not a ton of time today but this week was really cool and i learned a lot. this past week we had zone conference with president and sister gilbert. this was kind of their final big meeting before they go home in 2 weeks. we talked about our purpose on earth. why are we here? and the answers that were given were : to become like god. and to help others become like god. As I thought about this and as we discussed it, it seems like you couldnt do one with out the other. in our journey to become like god, we would be trying to act as god would. and in the process, helping others on their journey to repent, change, and also become more like Him. i remembered some scriptures in moroni chapter 7 about faith, hope, and charity. it says that without faith you cant have hope, and with out hope you cant have faith. kind of like an all or none situation. so i thought about our purpose "to become like god" and in order to do that, we must help others become like him. Only through this gospel can we become like Him, and we get to share this gospel every day. as missionaries we really can help other people do that. in moroni 7 it says to have faith hope and charity, charity being the pure love of christ. as ive done missionary work i realize that only through charity can we really do this work. so i substituted our purpose in for faith and hope ending up with becoming like god, helping others become, and charity. charity never faileth! last week we were able to meet with brother Hwang and talk with him for about 10 minutes. i really hope he can feel the charity and love that god has for him. we shared a message about the restoration and how much god loves him. he said he would think about it and let us know. We pray that he will come to know the truth of this message! hopefully soon! thank you all for the love and prayers, have a great week everyone!
-elder carter
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