Hello friends and family! Hope you are all doing great and enjoying summer. It is so hot here! And humid! I hate it, but luckily I love being a missionary more. I walked outside yesterday and it was so humid that when I got out of the car my glasses fogged up and I couldn't even see, haha. Well this past week was a very emotional week. On Wednesday we had our departing mission conference with President and Sister Kunz. I was so sad. They are just such amazing people, and truely radiate the love of Christ. It was the worst, because President Kunz gave his departing words, and I was just balling. Then they let the two zones separate so that we could train as zone leaders while President and Sister Kunz said individual goodbyes. So I had to pull myself together to do that. Then they took me out and said goodbye to me, and I started crying again. And then I had to go back and give another training. It was the worst. But it was such a spiritual conference. I'm sure I felt a little of what the desciples felt when Christ had to leave. I'm sure they longed for Him to stay, but He had to leave, and they still had a work to do. It's so conforting to know that, no matter when those we love leave, we have the companionship of the Holy Ghost and an assurance that we will see them again, whether it's in this life, or in the life to come. President and Sister Weston will get here Friday, and it will be my fourth mission president! Sometimes I wish I could just have one. But I've learned much from each one, and President Kunz said, "Change is constant, change is hard, but chage is good." That's definitely been a hard lesson for me to learn in my life, but obviously one I am glad to learn so early. Other than that our week was great. It was the best week I've had on the mission so far as far as lessons go. Charles is still doing great. It's been amazing to see the change in his life. He just seems happier and more joyful, and I know that once he is baptized and receives the gift of the Holy Ghost that the joy will be increased dramatically. We took him to a concert that the Siter missionaries put on last night about the pioneers and he really enjoyed it. It truely is amazing to be a missionary and to see the change that people make when they allow the message of the Restoration to truely enter their hearts.
Well, spiritual thought of the week. So I've been thinking a lot about meekness lately. I haven't always been so meek on my mission. Often times I just rebuke people and am pretty pushy and forceful about missionary work. One thing I've been striving to develope a lot lately is true love for people, and I think that a huge part of that is being meek. It's so important to keep our emotions in control, and to truely be at peace so that we can listen to and follow the promptings that will come from the Holy Ghost. Meekness is not weekness. Instead it shows that we are truely patient, and that we desire to allow the Spirit to direct us. We are at peace, and although others may be angry or frustrated, as we strive to be meek they will see our true love that we have for them, and the love we have for the Savior. Meekness comes as we gain a remission of sins. The Book of Mormon says, "And the remission of sins bringeth meekness and lowliness of hear, which meekness and lowliness of heart bringeth the visitation of the Holy Ghost, which conforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth by dilligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with God." What an amazing promise. As we stive to keep our coveants, and truely gain a remission of sins, we can become meek, gain the companionship of the Holy Ghost, and be filled with perfect love. I hope we can all strive to love others as the Savior did and truely be meek. I love you all so much, and hope you have an amazing week.
Godspeed,
Edler Chandler Kendall
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