mormon.org works!

We got a refferal from mormon.org a wee while ago, which was over-the-moon exciting! It's the first real one I've ever gotten as a missionary. Entering his flat, he sat us down, and said basically: Go! So we taught the restoration, later plan of salvation, both of which he really enjoyed! He said it [this new religion he was learning about] was like a newborn baby - when you look at it, you imagine all its potential, and dream of what it could be. 

So that was amazing! 

We saw Nathan again, who gave the most sincere prayer I've ever heard in ages from someone we were teaching - he thanked the Lord that we were forgiving for his being late (only 30 min!) and thanked us for teaching, for his chance to meet us (very coincidental - neither of us would normally be on that path where we met him), asked that we could meet up again... It was absolutely stellar. 

That was about it, as far as exciting things go. 

I swallowed my pride a few times, which was good for me. :) At the start of my mission, I'd be happy to carry my pride to my grave, so it's been such a huge shift in mindset for me. Not that I'm anywhere near done in that, but I'm getting better! :)

I realised this week that there are many things that I considered my weaknesses at the start of my mission that have now become strengths. I wrote a list a few weeks in to my mission of my greatest weaknesses, which I looked at last night. I was so happy to see how many of those have become strengths! Especially in my diet change, exercise change, decrease of pride, increase of spirituality... I love changing my nature! It's amazing to see that we really can change who we are. It was something that I had to ask my Father in Heaven for a lot of help with. Having depression, it's really hard to stick to goals, as I get to be a bit self-destructive whenever I'm depressed. (not like cutting or something, but like purposely doing things I know will anger my future self, like eating a lot or breaking other goals I have) So I've really only been able to change because I really believe my Father is rooting for me - that I know he's there and is helping me to do what I really want to do. 

Whelp. That was a lot longer than I anticipated. 

Things are going well here in Motherwell otherwise! (no pun intended) 

Enjoy Life! 

Cheers!

– Elder William Kevin Black

My companion doesn't have his bank card in yet, so he owes me about £35 (about $60) so when he found this on the path, he found it quite fitting. XD

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