Elder Levi Wise

Elder Levi Wise
"A missionary is someone who leaves there family for two years so others can be with their family for eternity"

Elder Wise has been on his mission:

Monday, April 15, 2013

Eternal Happiness vs. Temporal Happiness - April 15. 2013


Hello :D

We had a great week this week. The leadership training was great :D We really felt the spirit. This zone has been taking off! It is absolutely incredible! I can definitely feel the Ammonish thing in the air Dad :) haha. I can feel the spirit of missionary work building! It is amazing to see. This next transfer our mission will be sending home 8 missionaries and we will receive 24... 15 of them are Sisters. The next transfer (which is the one I go home) we are losing 4, and we are receiving 24...15 of them are Sisters as well! It is amazing! 

Hopefully, we will be having 3 baptisms in our area and hopefully 8 in the zone this weekend. :) The work is truly pressing forward!

Elder Huckvale was teaching Gospel Principles on Sunday and it was a really powerful. The spirit was definitely there. We talked about a lot of different things. Something that came to my mind was "When we do things for ourselves, it brings temporal happiness. When we do things for others, it brings eternal happiness." I love that because it ties to humility and service! When we are humble and think of others first it brings eternal happiness. When we are prideful and think of ourselves.. it brings temporal happiness. Satan is caught in the pride and think of himself trap. Now his misery is so terrible that he wants to drag others with him in revenge. Then on the other hand, Heavenly Father is in the "think of others and humble" side. Look where He is at!! haha Which side do I want to be on? Obviously the humble one.

Sounds like everyone is staying busy with basketball games and track... and physicals for the mission papers :D Micah, missions are the best thing in the entire world! You will never regret it! You will understand what I mean when you have been on your mission for awhile! Teagen and Dad can testify that it's true :D

Well, Mother's day is coming up and YES I WILL be calling home haha. A member has already invited us over to do that. We have to coordinate times though because they have a missionary out as well. What time would you like to skype for the last and final time?! CRAZY!

Mom, good luck at Oregon Relays :) I hope you win! And Micah, I cant WAIT for you to get your mission call! And Stock, YOU ROCK.. haha. Keep dominating! If you can beat me in basketball when I get back I will take you out to 5 guys to eat.. just like the good ol' times ;) OH, and Dad, keep being AMAZING haha.. and Teag... GET A JOB so you can stay in UTAH.. so then we can party it up and go to all the football and basketball games :) Tell Trysen I say hi.. OH and Tish, HI :)

Love ya'll ;)
Elder Wise

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