Service and Trusting in God's Plan

 okay this week was great!

This area is still a very hard one but we're starting to figure it out and maybe getting into the rhythm. I'm not going to do it by day this week because I did a bad job at remembering, lol

But anyways I think every single day this week we did some kind of service for someone. We helped pack plastic bottles for recycling (very dirty) and then sewed up the big bags as well. Then we lifted this super heavy machine they use for irrigation; they pump up from a near swamp. Then we did a bunch of putting husked rice in bags that end up being 225 lbs where we then lifted and put into a pile that reached over our heads, haha. There was this ripped lok pu (40ish year old dude) who was grabbing the bags with me and we were tossing them up onto this pile. so we did that one day for like 3 hours then ate lunch then biked 17-20 kilometers to a teaching friend's house and then did 2 ish hours of the same thing haha. And then biked super fast home another 20ish kilometers to get to English class on time. Super crazy busy. Then later I chopped some wood as well. They also gave us coconuts that are way smaller than usual but oh my goodness, so much tastier and just more coconutty, which was heaven!

I have to keep reminding myself of Mosiah 2:17 

"And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God."

because honestly, I love service so so much I just sometimes miss teaching a bunch of lessons with progressing people like in Pochentong or past areas. I'm trying really hard to put my trust in the Lord and believe he'll be able to soften the hearts of the people I serve to then accept the Gospel and their salvation like the Lamanites that Ammon served and taught. Either way, I know that the Lord has a plan and I'm just trying to figure out how to better follow it every single day.

I love all of you and hope y'all have a wonderful week!

Love Elder Acton