Bloom Where You Are Planted

Well Hello there my friends and family! I hope this past week has been a great one!

This past week has been pretty great. We had a Zone Conference, and we have been preparing our baptismal candidate for his baptism this weekend.

In our Zone Conference, we read and studied the story about Joseph in Egypt.  I absolutely love that story, and considering that I have seen the play more than a dozen times in my life, it is important to me! :) But every time that I read it or study it, there is always something to be learned.  Joseph was such an amazing example of, what President Rahlf taught us, "Blooming where you are planted." Or in other words, making the best out of what ever situation you are placed in.  We are always being tested and tried, but while studying the story of Joseph, the things that happened to him weren't even fair. Like, seriously. I felt so bad for him. But he always made the best of what he was given, and in return he always prospered. He was always very blessed, even though his situations weren't always the ideal. That is something that I have been striving to be good at in my life. To make the best out of the situation I'm in. I haven't always been successful at it, and it isn't the easiest thing to do, but I feel like being here in the mission has really helped me learn and grow and really improve my ability to Bloom where I am planted.  

We have a few baptismal candidates, but only one has been following through, and he will be getting baptized this coming Saturday.  We are really excited for the family. The kid is only 9 years old, but the mother has come to us and asked us to please teach her child so that he can be baptized, because he missed the 8 years old mark.  We don't always want to teach kids because usually they will just go Less-Active right away, since there is no support system.... but This family (Who's name is Korea Family... but they spell is Corea) has returned and become active again in church, so we felt that it would be appropriate to teach and baptize their child. And it has been a great experience! HE has really grown and learned a lot, and having the parents in on the lessons has been great for them to.  They have really appreciated our lessons, and it has been a good refresher for them.  The Lord works in mysterious ways. :) 

Well... That's about it for this week! :) But This following week should be a good one! 

I'm super happy for all the things I am learning in the mission, and for all the eternal friendships I am creating. It's been awesome! :) #blessing.

I hope you all have a great week! full of awesomeness!

"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation." -Michael Jordan

Stay True!

Elder Walstad