Changing Gears

 We were walking to Hungry Jacks and they had this whole street blocked off so I was like what the heck?... So I go up to this guy and ask what's going on and they were filming the Wolverine movie!!! And we got to see Hugh Jackmans stunt double, I was like whaaaaaa?... It was sick as... I never seen a movie set before so dat koo.

This week was one of the best weeks in my mission... I think this will be where I can trace all the success that will come to me in the rest of my mission... I had always felt ever since I came out I had been improving and improving.. but recently this past transfer I was stuck like in between 5th and 6th gear... Like I was so close to just shifting up to just smash missionary work... but it was like a struggle within myself.... And the question I've asked the most since I've been out is.. "How do I fully lose myself in the work?"... And that's what was keeping me from hitting it into 6th gear... And it was a combination of things this week that got me into 6th.... First.. the main reason.. I talked to this LEGENDARY returned missionary that served in the City here for a year... and I was asking him like how he did it... and he just said "I just put everything I had into my mission and there came a point where everything clicked... the gospel.. the atonement.. everything.. And I remember my family wasnt doing very good and I prayed and let everything out to Heavenly Father.. and I felt a burden just lifted off my shoulders and I think that's why I loved missionary work so much.. because I knew how great it felt so I just wanted to share that with others".... And that right there just smashed me... And then to add onto that... a friend sent me a letter saying how he's turned his life around and he's now going on a mission... and that just motivated me to do even better in the work... and THEN!... I was able to have my first baptism.... which was a ridiculous experience... That not only changed her life forever but changed my life forever as well!... And with all these experiences and so much more... My whole mindset has just changed.... I feel like now that I'm in 6th gear... A lot of things are going to be happening... So this week was incredible..

The theme for this week is Virtue for the Christlike attributes and I couldn't study it very much! It's super dodgy!!... Virtue is like one of the most mysterious attributes!!.. If you go to Luke 8:46 it talks about the woman touching Jesus and he says "Virtue went out of me"... And in the Bible Dictionary there is no Virtue!.... But something interesting... in the Spanish version... virtue is translated as "Power went out of me".... hmn... something to think about... But here's a good description I like about Virtue....

Virtue originates in your innermost thoughts and desires. Virtue is the prerequisite to receiving the Spirit's guidance. What you choose to think and do when you are alone and you believe no one is watching is a strong measure of your virtue. Your mind is like a stage in a theater. In the theater of your mind, only one actor can be on stage at a time. If the stage is left bare, thoughts of darkness and sin often enter the stage to tempt. But these thoughts have no power if the stage of your mind is occupied by wholesome thoughts such as memorizing a scripture or church song. You can call upon such in times of temptation to keep your thoughts always clean and virtuous... And the only scripture I really liked was D&C 25:2 and the 13th Article of Faith... And if you notice in the 13th Article of Faith is mentions Virtue twice... hmn?... hmn?... It must be pretty important... or as the Spanish say... importanté.