God Has a Plan!

I'm sad to say that this has been the most unproductive week of my mission. Even though all the other missionaries have had zeros for everything like us, it frustrates me to not be able to interact with people, to not be able to go into public spaces for long, or have dinner at member’s houses. Heck, the lesson where I was supposed to help some hermanas talk to a Brazilian even fell through on Sunday. But I know that the Lord has big plans for me and I really need to be more diligent and show the Lord I'm ready for an elect person in my life. I have been praying so much for the will to dive into the scriptures, but haven't received the eagerness yet. I know it will come, I know I'll be blessed, and I know the Savior loves me.

Throughout the week, I have seen how angry the world is becoming. The scriptures talk about it raining fire and that cities will be destroyed. My entire life I believed that it would be Jesus sending fireballs out of His hands or something, but the more and more evil I've been seeing in the world, I believe it will be us that do all the destroying. With all of the protests going on, I see that people are torching up cars, homes, and local businesses. I can see people destroying government things to prove a point, but why attack their own people's things?? I have come to the conclusion that it is the devil himself that is stuck in the hearts of the rioters and it is this great anger in people that will cause the destruction leading up to the second coming.

As a representative of Jesus Christ, I testify that I have the authority and duty to call out to everybody in the four corners of the Earth to repent of their sins and come unto Him. I have been taking every chance I can to talk to somebody face to face instead of over a phone. I want to help everyone I can but sometimes that isn't enough. The path to our eternal salvation was never going to be a brisk afternoon stroll, but an aggravating uphill climb. Most people don't want to put in any effort, so they stop progressing. But I believe that we are on the 2nd to last summit, we can see our final end goal off in the horizon. It's not out of our reach, but it will still be a long final stretch. When we put our head down (prayer), get back up when our legs give out (repentance), and keep moving forward (progression), we will all eventually arrive at the destination that generations have spoken of since the fall of Adam. It doesn't matter on your earthly knowledge or strength but entirely on your faith and willingness to obey God's commandments.