Hello friends and family!
It is the second week that I have been in the MTC, and I am loving it. It is so wonderful to be a part of this great work, at such a historic time. I was just transferred to the new West Campus this week, and it is incredible. I liked the main campus, and both definitely had strengths and weaknesses, but I am just glad to be here, glad to be serving, glad to be learning, teaching, growing, and coming closer to my Father in Heaven. He is truly looking out for me, I can feel it every day. One way that he has done that is through humbling experiences. We are teaching an investigator who is a diplomat from Haiti, and is well versed in the bible, but rejects christianity. With that comes the idea that the atonement isn't real, that it was fabricated by the Catholic church. Teaching someone who is so intelligent and wise is something I have never faced before, and so my approach cannot be to convince, but to witness. I struggle with recognizing the spiritual needs of others, and it has affected my teaching, and has humbled me to desire to be empowered by the spirit, and to be endowed with spiritual gifts, so that I can more fully access the spirit and bless those that I teach.
As for life here, it is going well. My companion is having a really hard time, he feels homesick, and worthless, as though he has nothing to offer on this mission. Through that, I was able to have a one on one lesson with him regarding what it means to be an instrument in the hands of God. His concern was that he "couldn't do it", and I answered him by saying, "you're right, you can't. None of us can on our own. But if we allow ourselves to be an instrument in The Lord's hands, he will empower us and bless others if we will study diligently, so that we may qualify for the spirit." It certainly helped him to come to terms with some things, and I think he recognizes that through The Lord, We cannot fail.
My spiritual though is related to qualifying for the spirit. We teach multiple role play investigators, and some of them are going really well. Because of that, it has become easy to forget who teaches during those meetings. Our role as missionaries is to point the investigators in the right direction. It is not necessarily to baptize, but to invite them to make commitments that will help them live the doctrine of Christ. In order to do that, we need to do our part to know the material, and to not just teach it, but to testify of it. I know that as we search for that qualification and study diligently, and ask, that we can be empowered by the spirit, for the benefit of all we come in contact with.
My time is short, we are very busy, but I want you all to know that I love you, that I pray for each of you every morning and night, and that I can feel your prayers in return. I love being a missionary, I am so happy to be here and I know that through My Savior, I cannot fail, that he will direct my path for good, and that I can be endowed with the power of God.
With Love,
Elder Kendall
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