The Extra Miler

I'll tell you another amazing miracle this week!

We had our Special Training from President and Sister Howes this past Tuesday.. Afterwards Elder K and I were organizing some things for the Zone and then the time was 5:10... we then had a meeting with Bishop at 5:15... so we wanted to set an example for the Zone so we went out and used that 5mins finding... we easily could've spent those 5 minutes being "busy"... but it comes down to the questions Dieter F. Uchtdorf asked.. "Are the things that are keeping you busy, getting you where you want to go?" We then went a little overtime getting carried away talking with people and were a bit late.. Bishop calls us- "Where are you??"... Sorry Bishop we're coming back now!.. He replies-"No.. you don't come back until you find 1 person to teach!".. (hangs up).... Hahaha. He is the man. So we took on his task and had the sufficient faith to do what the Lords anointed asked of us... Find 1 person to teach before we came back... As my companion was talking with a person.. I was following him... and then stood at this corner just scoping out the people... One girl stood out, and she appeared to be from Brasil... so I went up to her and went "Oii Tudo bem!"... (Luckily enough she was from Brasil.. that would've been awkward otherwise)... We got talking and the next thing you know... We were giving her a chapel tour and teaching her about baptism!... We then set a return appointment and added her as an investigator!... It was just so amazing to me that we were able to achieve it!... And it is because... We know who we rely on... our Master Jesus the Christ.. He will then recognize our acknowledgement to Him and then bless us. It's as simple as that!... I'm grateful for these small tender mercies... The attribute of the 'Extra Miler' conveyed itself to me as so important these past weeks... My first run in the City at the beginning of my mission.. we had days where we would just go finding for 5 hours straight... I would RARELY pull people off the street to give them chapel tours... I did it maybe 8 times in the 8 months I was there.... all the miracles I've been experiencing... I have pulled off maybe 12 people in the past 4 weeks!!... And they were all at times where we used our time wisely... It was the times where we easily could've done something to fill the 10-30mins we had... but instead we went out and worked... A thought that came to me was from my football days.. 'champions are distinguished in the little things' .. The football players that stay in the locker room studying game film while his other friends are off hanging out... That player who stays to work on technique while his friends are watching tv... We have now made that as a focus for our Zone and the results are paying off... It's super exciting to see how much influence we can have and raise the vision of all the missionaries here! And I know you can do likewise whatever situation you may be in... whether it be encouraging our less active family to do family scriptures, prayers and FHE... or even eating dinner at the table together.