May 29, 2023 THE HOPEFULLY NOT SO BORING ADVENTURES OF ELDER WILLIAMSON CHAPTER XXXII

hi... *this week we've been rained on a ton *this week at smash burger i got a chicken sandwich *i did an exchange with my boy elder lewis over in pantoja *i also did an exchange with elder oyervides, who is brand new, and lives in my house.. that was super fun, he's a beast *having uber eats here is super dangerous.. especially cuz i have a ton of money right now (there were various problems with my mission money card, and basically i didn't get money 2 pay periods ago and had to use only personal money, whichhh meant i got payed double this last time).. annnd my card is the only one in the house that works for uber eats, so whenever anyone wants food, they just use my card and pay in dominican pesos (monopoly money) *this week i've been working on following spiritual promptings with exactness, and just dOing something i'm prompted to do, especially when it's inconvenient or doesn't make any sense.. i'm still working on the spEed part of it, like just doing it immediately, sooo usually it takes me walking past someone, getting pretty far down the road, and then having to say "ahhh great, we have to go back".. or like when i'm prompted to share a scripture that doesn't seem like it has anything to do with what we're talking about... howwwever.. every time that i'm willing to follow a little spiritual prompting (a ping) i'm getting the opportunity to show god my faith.. especially when i can't see whY i did something.. sometimes that's when it's the hardest.. maybe we send a text or call someone because we felt a ping, and it just seems normal, or even a little weird, but just because we can't see the whY never means that it was without reason.. as missionaries we do a lotta stuff that doesn't look to us like it was effective.. maybe we have to stop teaching someone because they aren't keeping commitments, or we talk to someone and they say they don't wanna learn about the gospel.. but god knows why that exact person in that exact time needs that.. soooo i wanna challenge you.. if your up to the task.. follow a ping today.. and if you feel like you don't get pings, prAy to get one, and when it comes aCt.. with speed and exactness.. don't put it off until you finish the laundry, or until you get home, or until.. idk.. just do it immediately.. and if you can't tell if it's from the spirit, ask yourself a question.. "is this from satan?" cuz if not, then what's the harm in doing it?.. just doooo it! that's all, have a good week, love you guys! mosiah 13:6-9 And he spake with power and authority from God; and he continued his words, saying: Ye see that ye have not power to slay me, therefore I finish my message. Yea, and I perceive that it cuts you to your hearts because I tell you the truth concerning your iniquities. Yea, and my words fill you with wonder and amazement, and with anger. But I finish my message; and then it matters not whither I go, if it so be that I am saved.

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