Letters 05/14/12

May 14, 2012


So this past week has been crazy busy. We already had many people to teach, but we spent a whole day tracting and we were able to dig up a few more gems. We had some complications with  the two sisters that were supposed to be baptized yesterday, so we had to postpone their dates for the end of the month. We have been quite active in the morning hours, and I am starting to feel the difference physically, mentally, and spiritually. I have had to become a leader more and more everyday to keep the work going forward. We missed a few appointments a few days back, and I told Elder Xaba to notify them before hand that we would not be able to make it. When we arrived at church, several of these people expressed to me their disappointment that we did not show up, and that we failed to call them. I felt humbled and humiliated, and I have since sworn that it will NEVER happen again. We are servants of Jesus Christ, and with that calling comes a responsibility to represent him in all manners of our lives. We MUST NOT compromise that calling and the sacred nature of it. Since that day I have decided that I will need to speak up and be a leader more so than I have ever been before. My confidence and devotion have increased dramatically, and I have noticed in certain situations that I am more likely to act. But, as Ammon explains in Alma 26, I do not boast in my own strength, but rather the strength and spirit of the lord which dwells in me, building, edifying, and polishing. This is a great work and I intend to do all that I can to be the greatest instrument that I can become in the hands of the lord. This work is true. I have a solid foundation of knowledge and faith of said statement, and if anyone thinks otherwise, I invite you to test that knowledge. As stated in Moroni 10 :4-5,"...I would exhort you to ask God the eternal father if these things are not true, and if you ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will make the truth of it known unto you by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost you may know the truth of all things." As it says, I promise that an answer will come. I have felt the power of this gospel and the atonement of Christ in my life. Most people forget where I have been, and the dramatic change in behavior. I am thoroughly convinced that such a change could not have been wrought upon any person without the touch of the master's hand. My heart is lowly and my spirit is contrite. Great is this work and great is my glorious calling. I say all these things out of the love of my heart and I hope all might yield to the advice and counsel given. Even those who already have a testimony of such things. We all need to be reminded, even myself as a missionary, and we all need our witness reaffirmed from time to time.

With much love ,
Elder Jared William Davidson