Monday Message: October 6, 2014

Well One more conference down on my mission only one left how crazy is that? seems like they are coming faster and faster each time. just know the next one will be here and then only 5 months after that haha! sorry had a small trunky moment there! but on the serious note i hope  that you really listened to conference and all of the wonderful talks that were spoken! i know that they were answers to my prayers and questions which really gave me strength. i love our prophet and apostles they are truly called of God!

So this week was a slow week for elder mitchell and myself it felt like we couldnt get anything going and nobody had the time to meet with us. but we still pushed and we will for sure be doing more this week. I never want a week like this one again! We are still focussing a lot on the real growth of the branch but we still want to see a lot of investigators so it is just trying to find the balance between the two! I just hope that i can be a true example and leader to help this area progress and to be a blessing not a burden!

So something that i thought was really cool that i have learned recently is found in D&C 50:24. Do you remember the Saying "focus on the next 200 ft". As i read that i just thought instantly about baseball and all the mental training that we did! it applies really well! in a car at night we only see roughly 200 ft ahead of us but when we reach that 200 ft there is a next 200 ft all the way until the "perfect day" or in other words the sun comes up and we have the whole road visible infront of us! the same with the gospel, we gain more and more light as we continue in God. But if we stop we lose light and will never gain the next "200 ft" or more light! untill that perfect day which is the day that our Savior and Redeemer will come and reign personally upon the earth! I am truly grateful for baseball and football and all the things that i learned at controling what i can control. the mental game is as much of a part of a mission as it is in sports and i am so happy i was able to gain some of the mental training before and i continue to work on it still out here in the mission field!

That was basically my week hopefully a better working week for me but it is still good! im on the down hill slope still working hard! i love you and hope you have a great week!
Love your Elder
Elder Woodruff