El Fortnite

This week was pretty awesome. We have been finding and teaching with the youth almost every day for the past two weeks. Most of them have their mission calls and are getting some really awesome spiritual experiences with us.

We were finding in these apts with Landon and knocked on one door and got kicked out :( BUT that's not the end of the story... As soon as we got kicked out, we saw this lady walking her dogs (which attempted to bite me... it's normal), and we talked to her. Her name was Ariel and she was SUPER receptive, and we started teaching her. Anyways, we find out she's best friends with a less active recent convert, and they both came to church and now Ariel is going to get baptized.

We had zone conference and it was awesome. Our president is awesome. He's so good at putting a smile on anyone's face—something I admire a lot. It's really easy to feel the Spirit when there is joy all over your face. Surround yourself with people who help you feel the Spirit.

So a verse that kind of hit me as I read this week was 3 Nephi 2:1. And for some context: In this part in the Book of Mormon, the Nephites (a set of people) have seen many miracles and signs prophesied and come to fruition over the past few years, but this verse is portraying how quickly they forget and fall away...

1 And it came to pass that thus passed away the ninety and fifth year also, and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen.

I've been reflecting—over the course of my mission, I have seen innumerable things happen that could've only come from God. Yet, why do I forget? Why do I forget how present and capable He is in my life? Why do I doubt my faith? Why do I not trust fully in Him?

All over the scriptures we see how easily people forget the Lord their God and focus on things that don't really matter or are just plain evil.

Will I be "less and less astonished" at the signs I've seen in my life? How can I remember and retain the importance of the miracles that have happened in MY life and my missionary service? This is honestly a pretty open-answer question that I'm still figuring out. I think I've figured out a few things such as writing them down, reading the scriptures, praying, and growing my faith. But it's food for thought. If right now you're struggling to see God in your life, I would invite you to: "if you desire a further witness, cast your mind upon the night that you cried unto me in your heart." "Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?"

Cast your mind back to those spiritual experiences and seek after the things which brought them. Be excited and prepared to repent. Repentance is joy.

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– Love you,
Elder Berry

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