Week 3 of being in my new area. Its pretty big and spacious. today i saw the priesthood session of General Conference with the zone here. It was really good. I love one of the messages shared about how its not too late to obtain your own testimony of Jesus Christ, the testimonies of others will only take you soo far until you end up in a place where you have to make your own desecions and stand up for yourself. Of course we know that were never alone, that the lord and his angles watch over us and love us and carrys us through alot of our toughest moments but there are moments too when the lord leaves the desicion making up to us and that is why we came here no, to learn to choose and choose good for ourselves. The lord has a way that is prepared for Every Individual, we can follow it or we can choose not to, but the important is that we learn through our choices. We dont have to make the wrong choice to know that its better to choose the right choice but some people learn like that( even though they dont need to), others learn as they choose good and see the blessings of the lord in their live by choosing the right, everyone learns in their own way because everyone has their own agency, a gift given to us from God. We all have the light of Christ also that helps us to choose between good and bad. Being on the mission and seeing many peoples lives in a gospel point of view i have recognized that those you have obeyed the lord and choosen the right have always been happy and even though they have difficulties and trials in thier lives they have a firm testimony of their savior. Those who havent always choosen the right alot of times deny themselves of blessings from the the lord and those who are actively living the gospel now that werent before are happy but alot of times regret the past. Nobody is perfect. I have learned that the atonement can be applied to all lives and wipe away bad past memories and help us be better everyday. Just like practicing a sport everyday makes one better at that sport, repenting everyday and choosing the right helps us to be better everyday and grow to be something even greater and more like the savior. we all will start as seeds but we can all grow like the redwoods that once started as a seed also. Its not too late to choose the right and gain a testimony of the savior, He can heal you but only if you let him, he will not force himself in your life, you have to let him in. As we live his teachings and follow his example we invite him in and we will grow to become more like him and enjoy the blessings that comes therefrom. I Really like the saying: you reap what you sow. we all need to be like a semi driver and look way ahead down the road when we drive, (into our future) and ask ourselves, is what im doing now going to be a blessing or a burden in my future, and always remember that your decisions determine your destiny and that your desicions affect the lives of others(your kids) maybe even more than it effects your life. I know the savior lives and loves me too. he wants us to have success more than we want ourselves to have success! for that very reason we must follow his teachings and apply them in our lives, the scriptures, the teachings of the modern day prophets, and everything else =).


Elder Wikstrom