Tomorrow will be my 6 month mark in the mission field. It's quite hard to believe but time really is flying by! I just want to share a couple short messages from President Kohler. He gave a talk in Stake Conference yesterday that was way good. A few weeks ago in our mission tour he talked about Consistent Persistence in Faith and Diligence. It was a great message because he talked about how sometimes there are things in our lives that we have to work at. Sometimes, it feels as if though we aren't making progress because there is no visible movement. He testified that there is always movement going even when we can't see it. With Consistent Persistence in Faith and Diligence, we come to a point where we can see visible movements in the heavy, difficult labors of life. The weight is lifted off our shoulders, and we become new each week by taking the sacrament. Yesterday in Stake Conference, he talked about the parable of the 10 virgins and their oil. He used a phrase that I wrote down but can't quite remember. I believe it's Working for what we're Investing. He talked about how we need to be on constant watch to see how much oil is in our lamps. We always need to be ready for the time that Christ will come again. But, at the same time, we need to have our lamps ready with enough oil at every hour of the day. Satan tempts in the slightest ways and if we don't have oil in our lamps, we aren't ready to withstand those temptations. So my challenge to you is to exercise Consistent Persistence in Faith and Diligence and to Work for what you are Investing in. Constantly check your oil in your lamp. We have been given so many tools in our day to succeed! It's just the little primary answers like reading the Book of Mormon, or going to church, or serving others, oder wenn wir lieben unseren Nächsten wie uns selbst. Loving others as we love ourselves. I know that it's true. Everything that I have been taught in my youth is true. This work is amazing, and when we have the oil in the lamp, we are able to withstand the temptation the adversary throws at us.
I love you all, have a good week!
Elder Sam Hadfield
Friedrichstrasse 26
77654 Offenburg
Germany
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