Week 8: "Let me be a part of the narritive."

Elder Groll and Elder Monson

Mosiah 27:31 "Yea, every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess before him. Yea, even at the last day, when all men shall stand to be judged of him, then shall they confess that he is God; then shall they confess, who live without God in the world, that the judgment of an everlasting punishment is just upon them; and they shall quake, and tremble, and shrink beneath the glance of his all-searching eye."  

Dear humans of dimension 626,

It's been a solid week! Christmas came and went, and here I am, writing again. I don't know what else I'm supposed to say here, to be honest. It's missionary work, knocking on doors, finding people, trying to teach them. My Spanish

is coming along great. I think that, by the end of this first transfer, I'm going to be more or less fluent. I can already understand everything people say so long as they speak clearly.

I've also met a lot of insane people while here, I can't understand them in any way shape or form.

If there's one thing that I appreciate more than almost anything about the Gospel of Jesus Christ is just how inherently fair it is. Everyone receives the same opportunities, everyone receives glory proportional to how 'good' they were on Earth. And everyone- to a certain extent- knows what it means to be good, and what it means to be evil. 

It's a jungle out there. View from apartment

As it says in Moroni 7:15-16 "For behold, my brethren, it is given unto you to ^ajudge, that ye may know good from evil; and the way to judge is as plain, that ye may know with a perfect knowledge, as the daylight is from the dark night.  For behold, the ^aSpirit of Christ is given to every ^bman, that he may ^cknow good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God."

Everyone has the ability- the agency- necessary to choose what is good and what is evil. And because of temple work, everyone has the opportunity to accept His gospel. Ultimately our future is determined by us. And the sooner we learn to accept His gospel, the better. Because someday every knee shall bow and every tongue confess the truthfulness of the Gospel. It's the same narrative for every one of God's children.

And that's one of the reasons I'm here.

There's a great line in Hamilton (well, just about every line in Hamilton is great) that says, "Let me be a part of the narrative, in the story they will write someday. Let this moment be the first chapter, where you decide to stay." Someday everyone will know the truthfulness of the Gospel, but God is ready to bless us now. So that's why I'm here, to be a part of the narrative, to give people the opportunity to stay with God.

Sorry, short letter this week. I'm tired and have to go.

Elder Brayden H. Monson

having breakfast, it's usually an egg sandwich

Elder Monsons desk

Preparation Day volleyball

amazing sunset