It´s warmin up here. the Sun was out all day and it got pretty hott around lunch. I love it! And christmas is coming! It´s fun to see everyone
I have a new companion. His name is Elder Clarke from American Fork. He´s a really great Elder, very friendly, calm. He is really willing to learn and do his best here, so I just hope I can teach him all he needs to know to get this done right. He will grow so much in his time in the office. I know that I sure have.
Mom to answer you question... my time in the office has been very beneficial to me, because I have learned a lot about leadership, and about creativity, and about willpower. I have learned what it takes to run a mission. I have watched president Douglas in endless meetings teaching these Elders, encouraging them, correcting them, helping them become better missionaries. I have learned a lot about myself as well, while performing all kinds of different tasks and doing all kinds of diferent jobs.
One thing I have learned, is that inability is at least, mostly self-imposed. If you believe that something will be imposible, or that you can´t do something, you probably will never get it done. But the man who believes that there is a way to do ANYTHING, he will find that way and put everything he has into doing it right. I believe that learning about the atonement, and then being in a position where a lot depends on me, I have been forced to simply find solutions. President teaches me that he never wants me to go to him with an excuse. Excuses mean nothing. You find solutions. And sometimes, when things go wrong and it is not even your fault, you take the guilt anyway. It really teaches you a lot about the Atonement... taking the blame for things you never did. It is a very divine experience and requires much self-control. But it brings great emotional, and sipritual learning.
I believe that president caught on pretty quick that I love to create things, and make things look good. So he had me making reports and printing up mission fact reports, and designing flyers and stuff like that and it has really been pretty fun. President trusts my advice when it comes to design and layout and things, and just the fact that he asks my opinion gives me this boost that makes me do a better job. It´s really great.
I´ve been reading my repentance book of mormon lately. President asked the whole mission to take a hardcover book of mormon, and read it tapa a tapa, (cover to cover) and mark all passages and things about repentance, in red. It´s an interesting exerience to see how it turns out. I love the different things you learn everyday and every time you read the book of mormon. It truly is the most beneficial piece of literature any man could ever read. I love it with all my heart, and it truly is the rock of my testimony, just as Jesus Christ is the rock of my salvation. The book bears wittness of him, and for that I know that it is true. I love it.
Please read more from the wonderful book. I know it is true and that no one can waste their time in reading it.
Elder Hartvigsen
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