So this week has
been a little different for me and I find myself sitting here looking at this
screen trying to figure out how to put into words what I am feeling.
It hasn’t been a bad week but I’m in a teeny
tiny town on the outskirts of the mission and this is the first round of
holidays. I’m away from home and it feels weird. I mean Thanksgiving was the first major
holiday I spent away from home. It was kinda bumming me out at the beginning. I
was all like, "man I'm not gonna say I'm thankful for Jell-O this year
because no one will have it or even get it... I'm not gonna get a popcorn
turkey this year... we aren't gonna go around the room and do “cheers” on what
we are thankful for..." a bunch of these memories that I've had from
past years kept swirling around in my head. So to be honest, I was kinda getting bummed
out.
And then we went over to the “Mc” (edited for
privacy) house (our Branch Mission Leader) and we had thanksgiving with him and
another family. We were about to eat and
Brother “Mc” gives the prayer. And I don't know why but something he said
really struck me and stood out to me. Like it made such an impression upon me
that I even wrote about it in my journal. But he said something along the lines
of, "as these missionaries sacrifice their time away from their families,
know that they are a part of our family." Anyway it really was cool and it
helped remind me that I'm out here and I'm apart of people's families out here.
It was really actually pretty cool!!
And that lead me to
think that I have been blessed with a great family out here (of course they will never replace my own family - that was for you mom). But there is no doubt that the Lord knew exactly
what he was doing when he put us together to work. With the help of good ol’ president Wadsworth
I've been able to fully jump into the work and honestly change my whole thought
process of how missionary work goes! Like really and truly you have no clue how
much President Wadsworth has helped me out and even some of my closest friends have
too out here! They've all been so great
and in a way like a family. There are so
many people here in Cut Bank and Browning too that I love like family. This has been a sweetest experience so far.
This also led me to
a different thought about those who might not have a lot of family and how hard
that must be for them. The LDS church is
doing a “Light the World” challenge and I just thought it would be awesome if
all those people out there who are lonely felt what I have felt at this time
how much that really could light the world.
So I hope that during this Christmas season (whether you are LDS or not)
if everyone who reads this could “Light the World” by looking out for someone
without family how cool that would be.
I am so grateful I
am where I am. The Lord knows what we
need when we need it. Love you all and let’s
all get going and #lighttheworld
Elder Zeller
123 1/2 4th Ave Se
Cut Bank, Montana
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