CANADA Week 58-September 4, 2018

Elder Durgante!

Allo les gars

I don't have much time, but this was a sweet week. I got to practice my nonexistent Spanish with Elder Durgante, eat some Tahitian cuisine (hamburgers and fries in a baguette), and get destroyed by rainstorms haha. Our lives are full of experiences that allow us to grow. Whether they be good or bad. I actually have been thinking about a poem lately that I think Sister Spencer gave to me at church one day. It says:

My life is but a weaving

Between my God and me.

I cannot choose the colors,

He weaves so steadily.

Oft times He weaveth sorrow,

And I in foolish pride,

Forget He sees the upper, 

And I the underside.

Not till the loom is silent

And the shuttles cease to fly,

Will God roll back the canvas

And explain the reason why.

The dark threads are as needful

In the Weaver`s skillful hands

As the threads of gold and silver

In the pattern He has planned.

What we can see of our lives with our limited knowledge and perspective can oftentimes seem bleak and depressive. But God wants us to be happy and receive incredible things. it is explained in Romans that: 

 

 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

So be happy and rejoice in the goodness of the Plan of God. We suffer with Christ and we are glorified with Him as well. I love you all, and I am so grateful for the experiences I have had with you, and here in Canada. I can truthfully say that I have felt the love of God and seen Him change lives. 

Elder Wilson

Mario (aka Einstein).

Parking gets tight in Montréal, But I have got the best copilot in the world.

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