hey yall January 20

so the last few weeks have been a tad crazy with my two comps. i have experienced a lot of growing pains, but in the end i have learned to rely on my father in heaven more and have developed great relations with the missionaries. 

a few of the lessons i have learned are

dont let resentment build up

seek guidence from my leaders. leaders surprisingly have a lot of experience and they a lot of the time say things that build you up and make you strong.  and perhaps most of all remind us of the strengths we have, and use those to beat our faults and weaknesses.

ask for a preisthood blessing. as i counceled with my zone leader this last week we discussed several things that i could do to help me and comp over come some of the problems we had. and the key really was to ask for a blessing to help bring the power of God. it works. i know it works, and we should show our faith and ask for more blessings. God put his power in the earth for us to have it in our time of need i feel like i wait too long before i ask for help. which is really dumb because he will give it. 

when you don't feel like loving or serving just do it anyway. I'm talking cleaning shoes, sinks bathrooms, buy a soda or treating them to a nice cooked meal. 

a testimony doesn't have to be burning feelings all the time it can be a calm knowing. i at times have felt like i don't have a real testimony, but i realize that a strong spiritual experience isn't a testimony in and of itself, but a building block. when we share our testimonies, we share the net result of what we have learned through a life time of spiritual experience, which that God loves us, that jesus lives, and that this is his church. we have the priesthood. we have prophets. and although we have faults, and we fail at times our God will never ever abandon us. 

i love you all and want you to know that i have been working my tail off. 

que la fuerza te acompañe

su amado hijo amigo, y hermano.

Elder Preece