We learned that the area south America north-west has a psychiatrist. His name is Elder/Dr. Reaside and he came to our mission this week to give zone conferences to all the missionaries. He gave some really good tips about stress and how to manage it.
One of my favorite parts was the part where he talked about perfectionism: He explained that perfectionism is when you feel like you need to set high goals for yourself that you can't reach, and you get stressed when you don't reach them. Some people feel like as members of the church we NEED to be perfect, which is more or less true, Jesus did invite us to be perfect and that is the end goal. (Matthew 5:48)
However, it's a process. And we need to progress day by day to reach that goal, we aren't going to be perfect all at once. It's not an excuse to not be obedient, we have to give it our all, but what he asks of us is that we are WILLING to keep all his commandments. To be perfect you have to be willing and expect that you will fail, and get back up after you fall.
Things have been good this week, normal, really. We have been teaching lessons, finding people, and jumping through doorways to Narnia that we found in our sector. Best of all we are loading up March with baptismal dates so that I can go out with a bang. :D
Really, everything here is all good, I hope you guys get my emails, It made me sad to learn that mom didn't get an email from me for the last two week even though I wrote them and sent them. Meh.
Right, anyways, I'm gonna get working pretty soon here. I'll see you all soon!
-Cameron
Me jumping through the gateway to Narnia (first picture) and Elder Ames (second picture)
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