This week was a good one. We were out on
the street for a lot of the week looking for people, and we also had a couple
lessons. We visited a couple of the members this week, and we just need
to visit one more member this week to reach our goal of visiting all the
members this transfer. We'll probably get that taken care of sometime
this week. Transfers are next Monday (which, by the way, means that I
will be emailing you all on Tuesday next week). That's hard to
believe. Time really is flying by. We are confident that Elder
Pettit is leaving because he's been in Kraków for 8 months now. That's
going to be a little sad because he has been a great companion. I have a
feeling I'll stay one more transfer, but I wouldn't be surprised either
way. We'll see what happens. This week, we got news that the Indian
couple we had taught a couple times moved to Warsaw for work, so we gave them
to the elders there. Hopefully something comes out of that. This
week, I was listening to a talk by Elder Holland given at BYU. He talks
about aligning our will to God's. He used a couple verses from the Book
of Mormon that I really like. They are from the 10th chapter of Helaman
when the Lord speaks to Nephi (son of Helaman) after he has spent his whole
life preaching the gospel and constantly getting rejected time and time again:
4 [T]hou...hast not sought thine own
life, but hast sought my will, and to keep my commandments.
5 And now, because thou hast done this
with such unwearyingness, behold, I will bless thee forever; and I will make
thee mighty in word and in deed, in faith and in works; yea, even that all
things shall be done unto thee according to thy word, for thou shalt not
ask that which is contrary to my will.
When we align our will to God's, it might not be what we want at
that moment, but it will surely be for our benefit in the long run. When
we humbly submit ourselves to God, we are blessed beyone measure even when we
receive trials and afflictions. That is such a comfort to me in my
life. Well, I hope you are all doing well. I'll email y'all next
week, hopefully from here in Kraków. Have a legendary week!
-Elder Hadfield
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