August 22

August 22, 2016

This week and has been up and down--just another week of being a missionary. Nothing really special to share. The Lord definitely shows us our weaknesses. Every time I think I'm starting to get good at something (such as Malagasy) I'm reminded just how much I don't know. However, it's a comfort to know that Heavenly Father can use imperfect people to accomplish his work. As Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said a few years ago  "Except in the case of His only perfect Begotten Son, imperfect people are all God has ever had to work with. That must be terribly frustrating to Him, but He deals with it. So should we. And when you see imperfection, remember that the limitation is not in the divinity of the work."

Well, that's all I got for the week.

Word of the week is tonga lahafitra which means perfect. Literally, it means to come far. However, you can also use the word tanteraka which means complete.