SO..... Here's the info on my leaving the country. I am just waiting for the Spanish consulate to meet again and say that they are ready for more missionaries to come and get their visas. We have no idea how long that will be till they are ready so I could be here for another two weeks or so. Or I could be leaving next week. I have no idea. The MTC has no idea. It's just a waiting game.
Until then, my companions and I realized something today. Today marks our 63 days here in the MTC. 9 weeks. Thats kind of a long time. It does NOT feel like it has been that long at all. I love it here and it's great, but i gotta get out to the field. I know that I will mess up with my Spanish as it is but that's ok. I can teach and I hold a decent conversation. I know that I have this gift of language only through the power of el Espíritu Santo. Estoy listo a servir mi Padre en cielo. Estoy mui animado a enseñar las personas en Puebla. Im not the best at spelling in Spanish because of the accents, but I love speaking the language.
I hope the visas go through soon. I'm praying constantly. Everytime the intercom calls for someone, I perk up and pray they call my name. Of course, they don't. But that is just fine. Yo sé que todos cosas in mi vida son en los manos de Jesucristo. So I will try my patience. I will be humbled. I will become a better missionary so that I am ready when I DO get to field. I say it everyday and it is as true now as it was when I first said, "I love this church. I love this gospel. I love my Father in Heaven. I love my savior Jesus Christ. I am so greatful for everything I have in this life, including my life, because i would have absolutely nothing if it weren't for Their love for me and my family."
I can't even begin to completely express myself in words, but is the wonderful thing of a loving Heavenly Father. He knows how I feel. I try my best to express in words but it simply is not enough. He knows that. I know that He appreciates my attempts though, in trying to put them in words. We can't do everything in this life to become like Him and His Son, He knows that. It's when we do all that we can that helps us and pushes us the rest of the way. This leads into my subject of discussion for the Tuesday devotional.
We heard from Elder Gong and his wife on Tuesday night. It was a great talk and one that I think we all need at LEAST once in our lives. It was about the difference between being perfectionists and being perfected in Christ. Being a perfectionist is one that looks inward and dwells on faults and mistakes. It is a demoralizing way of living. It tears down the confidence of the person and allows Satan to enter and rip you apart from the inside out. Perfected in Christ, however, is the exact opposite. It is looking outward. Looking to a source of healp when you have done all that you can do. God does not expect us to be perfect right now. It is impossible to be. We must repent every night for something. But in that repentance, and in keeping to laws and commandments of God with all the desire of our heart, He can and will make us perfect through His Son Jesus Christ, our savior and redeemer. Don't look inward for your faults. You may lose your good traits to your bad ones. If you would only look to the scource of all light and do everything you can to leave behind your mistakes, they will disappear. It is hard because of the pride of men. I am only just now coming to a realization of these things and begin now to live by them. I invite you all to do the same. We aren't perfect. But He is. Let Him help you. Trust Him and love Him enough to access the power of the atonement. I love you all. Please do this with me. I hope that this will bring you closer to Christ. I know it will bring me closer. Pray always. Give glory to God. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
This has been a radio broadcast from the MTC. Elder Heath signing out.
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