Forever a Missionary at Seoul: Week 7 - I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!!!

I love being a missionary because of what it has done to me in the process of loosing myself for helping only others. The more I am here the more I see God's hand in the lives of all man kind. He loves us SOOO much and only wants us to be happy!!! I can see how perfect God sets things up for us on Earth and how He loves us soo much.

The funny thing is, I can see His hand in parts of the Gospel where I would have never thought Him to be. One example is the Great Apostasy. I didn't ever think it was important to have a Testimony about this topic. I just knew all the facts about it and how after Christ and his followers were killed off the people didn't accept the doctrines and corrupted them and took little pieces of truths. What is there to have a testimony of?

After being here for about 46 days, I have learned more and more the importance of having a a deep personal testimony of everything you teach, and gaining that testimony through diligently seeking it and through pray. Once you are acting on your faith, your faith will be strengthen, and through your faith being strengthened you act more, and thus an endless ever growing cycle. And, the Spirit of God will not withhold anything from you. Through the Holy Ghost you can know the truthfulness of all things.

So how do you act on apostasy or apply your faith about it?

I have come to realize, through the Spirit, that there is so much to learn from each and every piece of the Gospel. And, when you gain that testimony, the more you come to realize how omnipotent and deeply loving our Heavenly Father truly is.

The Apostasy wasn't God withholding his love and the Gospel from the people. Because, God is always ALWAYS there! He never withholds from us. Anytime we feel He has left us, it is actually we who have left Him and turned away from Him. And, is exactly what happened during the Great Apostasy. There was a great amount of turning away from God.

There still were good people weren't there? Yes, and God helped them in every way possible, He doesn't take away the agency of people. If He did that would go against His plan to help us grow, experience, and learn to become as He is and have eternal life.

All bad things happen so that something greater can come to pass. It is the refiners fire. A simple way to put it is "no pain no gain."

God would have loved to have the gospel on the Earth during that dark period of time, but it was necessary for it to come where and when it did. And, even at the time it came, it was hard to keep it going.

And there is soooo much more that I learned! I love have having an understanding of God's immense love for us.

This is just a sample for you to taste. I can't hand you a testimony or spoon feed you. You to have to do as many people and prophets have done before. (Moroni 10: 4-5 & 1 Nephi 10:17-19).

I love you all and thanks for all the love and support you all have been giving!
사랑합니다!!사랑합니다!!사랑합니다!!
Elder Timothy Alger

Moroni 10: 4-5
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things

1 Nephi 10:17-19
17 And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all the words of my father, concerning the things which he saw in a vision, and also the things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost, which power he received by faith on the Son of God—and the Son of God was the Messiah who should come—I, Nephi, was desirous also that I might see, and hear, and know of these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is the gift of God unto all those who diligently seek him, as well in times of old as in the time that he should manifest himself unto the children of men.

18 For he is the same yesterday, today, and forever; and the way is prepared for all men from the foundation of the world, if it so be that they repent and come unto him.

19 For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.

Just walking, enjoying the cool, cool Utah air on my way to studying!!