George, Aiden

Greetings everyone,   Another great week has gone by.  We have been really busy this week with interviews, meeting lots of great friends and we went to the Trujillo Temple.  We also have 26 new missionaries coming to our area and transfers are this week.   In our self-reliance class we learned about Building Healthy Relationships.  The areas we focused on were: 1. Relationships are important 2. Building relationships 3. Be understanding and nonjudgmental 4. Communicate with “I” messages 5. Be charitable   One of the things I want to focus on is being a better listener.  I liked learning about communicating with “I” statements and feel like we could all be better at this.  Using “I” statements instead of “you” statements doesn’t negate the feelings of others and helps you identify your own feelings.  It is a better system of resolving problems.  For example, “You never listen to me”, vs. “I feel like I’m not being understood”, or “I feel ...

Greetings! This week was great.  We met with some friends at church, performed some service and played ping pong.  The work is going well, and I’ve met some really good people.  A little kid gave me a dope hat and I received a new Legend of Zelda tie that is deluxe.    One of the leaders here taught us a really cool lesson.  He said when his kids have done something they shouldn’t have, he will sit them down and ask them to explain the situation.  He will ask them to recognize what they did and ask if they feel good about it.  Then he asks them what happens when they do something they shouldn’t.  They tell him that they will have consequences.  He will ask them what the consequence should be and let them choose.  Then he teaches about the results of their actions and repentance.  Part of the repentance process is to recognize what you have done and own the  consequences of our choices.  To repent means to have a chang...

Hello from Jordan, What a great couple of weeks.  I love teaching and getting to know the people here.  We had a zone conference, went on exchanges, attended a baptism, had an interview with the mission president, went on a hike, went to the zoo, and have 2 new Elders with us.  I have also been victorious in Bananagrams Spanish edition on several occasions.  Oh, and I also learned to say, "What's up doc?" in Spanish.      I have been studying the following scriptures this week about the nature of man.  In Mosiah 3:19 it reads, “For the natural man in an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child dot...