June 25, 2009

Today was good. We had a really good district meeting this morning about prayer and following the spirit. A lot of good things were said, and powerful testimonies borne. It was good, but it also frustrated me. I have a hard time "following the spirit". How am I supposed to know the difference between the spirit and my own thoughts? And how do I know that I'm teaching with the spirit or if I even have it with me? I'm trying to have faith and not doubt but I just get so frustrated/doubtful/homesick and it's not fun. Not to mention me and my comp. don't get along so well. I know I shouldn't whine, but missions are tough. Today we had a good lesson with tina. We have a hard time talking to her, because she doesn't speak or understand English too well so we had to be very, very blunt and just tell her that baptism in the Catholic church as a baby was wrong, and she needs to be baptized again. We asked her - I mean committed her to read and pray about the Book of Mormon, and ask God if she needs to be baptized again. I really hope she felt the spirit and acts upon it. Well yesterday I forgot to mention that James (our investigator) took us up to Bollinger Canyon to show us these ostriches! It was cool. Someone up there just owns like 5 ostriches and a zebra too! They keep them in a field. It was fun.