We are only given 20 minutes of computer time to email home. So I guess ill have to make this brief whether or not if I want to. Merry Christmas! there's nothing like celebrating Christmas by getting up at 6 30 and having to rush to a computer lab. Haha no im kidding im loving it here. I wont lie last night was really tough. I was sitting there alone in my room feeling a little down. I thought about how Christmas used to be. My family would read stories and we would all be together (excluding dennis for the past 2 years) which wasent something that happened that often. And I guess you could say I was a little homesick. And I got to thinking and I thought why am I giving up something that was so precious to me, and have nothing to show for it. I leave in less than 3 weeks now, and I feel like im wasting my time here.when I went to bed I was reminded of something. I remembered a talk from elder Bednar that we watched this last Sunday. One line of it stuck out in my head while I laid there, "get over yourself". after that I realized how much of a fault I had just made. im not on a mission to learn a new language, or to make friends, or even to bring myself closer to god (even though all of those things will likely happen in the process). Im here to preach the gospel. And I have to do it his way or the highway. Im happy to be here at the MTC during Christmas. I do miss my family, but I know that what im doing is something that needs to be done and is something only I could do because heavenly father called me to do it. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. Remember who we are celebrating. Remember the sacrifices that he made and yours will probably seem a little smaller. I love you all. And im having a very Merrry Christmas.
Elder Connor Maccarthy
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