On va tous mourir

This week was interesting. Elder Stevenson came for the Tuesday Night Devotional. He spoke about obedience and made an analogy to a survival man that got caught in a storm in the mountains. I lowkey kind of tuned out on the words that he was actually saying, I have had this exact obedience thing engrained into my DNA by this point that when the devotional opens up with obedience i like tune out and focus on the questions that I have and try to find answers. It is really nice to just sit there and listen to what the spirit has to tell me.

One Funny thing that happened this week is that during one of my teaching experiences I started bearing my testimony about the power of the atonement with "Je sais que on va tous mourir" which translates to " i know that we will all die".  I wouldn't say i was lying because that is true. but I have some room to grow.

I really am grateful to be a missionary and to see the blessings as I strive to be obedient and Be as He is. I am so excited to hit the field next thursday. I know this will be hard, but I have done hard things before and i will continue to do hard things. I refuse to stop. I will keep going. One thing I really like about the french language is the English cognates and espescially the not direct translation cognate things. 

To say "endure to the end" in french you say "la persévérance jusqu’à la fin". I like that a whole lot better. In my mind, when i think of enduring i think of that scene from hot rod where he falls down the hill for legitimately like 15 minutes worth of screen time. Falling takes no effort, when you substitute the word endure for the word Persevere it changes the meaning. Life is meant to be enjoyed. this mission is meant to be enjoyed. A mission (life) is not meant to be tumbled through going through the motions and never magnifying the calling. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO FALL, YOU CAN SLIP UP. When you do, it is not an invitation from God to just slip back into what ever is comfortable. You have to get back up and persevere towards the top, towards the goal. Not endure the bumps and bruises and continue cruising towards the bottom. 

I know this will not be easy. I never expected it to be. I can keep going and I will keep going. I will go and I will do. I refuse to give up. Im going to keep climbing.

Elder Asher Belanger

Au Revoir

Frère Eyring

Frère Roubicek