Last Week as Zone Leader

Hello peeps, 

    How is everybody? I am doing aight, just got a nap in during my endowment session this morning so I am feeling good. Alright so I keep getting distracted with people so I am gonna share a few stories. First this sunday I got released as Zone Leader, but I still had to teach the Zone Conference instruction. It was a lot of fun, but because I no longer was Zone Leader I kind of said some funny things. At first I was a little nervous so I called the missionaries "guys" when I should have been saying "elders and sisters". I had three missionaries do a roleplay like they found someone on the street and had to bring up the book of mormon. So they did pretty good, but one started asking about their family and weird in depth questions so I stopped them by saying "This is why we have a problem with poeple thinking we are a  cult." I could feel the Presidency staring holes in the back of my head. Pretty good. 

     Also Today we said goodbye to the district above me and that was kinda hard. I really did like them, and we are next. I love my District and its gonna be crazy when we all leave in a few weeks. I am excited to leave the MTC but not these missionaries. 

      Well thats it for me, catch yall in a week

-Elder Young 

Aight so imma explain these pics right quick. The stick family is obviously da fam, duh. My fav one is Mylie, had me laughing for like an hour. Next, the ones with the big groups that's our Zone RN, a few leave today so that's pretty sad. The one where it is me, and the blonde elder and sister, that''s the Gang. We are literally the coolest kids here at the MTC, rest is just random. get it? got it? good.​

This Week

I LIVE! barely

So as much as people complain about the food it isn't that bad, but after 1 month it starts to get to you so for most of my meals I just eat Cocoa Puff's. I realize  how unhealthy that is, but its all I crave. Cocoa Puff's and Chocolate milk. Anyway, this week has been pretty crazy, in the fact that I have been feeling the spirit like so much and all the time. My District has been changing more and more from the people who we were but the people that we need to be. Not so much change who we are, but adding to who we can be. I am doing my best to be as Christ-like as possible and focusing 100% on prepping for the field. I cannot wait to go, no matter how much I won't understand and how much I will accidentally insult people. Alright peeps I luv y'all and can't wait to talk to you guys next week. 

-Elder Young

Short but Sweet

Hello everyone, I am alive, and Iam pushing through this week. Just trying to get started on this next week. Sorry for the  shortness but I keep getting pulled away from these computers to do stuff. I love you all. Know that Christ loves you. Talk to you all next week. 


**Short letter this week. Lots of photos. 

Right after his group just participated in the cereal challenge. 

Music and Swimming

Alright, 

So this week was crazy! Not really, I just had a really good week. Filled with the spirit and such. I am gonna be brief but this week, I have felt the hand of the Lord greatly in my life. I have learned a great principle, and I am beginning to grasp how much I am missing certain things. 

So first, the Lord has really helped me out this week. I have learned a lot about Him this General Conference weekend, AND I didn't fall asleep for a whole session. At first I really was not looking forward to sitting in auditorium with several hundred smelly elders and weird sisters for 12 hours. But this general conference really had me spiritually uplifted. But earlier last week I was reading in Jesus the Christ and man oh man. Some super great stuff. Like really good stuff, and I am just in love with this book. I really cannot wait to read more about His life through the eyes of James E. Talmage. So I have been able to come closer to my savior by learning more of who He is and what He has done. 

Next, a great principle that I learned this week, is that God has a weird way to teach us about certain gospel topics. So, all of you know how much I absolutely hate people. Like almost disgusted by other human beings. This way of thinking had me really struggling with sharing the gospel briefly to random people on the street. I was roleplaying sitting on the bus with my teacher and talking to a complete stranger. I was having a hard time sharing what I knew to her through the spirit. We kept trying over and over and I just kept getting worse and worse, finally breaking down I was fed up with this drill. I started crying and almost shouting at her. "I don't care about you(As the investigator) I don't care about what you do in your life, I can't care for you. You tell us (switching back to the teacher) to care about them, to love the people, but I simply can't. This love that or care that you speak of is nowhere in me. Only one man has that love, Jesus Christ. And I am not Jesus Christ. I am no where near to the Christ. I can't care for them, but this man has, and does. That's all I want them to know. That he has done so much for us, and for everyone. He will always care, always love, and always know us individually." I felt broken, without the spirit, and back at day one again. With this question in my mind for the rest of the week. I did my best to find charity and love. Until Saturday evening, as a district we discussed what we learned. I felt an overwhelming pride in my two districts, and for each individual missionary. The spirit led me to say a few simple words that taught me just as much as it taught those to whom I spoke. I told them that I just don't like people. I can't just throw love around to anyone, but through them I felt love for each one. I was lead by the spirit to say, that I knew that this love was not my own personal love for them. And that swept me sideways. I was confused, and I'm sure my districts were as well. Then I shared through the spirit that the love I felt was from Christ. It was His love that I was able to be a funnel for, and that I was able to only slightly feel. The principle that I learned from this experience, is that God tests us in all things. If we rely on His spirit and guidance He will make us into the people He wants us to be. It is a scary process and it breaks us down and makes us question who we are. Yet through it we are rebuilt into things we couldn't have imagined that we could be. 

Finally things I miss. MUSIC, I hate how much music I am missing out on. There are so many songs I want to listen to. So at times I just start humming certain songs that I am really feeling. I seriously need some R&B, Rap, Rock, Indie, and punk in my ears right now. Also, SWIMMING. I cannot swim for 2 years and I just want to go swimming, surfing, and diving. RIP. but anyways that has been my week. I luv yall. Stay Fresh

-Elder Young