This is Varstnicul Stanfield in Moldova here.
This week was pretty good, Elder Cromar and I are going hard on the
contacting. We got rejected a lot this week, aka people yell and us and
swear. But I love that because that means there are more people that
want to listen. Its like Karma or something.
For example this week we were in this block and got yelled at my
various grandmas that we are a "sect". And then the follow up door we
get boarder-line attacked by a drunk guy. But right when we want to go
home we know on a door and this guy named Tudor just
lets us right in before we even speak a word. Says he's been looking for
the truth for a long time, but hasn't been able to find it. We stayed
for while and taught him all the good stuff and now we get to go back.
Anyway, things like that make a weeks worth
of rejection all worth it. Also, you guys would love the USSR style
blocks here, they are awesome. However the elevators are kinda sketch.
Like really Sketch. But things are going well, I can finally communicate
almost all the way. I'm not completely fluent,
but I can understand words I don't know by explanation. Also I know the
city very well now which is nice. Chisinau is the shape of an octopus,
not anything like a grid system like what Richland has. So to know all
the various trollybusses and maxi taxis and
where they go is nice.
Well to share a little of the fire in my bosom, look for the
goodness in things. Maybe I have shared this before, but sometimes when I
feel discouraged, I read about what people in the scriptures did when
they were discouraged. For example Joseph Smith
has a pretty bad time in prison, and asked why God had left him. But
then God replied and told him about how Job had it was worse. And then
Jesus added even more and said that both of them combined aren't even
close to what He felt in His atonement. It reminded
me of how good I really have it, how good pretty much all of us have
it. My mom gave me an idea that I have used in lessons. She gave people
in a lesson a donut. The simple lesson is that we should be happy for
the donut, and not worry about the hole in the middle.
I did this with some kids in our branch with covrigi. I told them to
eat the covrigi, and tell me what they liked about it. And if they told
me the right answer, that there was a hole in it, then I would buy them
donuts. They all said why they liked the covrigi,
and none answer the hole. However I told them the answer, and gave them
a 2nd chance. The next time they guess that what they liked was the
hole in the middle. The lesson I taught them was that if they focus on
the good, then they will taste the good, but
if you focus on the bad, you cannot taste the good part. No man can
serve 2 masters. When we serve, and live life, look for the good and
cast the devil out!
Va Iubesc pe noi
Varstnicul Stanfield
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