Jarediah's Moday Blog

If only you knew haha nah nothing is really different with the idea that tomorrow I turn 21 because age has no real play here in Guatemala, still the same missionary just another year older is all. Things are pretty darn good here I am having unbelievable success as my district leader would say, but as always with much success comes problems. So lately I have been having problems with my companion because he hates gringos, he hates the capital, and he has a bad attitude about working really hard with numbers. I can understand why he thinks the way he does because I talk to a lot of the other latinos as to understand the sitution. My spanish is getting a lot better and with it the confidence in the Lord of all things being possible in his hands. To give you an idea; each morning I wake up and ask the lord to tell me where I need to go for the day and he shows me an image of an area in my area to go contacting and then I write it down and go there. Lately with just that I and my companion have been having incredible success finding people. I know my companion has his problems but I still love him and respect the hard worker he is. Even though he kind of has a bad attitude he is a really good guy and has a good heart and cares about the people
I just simply pray for patience and ask the lord for help and he helps me. So don´t worry about things with my companion because they will work themselves out in the end. I want you to thank the Women of the ward for their care package and tell them I will use everythinge they sent and have already been using part of it. I will try to send a picture next week for them to see. I forgot my camera again so not able to send pics this week sorry. Now as far as the weather its good a little rain here and there but not much. I like the rain and do not get discouraged so I don´t know what weather is coming that is supposed to get me down.
Each day I am more grateful for the lord and his many blessing because I realize that without him I would not only be home by now but I would probably be no better than zac. Without the lord it is easy to get caught up in the world and lost and confused about everything going on because the only good life is the eternal life. I am reminded everytime I see something on tv for the couple seconds I allow myself to be distracted that the world is only there to confuse and to captivate the attention of others and drag them down into the distracted fray of human imagination. The world is filled with pain because it fills the minds of its viewers with an idea that never can be atained and so we have people stealing from others, countries waring with each other to be able to gain the things of the world. It saddens me when lives are lost because of the things of the world and families ripped apart by the worldliness that we are surrounded by. I often wonder how I thought I was ever able to make myself believe that I could live my life without the need for god or the need to be a light in the eyes of the lifeless and convince myself that I was fine as you said in the letter you wrote me. The reason I have not set aside you first letter is because it is not complete yet. The first part about zac will not complete until after the second letter you sent me. Kind of interesting to me and yet a testimony of everything with its time and place.Each day is a constant reminder that if you are not with the lord you are against his work. I see this a lot when others start disobeying or thinking that they know better. It is difficult for me to hear the things people say about each other and about others who achieve much. I am starting to understand the idea of envy in the eyes of the disobedient. I noticed it this week when I was talking to my district about the success I was having and the many questions of my leaders and other people. Many thought I was making up numbers as my companion was doing the very same, but they soon came to the realization that this was not so when I showed them with every number there was a name and an address to the person that we were teaching. It is difficult for me at times to explain myself in spanish but alas as with everything the lord is teaching me that through patience and perserverance all things are possible and attainable and so I don´t get discouraged. It is really cool to feel the spirit all the time and to feel the blessings that come when we are doing what we are supposed to be.
I really am excited for the things to come and I look forward each monday to the loving and awesome letters from you and the fam. I love you and can´t wait to tell you more about the things to come. Love always,Elder Harmon