Nineteen

Joy in a cup! Mcdo Mcflurry!


Hey!,

These are some of the things I have learned on my mission.
Working hard and obedience is not everything on a mission. Really.
From the start of my mission I have just been working hard, trying to be
exactly obedient, always busy. That is important...but I wasn't
as happy as I wanted to be so I wanted to know what was missing.
Really it's charity. Having love towards everyone and not just doing
what I am doing just because I know the Church is true. That really
hit me. That knowledge should lead you to act another way, on a higher
plane. I felt like I had been running around and trying my best but
having no anchor. So from now I will try to do all those things as before
but not just because I should...but because I love the people I am serving and
want them to be happy. So that is what I learned today. Also slowing
down And smelling the roses is important too.

The scripture that stays in my head is the charity scripture about if you do things without
charity it availeth you nothing. So I need to repent and change ;)

So we have 3-4 Amis that are so close to baptism it is super
cool. Something that I have tried doing this week is making daily
contact with all our Amis and really it has been helping a lot.
Xia who is our closest to baptism felt the Spirit during
Sacrament.  He said it was just like a warm
feeling in his heart.  Super cool.

Something I learned this week is one of my Zone leaders, Elder Perry,
is engaged. He has only been home for like 2 months so that is super
crazy! It basically blew mind.

I love you all and have a merry Christmas season!

Elder Duffy

Eighteen

This week was awesome. To start off my passport was found. I called
the office right after it happened and a couple days ago they told me
they found it and it was like in a pile paper thing so that was
the first miracle!

The mission is all about talking to everyone
and following spiritual promptings. For me, these are the two biggest
things to know that I am a successful missionary.

So this week the mission is really focusing on the Christmas message
so this next week we will be trying to share that with everyone and
testifying. I am not going to lie having all the church videos are
such a blessing. Having a visual like that in this day and age can
really enhance the quality of contacts.

So we still have the rule that we need to be in by 18H (6:00 pm), so that means
we really need to be with members. It is really good thing because now we
have to work with members or we will
be doing area book for 3 hours ( I know how that feels :)

So my companion, myself, and the zone leaders have made a goal for this
mutation. (I am staying in Montpellier for another one) super cool! We
are going to eat oatmeal in the morning with honey and chicken bean
salad things for lunch and dinner. Also we are just going to talk in
French for this mutation! It should be fun!

For Skype I don't know the details yet. I just know Christmas Day
sometime! I will send the details when I get them.

We have a Christmas conference as a mission this Christmas.
They have 4 buses and they are going to corner to corner
and picking up all the missionaries.

So for the spiritual message for this week... I challenge everyone to
think of someone they can share the gospel with.
Before my mission I thought if you share the Gospel with someone you
know you will hurt your friendship but really from what I have seen it
enhances your relationship even if the person is not interested.
(Maybe a good way to start is sharing the new Christmas video)

If you don't know about the Gospel please visit Mormon.org and watch
"He is the Gift"...And take the challenge at the end of the video.
You will find peace and joy.

Well I love you everyone but especially my family, they are a part of
my rock spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally.

I know this Gospel is true and if you are ever doubting just "remember".

Have a fantastic week and always remember to smile!

Love,

Elder Duffy