"Reflections
and Reasons for Hope"
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What a WEEK! It was so
good, it was progressive, and reflective, and just an opportunity for me to
grow into some of the critical principles of the gospel. I think that the most
rewarding and spiritually progressive times in our lives IS in fact when we suffer,
for how can we learn to change if we dont have opposition or things that beset
us? For it is in our Savior, even Jesus Christ, that we are able to lay aside
those things that easily beset us, and to embrace Him for who He is and what He
did for us, becoming one with Him and ultimately one with God. By trying just a
little harder to be just a little better throughout trials, we are showing our
allegiance and love and loyalty to God, giving Him more reason to entrust us
with more responsibility in the Kingdom and ultimately more blessings as a
result.
So its been a good
week Id say!
We did in fact meet
with a doctor to receive the official results of the test, and it was a really
bad case of Narcolepsy, the worst they had seen in years haha! Just gotta be
that overachiever, I guess! But we talked about medicine and such and as I
researched the taking of illegal drugs legally into Europe for medical purposes
and how and how much and all that, I began to be hopeful, because it is
definitely possible to get them in, not a problem. I began to feel the
possibility of a miracle happening. The excited yet reserved feeling of hope
had taken root in my soul, and I felt really happy for a few days. Then, I was
listening to a talk from Elder David A Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles, entitled "The Call To Serve" April 2017. I encourage
everyone to read it, the power and spirit behind that talk is unrestrained. As
I listened to this Apostle speak about how the call to serve and the desire is
the key, not where you go, I realized that I should hope for this to work, I
really should. I care about the people in Hungary and that is not a wrong thing
to do. But, I realized in that moment that all Id like to do is show God He can
trust me to go where He wants me to go and say what He wants me to
say, and that may require letting go of Hungary as a full time
missionary. I admit, that realization was not an easy one. Not at all. But I do
want to serve God unconditionally, which requires me to overcome my appetites
and desires and put God's above my own as the Savior did and continues to do.
So yes, I am hopeful for returning to Hungary. I will try everything within my
power to get back there. But should that door close its gonna be a quick turn
around to where I need to go and who I need to serve. If we try our best to ask
ourselves "Lord, what wouldst thou have me do?" then we will be more
enabled to receive that instruction and guidance from the Holy Ghost.
I had the chance to
spend time with an old friend from high school and go fishing and just spend
time together talking, joking, laughing, and that entire night I felt like I
was in a pocket of time and space. A safe haven from the cares of the world
while on that lake fishing. The sunset was absolutely stunning, as well as the
view. Needless to say we didnt catch anything haha! I just really enjoyed that
time we had to enjoy each others friendship and to be out in nature, taking in
God's creations. It was a good time to reflect on the mirror calm lake.
I know this gospel to
be true with all my heart. I wouldn't be the man that I am today, and the man I
am going to be in a few years, without the Gospel of Jesus Christ at the center
of my life. I love Him, and know He loves me, and I know that Joseph Smith was
a choice boy and saw God the Father, and His Son Jesus Christ in the flesh, in
person, as they brought to pass the beginning of the restoration of the fulness
of times. This restoration has blessed my life in immeasurable ways, and I pray
that we all may share what we know and have experienced with our friends, that
they may also be partakers of the great gift of salvation.
Szeretlek Benneteket!
Jake
Conference talk: "Called to the Work," David A. Bednar, April 2017.
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