11/29/2011

Another transfer has come and gone! I can´t believe that it has been 6 weeks already! We have our transfers tomorrow so we are excited to see what happens and to see if one of us is leaving! It sounds like the family had a great Thanksgiving! To tell you the truth, I didn´t even remember that it was thanksgiving until one of the sisters in our district baked us an apple pie! Sad, I know, but true. We just don´t ever think about the holidays and about what is going on! We were so excited to eat the pie though, and it disappeared in less than 5 minutes!

 

 To answer your question Mom, yes, I have seen personal changes in me! Not huge, crazy things that change every day, but I can just tell that I have matured as a person. There are some things  that I honestly don´t care about anymore, and there are things that matter a lot more to me now than they did 6 months ago. I am a much more patient person now than ever before. Will I say that I am a patient person now? Maybe not. But I am MORE patient and a little more understanding of people and their different situations. I could go through a list of things to tell you of ways that I have changed, but suffice it to say that I hope you can see the changes in me already and that in 18 months you´ll see me as a man and not as a boy. The time is now to put away childish things, as Paul says in Corinthians. I´m on my road, and the process, of becoming a man and I am creating the foundation to build upon for the rest of my life. I am becoming the man who can raise a family in the church, who will love his wife, who will stay faithful and endure to the end. There are so many things that happen every day, little things, that are slowly molding me into something greater. It is sometimes a very painful process! (Most of the time, actually ;) ) however, I am so grateful to be here! I love what I am doing and know that I am exactly where I need to be for the time-being.

I hope that you all know that I am so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life! I have learned so much about Him and have a greater appreciation for what He has done for me! Dad, thanks for sharing with me your two favorite scriptures! I know, it is hard to pick just one!! I can definitely understand your one in 3 Nephi. We read that with the investigators all the time! It is one of the biggest manifestations of the love of the savior for us!! Love is the foundation of all that He does! You are absolutely right - He already did His part! Now it is up to us to do ours! I can tell you from personal experience that a lot of people don´t like the fact that they are personally responsible for their salvation! It is super sad to see an investigator leave because they can´t handle the fact that they actually have to do something to live with Heavenly Father and be in His presence! But, there is so much joy in seeing people progress and gain more faith in Jesus Christ!

The work is going well. Hard, brutal, and mean. But it is moving forward! The weather is starting to get hot. I´ve been working on my thoughts and keeping them positive, and it has really made a difference! Yesterday was way hot and was a tough day to work, but I stayed positive all day and we ended up having some success! I am so grateful for everything that I have and am excited to keep moving forward!

I want you all to know that I am doing great, am working my butt off, and am enjoying myself immensely. :D See you all next week!

All my love,

Elder Biggs