My last letter to my mission president before he leaves!

So we are getting a new mission President by the end of the week and the one we have now asked us to email him the best thing we learned on our mission so here it is. Our area is doing great too. We found 2 new investigators this week and put them both on date for July. Hopefully they can keep their date and get baptized. We are doing really good but the heat is killer! Haha love you all!

I think the best thing that I ever learned on my mission was the day I learned I needed to love the Lord. I was out about 2 months and was having a ton of success and seeing a ton of people. I was super tired and fell asleep all the time. I would fall asleep during studies, in the car, at lunch, etc. I wasn't used to this kind of work. I didn't expect missionary work to be so hard. It drained me physically, spiritually and mentally. It was kicking my butt and Elder Meza just wanted to keep on pushing harder. We were on one of our last lessons we had planned for the night and we arrived at the house. When we got there I was complaining and asked Elder Meza if we could just go home. I already knew what he was going to say so I tried to rephrase the question. I said or just not see so many people. Maybe we could slow down. He just looked over at me and said "Who do you love more, yourself or the Lord?" Then jumped out of the truck to go into the lesson. It hit me so hard and I don't even remember what we talked about in the lesson. All I could focus on was who I really did love more. From that day on I think was when I really became the missionary I was trying so hard to become. I put all of my "needs" behind me and worked for the Lord. I soon found out how selfish I was. I thought of myself all the time. I wanted people to look at me and what I was going through. Very rarely I looked outward and helped out others before myself. I love the Lord and everything He has done for me. It's all I can do to try and repay Him as much as I can. This is one of the biggest things I've learn on my mission and I'm so glad I did!