Week 88: Ether 12:27

Hello Family,

Scripture of the week: 2 Nephi 7:7-8 

Well sounds like it was a really great week on the home front. Im always happy to hear that. 85 years old way to go grandpa. Sounds like it was a great party, pretty bummed i had to miss the shrimp boil, but oh well next year. Sounds like all the cousins are doing really well. Everyone is so growed up. Its pretty cool to see how strong in the gospel our family as a whole is. I am so grateful for that. 

The Ogden temple looks amazing. Such a huge change from the old cup cake shape. Very Beautiful.

So this week was great. We ended up working in six areas so needless to say we were beyond tired when we got home saturday night, but we made it through and it ended up being a really great week. I mean any week spent in Vermont is a good week. So many missionaries complain so much about Vermont, but i just love it there so much. The work is much tougher there than anywhere else in the mission, but it is such an amazing place. I guess when you are there for 14 months you probably have a different view than someone who is only there for a short period of time. Had a good time in essex. Got to see Brian for a few minutes so that was great. He is the Gospel Principles teacher right now so that is pretty cool. 

We were driving from our 5th area to our 6th area on friday night, it was about 930 and we were in the big van (we had to deliver some furniture to an apartment) we heard a weird noise so we got out to find a flat tire. So at 930 in the middle of no where pitch black vermont we changed a tire without a flash light, it was a party. Gotta love it. 

All in all it was just a really great week.

So i wanted to share something with you that the spirit has been teaching me over the course of a few weeks. Its really amazing what the spirit can teach you when you will allow it to. That is something i have really grown to love while being out here. But anyways... 

The other day i was feeling really weak. i was thinking to myself "you are a missionary, why do you have so many weaknesses." I was almost feeling like i had developed more weaknesses while being on my mission. And that really started to bug me. So as i pondered and prayed about it, i received my answer. I learned that i have not developed more weaknesses, i have just become more aware of the weaknesses that i have. As we grow closer to the lord, we become more aware of our weaknesses, he can then take us and make us stronger. It goes right in line with the doctrine taught in Ether12:27. 

I thought that was pretty cool and thought you all would like to hear it. Well i sure do love you all and i hope you have a grandtastic week.

oh i almost forgot, this week we start it off with new missionary training meeting, then we head to maine. Start in Dover Foxcroft, then newport maine, then brewer, and finish it off in farmington. Itll be a good one. 

love yall 

hold to the rod

Elder Zilles