The
mission presidente and the APs flew down here this week for a
conference with the missionaries, but when they landed they came over to
my house and i went on spits with one of the APs and presidente left to work with a couple of other missionaries in the city. It was super
awesome, but when we come home at night, there is a ton of missionaries
outside of my house.
There was about 10 missionaries, and the mission president and his wife all waiting outside. And it was not normal, not
at all, to have so many missionaries outside my house so i rush over
there to see if there was something wrong, when one of the APs (the one i
wasnt with) shouts ``HE`S HERE!!!!! GET HIM!!!!!!!`` And then all of
them, mission president included, pulled out a bunch of snowballs that
they hand hidden behind the fence to my house, and they MURDERED ME!!!
Hahaha i didnt even have time to react, and then after they all pelted me
with snow they all ran inside my house so i couldnt get them back.
Thanks Missionaries in my zone, i thought you were on my side hahaha.
But it was funny, i dont think that any other missionary can say that he
has been ambushed by his mission president, the AP,s and half a zone of
missionaries with snowballs haha
I had one experience this week that really stood
out to me. So i was with the mission president alot this week, in
between meeting with the missionaries, and with stake leaders i was with
him alot. but there is something that he did that really stood out to
me.
So normally when a mission president enters a room,
you can just recognize that he is a man with authority, and when he
opens his mouth you have no doubt that he is a man called of God to lead
an army of missionaries. And i have always seen them as powerful
leaders in the war against satan. And so all of my mission i have been
striving to become a leader like my mission president is, but with
Presidente Rappleye, and now with Presidente Obeso, and just have every
part of my life reflect a man who has been called to preach the gospel
with power and authority and to be in leader in doing so.
but when i was n that meeting with the mission
Presidente and the Stake Presidency, i was just amazed at my mission
President. All of the stake people walk into to room, and they also
immediately recognized him as a man who is called by God into a position of Power and Authority, and acted as such. But when we started
to give a Presentation with the mission President to them he acted in a
way that i really think changed my way of thinking.
He was incredibly
loving, and super humble, and super respectful, and in not one moment of
the entire presentation he did not ``show`` that he was a man in
authority, and would constantly say things like ``Presidente we are here
to help you, and we have prayed alot about what we have planned, and we
think that if you apply it in your Stake that it would help alot.`` And
just a ton of super humble and loving things like that.
Which just blew
my mind away, i dont even know why but it did. looking over my mission, i
see that as i have acted in leadership positions i have always acted
like i imagine Christ acted like when he cleansed the temple close to
the beginning of his ministry. Just a big undeniable man of authority.
Or like Elder Holland when he gives talks. Or like a lion. I would
always see myself like that when i was in leadership positions. I
wouldnt never do anything bad, or take my authority too far, but i just
saw myself like that.
And i know that when i was alone with missionaries
trying to help them with personal needs i would be alot softer and
loving, and that is what i was expecting from the mission presiednte i
was expecting him to go in there and say ``Presidente, this presentation
that we are going to show you is the new plan that we are going to be
doing in this mission, And it will require that as a stake that you
work alot closer with the missionaries`` And just other stuff like
that, just kind of imposing the plan on them (like he did when he showed
the plan to the missionaries haha) but no, he wasnt like that, he was
super loving and acted like he was there to serve them instead of
expecting of their service to get the work rolling faster here.
But it not one moment was his authority diminished or
anything. everyone in the room had no doubt that the new plan we are
doing came from God, but it didnt come in the form of an earthquake or
in the elder Holland way of expressing things
It really effected me alot, and makes me want to
change how i act as a leader, and try not to just always be a giant
presence, but be able to be a gentle loving leader even when i am in
front of a larger group of people. I know it is necessary to be like
that sometimes, in fact alot of times, but just the whole being able to
be incredibly humble, and just let everyone know that you are only there
to serve them, and to change your plans to help them better, and never
in one second show any authority over them, and still be 100 percent in
control of the situation at all times is just incredible. Its really
making me reflect on myself alot.
sorry that i didnt write you any cool stories or
anything this week it just i havent been able to stop thinking about
that experience with President since that meeting that i had with him
(like from last wednesday)
Welp i love you all. Keep me posted
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