So a little bit about the mtc this week. Me and Elder Francis kind of had a bad week.. Our lessons suffered because we didn't plan as well as we should have and so the lessons with our four investigators were just lectures rather then lessons taught by the spirit. I'm glad that I have been able to spend this time in the mtc because it is a great time to learn how to recognize the spirit and to listen to it the second that it witnesses to you! I talked to Brother Young about my depression with the language and how I feel like I am going to get stomped in the Philippines... He asked me how often I was praying a day and I told him that I always strove to have a prayer in my heart. He said that that wasn't what he was talking about. He asked how many times I actually kneel down and pour out my heart to God. I told him that I pray every night and have really tried to pray every morning. He pulled out a scripture that told us that we are to pray morning, afternoon, and evening. The afternoon is the one that most of us forget. So he challenged me to pray every morning and afternoon for 10 minutes and then in the evening to give up a half hour of my time and pray to God for 30 minutes max. I just kinda laughed and told him that there is no way that I could pray for 30 min. He asked why not and said hasn't God given you at least 30 minutes of blessings each day? That hit hard and I told him I would try it. Well the first night was hard I dozed off a few times but made it through it. But last night as I was praying I didn't get tired at all and made the whole half hour without dozing off. This is a really hard challenge but this is the challenge for the week. Pray every morning and night and somewhere through out the crazy day, find a quiet room where you can literally kneel down and pray to God for help and for blessings. Then that night kneel down and pray for a half hour. Pour your soul out to him and tell him how grateful you are for the blessings that you have received that day! I promise that you will see a change in your day if you will give up that little bit of time to heavenly father. Just tell him everything! It will be such a blessing to us all!
Family and friends, please know how strong my testimony of this work is! There is always going to be those tough times and the times where you just want to quit and live the "Easy" life. Let me tell you that without God and Jesus Christ in our lives we would not be living the easy life. We are so blessed to be able to have what we have. Without it we would not have the spirit to witness to us and tell us where we need to go and what we need to do. I pray that we will always live our lives in a way that will be worthy of the spirit! The Book of Mormon is true! I have felt it's power in my life. I have felt the spirits of all those who gave their lives willingly for us to have it! I know that Joseph Smith is a true prophet and the things that he went through are just a testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel. I believe that through the atonement of Jesus Christ we can be forgiving of anything! i have been blessed to be able to use it and to be able to be washed clean. There is nothing more important then the work of the Lord so please stay strong and stay worthy so that we can always know that no matter what happens to us in this life that we will live together as a family in the life to come. I love you guys and pray for you every day! I can not wait to be able to talk to you in a week from today! Thanks for everything. God speed!
Love,
Elder Shelley!
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