Missions are the best!

What's uppppp!!

Ok the last 4 months or so I have gotten happier and happier. And this last week, I have never felt happier!! It has taken some time but I love being a missionary in Guatemala. The food, the people, the Gospel. It's all just so good. Especially the Gospel:) 

Oh and I hit five months being a missionary on Sunday! The time has gone by sooo fast. It's incredible and I have never been



Ok so this week was super tough honestly. We had lots and lots of cancelations and our back up plans didn't always work out :( buttt that's all good because sometimes it's like that. But we just have to keep on working. The good thing is the twins are going to be baptized on Saturday! They are soooo excited. It's so fun to see and be apart of. 

On Thursday we had divisions with the zone leaders! For the first time for divisions I left my area which was cool. I went with ElderPponce who is going home in two weeks!!! It was so fun honestly! 


Yesterday we were eating lunch in the park and a pastor came up to us and said he wanted to talk about the gospel. He then began to tell us how God is 4 dimensional and a whole bunch of weird thoughts that I didn’t understand. It was very interesting. 

My spiritual thought this week comes from Mosiah 2:36. 
..."if ye should transgress and go contrary to that which has been spoken, that ye do withdraw yourselves from the Spirit of the Lord, that it may have no place in you to guide you in wisdom’s paths that ye may be blessed, prospered, and preserved."
I like that it says WE withdraw ourselves from the spirit of the Lord if we disobey rather than the spirit withdrawing itself from us. This goes in part to the scripture last week that if we obey we can be blessed and happy! And best of all, have the spirit with us!

Love you all!

Elder Pilling

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