Yeah, I'm sick of dogs...
They are everywhere, gnawing on my calves,
eating garbage, and barking for no reason!...Oh my goodness, I just reached 5
months, I might go insane haha!
Besides the dogs, it's been a really chill
week.....with 2 baptisms! Debora and Xiomara got baptized today! It
was very sweet and the spirit was super strong. They are super faithful
as they walk by themselves every week to church and are self-sufficient.
The water was a little chilly but we survived!
One topic that I have been studied is
humility. God always says "choose to be humble, or be humbled."
For me, I just kept getting humbled and humbled and humbled and I was
just like "why God?" I wanted it to stop and choose to be
humble, but I don't know exactly how to do this. So with studying,
prayer, and experience, I learned a little bit this week. So yeah, I lost
my backpack a couple weeks ago with my basketball shoes, my pen or thumb-drive
with all my videos and my triple combination scriptures. I'm super low on
money because we've had so many stupid expenses and just other dumb thing
happening today. Today, I forgot a ton of things we needed to bring as we
left our apartment and I knew it was completely my fault. When Elder
Reynolds and I were talking, I decided to just to suck it up and take the
blame. I've finally learned and accepted that I need to take personal
responsibility when I make mistakes and to try to be humble and
improve. I loved to blame others as a kid, but I'm glad to finally have
learned that my decisions are my responsibility and not anyone else's. I
know this principle or lesson will help me throughout my life.
Overall, it was a good week. The only
frustrating thing was meeting some interesting people who just say stupid
stuff to us and lie to us, but that just part of missionary life.
It's amazing how much of a positive attitude I've learned to have. What
I know is that I love The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
It's the true Church of Christ. Be humble as God has commanded and
be baptized so that your sins and guilt can be left in the water. 😇
Love,
Elder Pomar
