This is Elder Santos (the left) and Elder Reynoso (the right). Elder Santos is hilarious he is from Honduras, he's new in his training. I always tease him, telling people that he doesn't like beans.
I have noticed that the principle of work is declining in popularity. Which is slightly ironic in my opinion because I have realized in my short time on earth that the happiest moments or moments of joy come from the things that I have worked hard to accomplish. I remember a few days before I came out on my mission I spent hours mowing trimming and cleaning my yard. The whole time I was thinking to myself that I cannot wait to go on my mission. Thinking for some reason that my mission I wasn't gonna be walking 10 miles a day in the sun. The little fruits and joy that come from working hard on something and seeing it through are the things I love. Like a freshly trimmed lawn, or on a scale much grander, sharing tears of happiness with a family after their baptism when the mother says "I know Heavenly Father loves me and my family because of the spirit that I feel right now". One of my favorite quotes I remember from part of a book I read junior year by George Shaw
'This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being force of Nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.'
The world is ugly and it is only going to get more ugly through devotion and diligence to something that helps us grow closer to understanding the Love of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ we are happy.
Shout out to Carinne Crum for Turning 19 and getting her mission call to someplace in Africa that is hard for us to pronounce!!!
Miss Everyone sooo much!
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