asked to play the piano...ME! ah crap! so i got to pick the songs. and i picked some songs that i could actually play really well..and USUALLY with no mistakes. but let me tell you that playing under pressure with 90 people singing along is quite hard. i wasn't quite nervous, but i messed up alot! haha it was ok, and i would definitely love to do it again, but those easy songs i was just making easy mistakes. but i really love the piano, and am so grateful for what i have learned from the piano. so that was fun..we also had a baptism after church. thats why i was fasting so long cuz i couldn't eat til after the baptism. elder Reyes baptized him tho.
well, this will have to do. thank you for all your prayers! i love you all so much! i have felt such a greater and stronger love for my family since i've been out on the mission. i know that the gospel really does strengthen families!
i love you all!!
love elder nelson!