As a district, we've had a lot of trials and tribulations recently. As the novelty of being a missionary wore off, we started to faulter with our unity as a district. We haven't done anything which require discipline, but the distance between a few members is pretty apparent. Basically we've broken off into two groups. It's not bad because we stay together as a district, but we don't always walk next to each other. We keep our sipirts up though by singing a lot. Mostly love songs and what not, but still worldly songs, it's hard to let go of a good song. About the division without our group though, our district leader is young and inexperienced, he tries hard but he doesn't know how to be a leader. This is a great time for him to learn though. It seems like everyone was able to work things out when we had our companion inventory.
I never realized what exactly it takes to be a good leader until I saw an example of a bad (inexperienced leader. I always just played the part without any thought and things just sorta clicked into place. Now that I've seen that though, it's given me a lot to think about how I can improve as a leader. I gave him a few pointers and hopefully he'll learn how to lead by example, that's probably why he was put into that position, to learn how to become a leader. Other than that, there hasn't been much going on here. The days sorta just melt into one and the time just flies by. I still miss home though, it's hard because I know I have a full two years before I come home, when that one year mark comes around I'll counting down the days.
When I do think about home, I think of my cats, jack and spot, they always put a smile on my face because they're just so cute. I also miss spending time with Carli and Drew, pretty much for the same reason. Sometimes I got really bored of playing lego star warsx for hours and swinging on the swing with Carli but now I think I wouldn't mind doing that as much. They always made me smile and I cherished every minute with them. I'm sad that I won't be there to guide them along the way for the next two years, but I know that they'll be just fine without me, they're great kids and I know they'll go far. There's a lot of people that I'll miss and I'm hoping that they'll write to me. I'll need their words of encouragement to give me strength and keep me going while I am on the Lord's errand. And lastly, to my mom, I miss you the most. I love you.
-Elder Johnson
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