I haven’t made an email for a couple of weeks because I have been busy on p-days and I’ve just been sitting at home with COVID in quarantine for 2 weeks haha. I am doing really well! I am now over COVID! It came but now is gone and I am very happy about that! I hope y’all are doing well!
These past few weeks I have been in my apartment a lot and I had lots of time to think. Something I keep asking myself is why am I in Texas right now? I haven’t been teaching people because I am not your “regular missionary”. Instead I have been exploring new ways to use social media as a missionary. It may seem like I’m not a “regular missionary” and at times I have beat myself up because I’m not serving the same type of mission everyone else serves.
Don’t worry, I know I am where I am supposed to be and I am the missionary the Lord needs me to be. When these thoughts and questions come I can hear Heavenly Father talking to me saying:
“Justin, you are where you need to be. I am shaping you into the disciple I need you to be. You are teaching the most important person you will ever teach on your mission. That is yourself. You are learning many lessons in Texas that will help you in Korea, and into the rest of your life.”
I know I am gaining a stronger testimony of Jesus Christ each day. Each and every one of us has a different purpose and sometimes we can lose sight of that and think our purpose needs to be what someone else is doing. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father has sent me to Texas right now! I have learned so many different things, many things I might not have learned if I was in Korea right now.I love each one of you and I hope you know that! Keep up the good work! This was a short and sweet email this week haha. I hope it makes sense to someone and helps you out a little bit!
Elder LeBaron
