Week 69 - Sta Margarita 10/7/2012

well with the voting i have to register first and i cant do it the computers here are no good so ill just pray that mit romney wins and vote next time but for now i want to share somthing that changed my life forever this week i have been realizing that i have started to move backward a little and started doing some repenting lately so that i can be a better missionary and got to a poit where i thought i was good and then i want on exchanges with the zone leaders and we had our evaluation at the end of the day i started talking to Elder Tauteoli about what i had been doing trying to improve and he had just been on companion ship exchanges with the assistants the day before and wasnt sure why until now because one of the assistants gave him a talk by a mission president that literally was exatl what i needed and the basis of it is that it takes moe than our time and energy to serve God because that is something he can take away from us but what he cant take is our heart and mind so what we as missionaries need to do is give our heart and mind to Him and make a covenant that you will give in to what the mission president called a complete surrender  of ones self and it has changed everything even in the 2 days after that i had 2 of the most spiritual lessons i have ever taught in my entire mission and was able to actually help people because i was able to dicern thier thoughts and feel the spirit and becasue God allowed me to i was able to speak to thier hearts and every one we visited from then on has been excited for us to come back and they asked us when would be our next visit it was amazing then saturday we had exchanges with the branch elder miranda went with the branch president and i went with the second councilor and every one i visited with president ruedas came to church on sunday and we went from having 3 Melchizidek priesthood in Sta. Margarita to have 6 and haveing inactive members bear thier testimony in fast and testimony meeting and it was amazing even a few of the primary got up and bore thier tesimony about the priesthood and the one boy started crying as he thank his dad for being worthy of the priesthood because he knew he couldnt ennter into Gods kingdom if his dad didnt have the priesthood and it was just amazing and i also recieved revelation through a reminder of what the missionaries in our ward did in giveing a BofM and having the members write thier tesimony in the back and give it to a freind but i figured i would start with the aux presidents so i brout about 5 Aklat Ni Mormon with me and instead i was prompted to ask who would be willing to give one and one of the youth was the first to raise his hand and i was surprised that way more than five wanted to share its amazing this change isnt just affecting me but everyone around me and life is amazing and i know this is what a mission is supposed to be like even though i have been able to help people before i know it will even more effective now than before and i love it i know that the Atonement is the most powerfull tool we have at our fingertips all we need to do is use it for good well i love you all and pray for you always and hope your lives are going as good as mine and if not just try to use the atonement more fully and i promise it will become better