Sunday, May 27, 2018

Looking to Improve Your Relationship with Christ? Perfect, We Have Just What You Need! Pride and Differences and Forgiveness and My Mind Was Freed

Hey fam! Another good week and my last in Kitwe. After over eight months here, I am being transferred and I'm not sure where. I am busing to Lusaka on Wednesday and I'll get my assignment from President Kupu then.
Apart from that, the week went well. We have a guy who is really progressing and we had a great lesson with him the other day and he's preparing for baptism soon. We also have two more people who should be following soon. We were teaching them about the commandments and had an awesome discussion on the Lord's standards for our happiness. We also met an awesome  women who was a referral from our district president. She's educated, works as a graphic/web designer ad just moved our here far from family and friends and is looking for some direction in her life to improve her relationship with Christ. Perfect, we have just what you need! She came to church and the Relief Society did an amazing job of fellowshipping her I also had another zone leadership training meeting which was cool because I got to see my man, Elder Robins again who is serving as a district leader on the other side of the copperbelt.
I got to see some of General Conference and I really enjoyed Elder Bednar's talk on the Christ-like attribute of meekness.
On a personal note but one that as one of the most significant of my mission, about a year ago I was with a companion who was also young on his mission. We were only together for six weeks and during that time, we were not getting along for about five of those weeks. Pride and differences of opinion and personality led to a lot being said that was regretted. For the past year, it has been bugging me in the back of my mind. I know, in reality, you're not going to get along with everyone you meet but for someone who teaches about repentance and forgiveness daily, my actions and grudge wore on me...and apparently it wore on him, too Turns out he is the one coming to replace me and last night we spoke on the phone for the first time since The only words to describe come from the prophet, Joseph Smith: "Come now, friend, since war is past. For friends at first and friends at last" Awesome moment when we both admitted how young and stupid we had been and that we held no hard feelings. Apart from that, we laughed and swapped stories for a while. The feeling, though, of liberation from a year of withholding forgiveness was tangible. My mind was freed as if a weight was taken from my shoulders. So, to anyone with a grudge to forgive, I am now witness that it does work.
Love, Elder Lusk

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