Elder Donaldson Tew Combo Part 2???

Before anything, someone started praying with us so that Charlie Aysa Donalson and I will be companions again. With our faith, we can do it.

This week was pretty good. We had a lot of powerful lessons.

To start the week, Monday night we went and visited a couple, and we had a pretty short but powerful lesson on the Book of Mormon. We decided to say a kneeling prayer together after explaining and testifying of the Holy Ghost and his role. So we kneeled down and offered a prayer, and then we all sat on our knees in silence to listen to what the Lord has to say to us. As we were sitting there thinking and listening, an overwhelming feeling of peace and joy filled the room. After we got off our knees about a minute after the amen, we asked them how they felt. They looked at us and said, "really peaceful and happy like you said." We testified that was the Spirit, shook their hands, and left. It was like a mic drop of spiritual power in that house. I could feel the Spirit come with us. As we got in the car, we started reflecting on that experience and how powerful it was. We were pretty happy with how it went, but we started discussing as a companionship the theme of letting God speak back. Here in the house, I apparently (not apparently I cut people off talking), I don't realize I do it until Elder Bishopp moved in and told me. I was pondering that a lot about how frustrated he gets and how I wasn't cutting him off on purpose. I just wasn't thinking about it. Like us in this example, lots of times we just say a prayer, cut God off from speaking to us, and we forget to let him talk back. I imagine like Elder Bishopp and me, our conversations with God are very annoying if we don't give him time to talk back to us. How are we ever going to receive an answer? I've been thinking about that this week. Not just giving time after we say amen, but during the prayer, taking pauses and listening to what the Lord has to say. I am going to try to do better, not cutting people off when they talk this week, but more importantly, let God talk to me a little bit more.

We found a lady this week we told we were twins. Then I asked her who was more handsome, me or my companion. She immediately, without hesitation, turned toward me and pointed to me.

We were able to go to the temple this week. I was so grateful to be able to go to the temple with my mission president. It's an amazing experience to be in the temple. You truly just feel so happy. And the Puerto Rico Temple is just absolutely beautiful. I truly have grown to love the temple as I have been a missionary and reflected on all the growth and change I've seen in my own life here in Puerto Rico. It was amazing to be in the temple of the Lord on this amazing island that means so much to me. I truly have come to know how much that means to me, to be in a temple. It's cool to see how much I have actually grown and changed. I was pondering that. I feel like the walking Ether 12:27. Maybe just my own personal thoughts, but I feel like I've been humbled a lot out here. And things I used to hate, like food and houses, are now my favorite and easiest parts of the mission. It's cool to be changed through the Atonement on your mission. And the constant change is probably my favorite part. It's that aspect that you're always changing, always going, always learning, and always out of your comfort zone. And that's the hardest part. Life after the mission doesn't have nearly as frequent spontaneous changes of life like it is out here. For example, sitting in an office and getting a call on a Monday that Saturday I'm moving to the BVI with a past companion. That's just unexpected things. Then I was there for 4 months, and my life was changed. And I was able to become who the Lord wanted me to be. And doing that always and helping and serving others is one of the most amazing things. I don't like these routine lifestyles of one job, one house, and one thing. There seems to be no growth or adventure. It's no risk and then little rewards. I love the idea of risking it all and just starting from scratch. I think that's why entrepreneurship has always called my attention. But sitting and reflecting in the temple was absolutely amazing. I loved it. The temple is truly the house of the Lord and holy to the Lord.