16.2--Life as per usual

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the Internet!
Life is going pretty good down here in New Mexico. It was pretty grand! Here was my week at a glance:

1. Monday was P-Day. We said goodbyes to the missionaries transferred and played games.

2. We went out to the most picturesque hobby farm I've ever seen. 

3. We pruned sagebrush for one of our investigators, yes sagebrush! 

4. We moved a family and had a great lesson with one of our investigators.

5. We shoveled loads of gravel.

6. We had a delightful lesson with a woman at one of our ward member's homes.

Anywho, life this week was pretty much carrying on as per usual! We are doing service, teaching lessons, and doing goofy things on the side!

Yesterday we had a district leader/zone leader meeting in which we talked a lot about "Raising the Bar"...not like the type of bar that you drink at, but like raising the bar of our conversion up to the next notch.(see also https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-greatest-generation-of-young-adults?lang=eng). And in it we were talking about a lot of the problems that we commonly face in missionary work. We talked about unity, obedience, boldness, and better time management. President Miller promised us that every problem that we have can be resolved as we focus on the "why" of why we're serving a mission. The Church's missionary manual, Preach My Gospel, does a great job of defining what that "why" is.  It says "(Your purpose is to) invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end."  President Miller went on to say that we need to remember that what we do isn't about ourselves but about helping others to come unto Christ. And I think that'sa good thing to think about. The way that we live our lives don't just affect us, but it will affect our families, friends, co-workers, spouse, and children. Our decisions affect eternity. And the problems that we  face can all be resolved through increased faith in Christ, repentance, baptism, receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. 

Anywho! I hpe that yall have a great week! 

Elder Jacob Guymon