April 15, 2024

Hey everyone, I'm back after another great week here in San Javier! This was a really fun week and was full of hard work! Lately it's been feeling like we have so much to do and so many people to see and there just isn't enough time to do it all. It's a good problem though haha!

This week was just full of missionary work, helping our people who are progressing, visiting and serving members, finding new people to teach, helping activate members, inviting people to church, and eating a bunch of completos haha! I love what we've got going on here right now, after each day when we'd be walking home in the dark my companion and I would be so full of joy after a day of hard work and just say "wow, being a missionary is awesome and I love this!" So if any of you are wondering how I'm liking being a missionary right now, I'm absolutely loving it and trying to enjoy every moment! 

My spiritual thought this week is the importance to "Think Celestial". In this life there are physical things are there are spiritual things, physical things are important and necessary for our survival and well-being here in this life, but they are all temporal, and should never be more important than eternal things. Jesus Christ promised that is we seek fist the Kingdom of God, that all of our temporal needs will be taken care of. (3 Nephi 13:33). When we see things spiritually everything changes, because it puts us in control. Agency is spiritual, so when we decide to practice having a good attitude or trying to love others more like Christ, we are thinking Celestial by being creators of of our circumstances and not creations of them. When we see things spiritually, we aren't as worried about what people think or say about us, or even about the imperfections of others, it's easier to accept others and practice charity. I'm amazed about how many spiritual things we are surrounded by and all it takes is for us to see the world with spiritual lenses and everything changes! It's amazing and it's a power completely in our control that God wants us to develop.

That's what I've got for the week! I'll be back next week with some more updates! I love you all and hope you're all doing great!

Elder Micheli








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