Dear Friends and family,
I just want to thank you all for all of your support.. I'm really sorry I wasn't able to email you last week... I'll just be honest with all of you, last week was just really discouraging. It's normal, it happens to all of us! This week I'll gladly tell you about. It was a great week. I've learned a lot from my discouraging week, last week. I've learned that I need to STOP COMPARING MYSELF TO OTHER MISSIONARIES. That is something I struggle with. I am so blessed to have Elder Jarman as my companion, he is such a hard worker, and really smart. He knows how to work and I feel like I'm nothing compared to him, so that's why I was a bit sad last week, because I'm with a missionary that I'm trying to be like. I'm not even close! So again, I've just learned from the Lord, and from you guys, your wonderful emails, that I just need to be authentic, focus on my growth, and collaborate. I just need to be myself and do as much as I can in my own power and the Lord will do the rest.
I'm sorry if I seem really prideful...I don't mean to get attention just because reality happened and I just had a rough week.
This week we are teaching a man named Robert, he is hilarious, he is a brother of a former investigator, and he wants to be baptized! On the 9th of March! He is awesome! He is reading and praying every day, and he's really trying to cut down on his smoking...averaging 30 a day...so we are working hard on him and he's committed, so that's the main thing.
Margrett...She wants to take a "break." I was so sad to hear that...she was doing so well, but now Satan is really getting to her...so she is just confused, but she will come around, I know she will! I printed off a couple pictures of her at the temple and gave it to her, I know she will be reminded of the spirit she felt when she was in the Lord's house.
We are teaching a lot of people, it's really cool! We are finding like crazy, when the scriptures say the field is white, already to harvest...wow it's true. I never thought I would actually agree with that scripture while being in England, but I feel like NOW the harvest is white ;) So NOW we can go gather.
We taught a guy who is really smart, his name is Henry. He has such great vocabulary, and as you know, I don't really so when he speaks it's like he's speaking a different language, ha ha so our second teach with him, I asked him a question about when he thinks of God, what comes to his mind. He responded with a whole lot of smart words and after him speaking for a couple minutes, I just asked him to speak Elder Keller level English... ha ha it was funny, so he did.. sort of.. Henry was progressing, but he is afraid to know that what we are teaching him is true, and that would lead for him to give up things that he doesn't want to give up...which he is aware of and he also thinks that we will take over the world....so I guess he's not THAT smart after all...
Anyways all of you, I love you all so much. I really appreciate everything you are doing for me. I'm really sorry I didn't email last week, I felt really bad. Thank you so much for all of your emails...I've printed off all of your emails, I've only read like one... so just know I read every word you send me, and it means the world to me! I love and miss you guys so much!
Cheers!
Love Elder Keller
