Dear family and friends,
 
I hope that everything is going wonderful for each and every one of you! This week was a good week, just like always. It really is hard for me to have a bad week. On Friday we were able to go on splits and we taught six lessons which were really good lessons to! Then on Saturday and Sunday we didn't have as much luck. That is just how the mission goes: it has its ups and downs just like life.
But what I have learned is that now matter where you are, on an up or on a down, you still have to cling to Jesus Christ and His Gospel.
This past week I lost two of my three nametags, so I had to order another one. Now they have new nametags with magnets that don't really stay on as well as the other ones with the clips, so I wasn't as surprised at losing that one, but I don't know how I lost the one with the clip. I guess I will just have to be more careful.
It is amazing the situations that you run into as a missionary. You meet people who have been through so many trials, have experienced things and been in situations that you hardly have ever even realized existed before. It gives me so much comfort to know that I am a servant of the One who knows and understands every one of those situations, including every feeling and thought of every person, and knows exactly how to help and has the power to do so. (Alma 7:11-13; Mosiah 4:9-10)
Eternal perspective is really something special that enlightens my mind, expands my vision and brings hope and happiness into my life. We talked to someone on his doorstep this week, and when we asked him what he felt was the purpose of life, he just said it was to work and then keep doing it over and over again. That makes me sad for him. There is so much more to life because God exists and there is a life after death. I know it! And that knowledge gives me strength to work every day in building the kingdom of God and in bringing myself and others closer to Christ and eternal happiness.
Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Getts