Hello All!
Here
we are again at the beggining of another week in Argentina! Today was a
very special day as we were able to go as a mission to the Buenos Aires
temple again!!! As always it was an incredible experience and so
spiritually renewing to be able to go through the House of the Lord. I
absolutely love the Spirit that you can feel in the temple that you just
cannot find in any other place in the world. I cannot express my love
for the temple enough! It has been great because we went to the temple
as a mission just 3 months ago, and in past years it has not been rare
to never go to the temple your entire mission. So basically I hope that
this is the start of a new trend in which my mission continues going to
the temple every few months. If so, I will be a very happy missionary!! I
think my favorite part of the temple is that it really helps to just
put everything in life back into perspective and really helps us see
what is really important in this life. Which is the Gospel and our
families. It really just makes our problems seem so small and to be able
to feel the Spirit and learn from the Lord.
Well this past week went by fairly well. We had many lessons with
members this week but there was a big party in the villa on Saturday
night and we had some problems getting people to come to church on
Sunday. It was kind of frustrating to work so hard all week and then
have so few people come to church, but it is all good and I know that
the blessings will soon be coming! The work as district leader is going
great. I love being able to serve and love the missionaries in my
district. I have realized that as you testify to people your own
testimony really grows. It is very true what in says in D&C that
both the teacher and the student can be edified together. I have really
enjoyed this past transfer and had my last district meeting this past
week. We have interviews with the President this week so that will be
taking the place of our district meeting. It is all good though cause
President Ayre is a boss haha. This next week is also the last week of
the transfer which went by way too fast. Therefore I will be writing on
Tuesday, June 3, next week. I have no idea if I will stay in Juncal or
leave but I am thinking that I will leave. I have been here over 4
months already and if I stay another transfer that will make it 6 months
here. Even so it is not very rare to have at least one area in your
mission that you stay in for 6 months or so. I guess we will see what
the Lord has in store for me! That is one thing that I am sure of is
that I will go wherever the Lord needs me :)
So I heard that Andrew Zilles comes back from his mission in
Arizona this week. Obviously his homecoming will be in our ward but make
sure to tell him welcome home for me and give him a hug! He always was a
really good guy and I am really happy and proud of him. Wish him the
best of luck for me as he gets adjusted to home life again!
I am so very gratefull for the chance that I have to serve a
mission for the Lord. I know that there is no other place in the world
that I should be right now that right here. Just like everything in life
it has its ups and its downs but one thing that I have not been able to
deny is the presence and hand of the Lord in every moment of my
mission. Despite the opposition that exists in all things the work of
the Lord just keeps on moving forward each and every day. Sometimes two
years can seem like a very long time to be away from home, family,
friends, and "normal" things such as a cell phone, tv, and facebook. But
I have seen and learned that as you just focus on what you are doing
and the importance of the message that we carry, all of those sacrifices
begin to seem very very small compared with the greatness of the work
and the multitudes of blessings that you recieve. As I have said before,
the only way to truly get to know our Savior Jesus Christ is by serving
Him, and there is no better way to serve Him than to give all that you
have, all your time, talents, and abilities, to Him for 2 years as a
missionary. I testify to all those that read this that He lives, He
loves us, and that only in and through Him can we have real joy in this
world or the next. Thank you all for your love and prayers, and messages
from home and I wish you all a great week!
Love,
Elder Zollinger
P.S.
I am attaching the only two photos that I took at the temple today... I
kinda forgot to take more haha sorry! Also don´t forget that I will be
writing on Tuesday next week!!
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