I Love my Mission!

For some reason I have been really happy this week. I´m looking at the numbers that we produced as far as lessons we taught in houses and it doesn´t say a whole lot. I´m still happy. On my mission I have been trying to develop Christlike attributes to make me a better person and in turn a better missionary. I decided to focus on charity and love because if you have those two things, you are going to have everything else. Of course we can´t just expect to have the pure love of Christ in an instant. Its a gift from God. So I have been praying for opportunites each day to increase my love towards my brothers and sisters here in Spain and so far I have seen miracles. Nothing big, but miracles. Earlier this week an old man fell down in the street and was crying for help so my companion and I helped him get up and sat him down. Nothing big but it made me feel good. Then an old woman asked us to help her lift her garbage into a dumpster. So we did it. Then an older woman in the ward called me and asked me to come give her husband a blessing because he can´t walk anymore and his memory is leaving him. It made me feel so good to be able to help her in her time of need. Then Saturday night all of our appointments fell through and Elder Reynolds and I had nothing to do. I looked through my agenda and found a less active member and his non member wifes address that was nearby. On the way to their apartment I passed the man I was looking for and asked him if we could set up an appointment and he was thrilled. We also invited him to church. The next day in fast and testimony meeting he got up to share his testimony and thanked me in front of the whole ward for finding him and inviting him to church. He called us his angels. It gave me the most warm feeling inside because I knew my efforts were appreciated. So I guess I have just been happier because I love the people here more and better understand that each person I see in the street is a child of God and He wants them back. I told myself last week that I needed to work harder. I felt like i have been working hard and doing well in the mission but i could push myself harder. 100 percent isn´t enough. As a result of pushing myself harder I have felt happier than I ever have in the mission and am having more success! We set a baptismal date with Vicente for the 31 of October. We are also going to teach an 8 year old boy who´s mom is a member but his dad isn´t. I am so excited to see some baptisms this transfer. I´ve also made a goal to speak spanish as much as I can. Even when I am in the apartment with my companion I am going to try and speak spanish. Anyway thats really all I have to report this week. Everything is going great and I am learning a ton! Thank you all for the emails and letters and the support. I can feel your love from across the ocean! I hope all is well back home. I love every single one of you! Have a great week. Love, Elder Langston