email dated: January 10, 2021
Hello, hello, hello!
How’s every one doing?! It is crazy that I am already writing another email, because I feel like it was only two days ago I was writing my last weekly two days ago! It’s gone by soo fast!! This week has been really good though! I feel like I have learned so much, and have really started to see miracle after miracle happen time after time again without fail!
This week, here in Americus Georgia, missionary work has not stopped! There have been so many referrals that we’ve gotten, which is incredible because referrals are people who want to hear from the missionaries! (Most of the time) Sometimes we’ve gotten people who claim they didn’t make a referral, which is always sad, but we do get to share a message about Jesus Christ and help them come closer to him whether they realize it or not! 🙂
To go through my week, on Tuesday, was a fairly normal day, where we had a bunch of contacts, but we also towards the middle of the day got to make a video with one of our friends for Facebook (I don’t think it has gotten posted yet, but when it does, I am 100% going to share it!) And they got to bear their testimonies, and it was actually the sweetest thing ever! Definitely was a good way to start the week!
Wednesday, was actually when we filmed the video, I am looking at my calendar, and turns out we planned it Tuesday and filmed it Wednesday ?. But we also took a trip to Cordele, which is a city that is about 30 minutes away from the apartment, and it has a lot of old looking buildings and it was super cool!
Thursday, we had district council, and so we went down to the Zone Leaders apartment again and we had a baoozookie, and it was super good! We stayed the night, and then the next day had a ‘ZLC?’ Training thing that I got to go to because Elder Harmon is the District Leader. That was on Friday, and it was actually a really amazing conference, and whether or not it was geared towards me, I learned a lot! 🙂
On Saturday, we had so many contacts and we drove back to Americus. It was a nice drive, and helped me remember that there really is so much beauty in the world if you just look out the window!
On Sunday, I was asked to give a talk, and so that was a fun experience, because for the first time ever, I gave a talk in sacrament meeting without having everything written out word for word of what I was saying. It was a neat experience because I could feel the spirit helping me along, and it was super cool! I talked about revelation, and how we can determine what to do.. I think that it ended up being a pretty good talk? 🙂
The Scripture for this week is going to be Ether 12:27:
“And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.”
We don’t have weaknesses because God hates us! We have them so that we can be Humble and turn towards him to help us grow! I have seen God’s love for me so much in the last few weeks that I have been out here. I have heard every missionary say how hard work a Mission is, but they say it is all worth it! I can say I never did understand that, but I think that I am starting to :).
I know that it might be hard, but I challenge everyone to set aside a time of day that works with you to read the Book of Mormon. It sounds so cliche, you hear it all the time. But I can testify that reading the Book of Mormon every day has been such a blessing in my life. At first, it might be hard, and it might not make sense. But as you study, and ponder, and make it a priority in your life, as Nephi says, “The mysteries of God will be unfolded” and the plain and simple truths of the gospel will be made known unto you. My testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown so much, and I know that I am only scratching the surface of what is possible to be Learned. We as Latter Day Saints have been promised that every time we read the Book of Mormon, the spirit will testify something new to you every time. It is true!!
I love you all and hope you have a good week!!
-Elder Claussen
