Patiently Enduring

Heyo everyone! Hope you all are staying sane and healthy. Its been another average week. We have kept the week busy and occupied. This week we had a call everyday with either our district, zone, or mission. We had our mission mingle and broke out into 7 different rooms and played a game which was fun. We had a stake missionary call and we played game where we guess the movie based off of emojis. We also played would you rather. We played the 5 second game where you have to name 3 things in 5 seconds. The game comes from Ellen DeGeneres and it was fun. 

All of the calls this week were fun and really made the days somewhat entertaining. For Sunday our district had a sacrament meeting and I lead a discussion from Come Follow Me. We talked about Abinadi and his faithfulness and courage to stand up for what he believed in. It was a great discussion it made sunday feel like a sunday. 

Spiritual Thought: 

I was studying patience this week and I came across a beautiful talk given by Elder Uchtdorf titled "Continue in Patience" there is so much in there I love but I'll just share this part:

"Patience—the ability to put our desires on hold for a time—is a precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it now. Therefore, the very idea of patience may seem unpleasant and, at times, bitter.

.....patience was far more than simply waiting for something to happen—patience required actively working toward worthwhile goals and not getting discouraged when results didn’t appear instantly or without effort.

There is an important concept here: patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can—working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!"

I find this to ring true. Too many times i expect or want something to happen right away, but fail to remember that I must be actively patient and enduring with faith. We all should develop our patience and learn how to endure well. God will be pleased with us when we learn how to strengthen our patience. Heavenly Father loves us and has a  plan we just need to understand it's his timetable not ours. 

I hope you all have a great week and stay safe. Thank you for the support and emails! If you want to chat feel free to send me an email, message on messenger, or google hangout! Love you all!

Elder Jones

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