Hello all,
Sorry it has been a while since writing. Time goes by so fast now.
The other day we were walking from one appointment to another and this guy was outside of his VW bug trying to push it. We stopped and offered our help, and he accepted. We started pushing and asked him how far. When he told us, I thought, wow...that´s pretty far. Oh well, we have a little bit of time. So we just pushed and pushed and pushed. We ended up pushing the car about a mile and a half. We finished exhausted, but feeling good. The funniest part was when we passed about 3 different churches, all with people nicely dressed and standing on the sidewalk. I imagine it was quite a sight: an American and Mexican missionary all dressed up in tie and slacks and backpacks and everything pushing a VW bug. They all just stood their watching us as we passed. I felt pretty good putting the gospel in action.
Yesterday we got to see our Recent convert of about 20 days receive her first calling as the secretary in the primary presidency. Her daughter, another of our recent converts, is 12 and last week she received her first calling too as 2nd counselor in the beehives presidency. It is such a joy to see that kind of progress in our former investigators--now members. This is the greatest work that exists.
I love being here. But time sure does go too fast. Before I know it, I´ll be getting off the plane thinking about what I´ve done in the mission...that makes me want to get even more in gear and work work work. As President Eyring mentioned in his talk during the last general conference, the Lord will give us strength to keep working even past the point of exhaustion. Work until you´re tired. And then work some more. Work is the only thing that advances us, progresses us, etc. We can talk about vision, plans, goals, dreams, etc, but until we ACT and WORK, nothing ever happens.
I love you all and hope that you can gain strength from Christ´s example in the Garden of Gethsemane: At the point of exhaustion and in agony, may we pray ever more fervently, that our Father may send his angels to uplift and strengthen us.
Have a great week!
Elder Bunker
