Well, one more week has speeded by! This week was good- we taught a lot and I like working with my new comp a lot. We just need to strengthen our area and help our investigators to progress more. I am really coming to love the ward and the people here in Mem Martins...it´s weird to think that I might end my mission here (thanks for all the trunky emails, by the way :P )

But really, it hits me more every day how grateful I am for the opportunity that I have had to be here, and all the things that I have learned. I really feel that what King Benjamin said in the beginning of Mosias is so true about unprofitable servants. We may obey and do everything that we can to serve the Lord, but He will recompensate us so much more than the little that we have given! Truly the lord turns little sacrifices into great blessings. When we were doing our weekly planning, we started a new agenda because of a new transfer. I was filling in all the dates, and this trasnfer goes until the middle of March! I felt like i wanted to cry when I was looking at the yearly calendar and seeing how little time is left. I love you all, but I don´t want to come home!! I´m glad that I still have 3 long months left to be here, and do my best to help the people here.

This week we had a zone meeting that was really good. One of the scriptures that we read that I really liked was in Doctrine and Covenants, section 33, or roundabout. It talks about how we should open our mouths and it will be filled by the Spirit, like Nephi experienced, and that we will have many sheaves upon our backs (or something like that translation). I had read it recently and really liked those verses, but they asked a question that I hadn´t thought of- why Nephi was used as an example of opening his mouth. One reason I thought of is of what Nephi taught his brothers- basically repentance and trust in the Lord. How many times did they refuse to follow the counsels of the Lord, and didn´t even want to understand His way? Also, it was interesting to think of how Nephi was the youngest brother. He had to teach and chastise and call to repentance those that should have been the examples. Especially as a young missionary, you feel that way a lot as well. Here we are, more or less 20 years old, teaching so many people and families that have a lot of experience in the ´world´, but that need to be called to repentance. At times (a lot!) you feel weak, young, and inadequate, but it is by the weak things of the world that the Lord confounds the wise and brings about His purposes. A lot of times I may be more like Laman or Lemuel, but I want to be like Nephi! I was reading about Captain Moroni today as well, when he lifted the Title of Liberty. What power and courage he had! I want to have the same power in defending the truths of the Lord.

There are always interesting stories that come when you tract, but there were a couple of sad instances this week. We ran into multiple people who basically said the same thing- they didn´t know if what they knew or believed was true, but it was what they were used to and didn´t want to know the truth. When we flat out asked if they would like to know the truth for themselves, they said no. That made me really sad that there are people who aren´t even interested in the truth, but just content to stick to the statis quo. That just means that we as misssionaries and members need to find those who have been prepared by the Lord, that are looking for the truth. I know they exist everywhere- we just have to open our eyes to see them