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Another great week here in Tucson. I do not have much time but there are a few things that I feel inspired to share today in this email. 


This week was not like other weeks. The majority of the people we've been teaching for the time that I've been here have been extremely busy and the amount of lessons we taught this week was much lower than in weeks past. It took adjusting but in this adjusting I was able to learn lessons that I believe truly will change my mission and my life. 

I gave a good amount of study and thought this week to the conversion story of a catholic seminary student to the church. I gained so many different insights in prayerfully looking over this mans conversion into how I can be a better servant of the lord. He recounts his conversion to the church and the events that took place leading up to and following his conversion. This man is a spiritual giant and the lord was in the details of his life and his journey to the church. One of the greatest lessons that I drew from his conversion story was how much he allowed the spirit to guide him in his life and eventually in his time as a missionary. Often as members of the church and missionaries we know that we need to do something in our lives to progress so we just do something, but something is not always the best thing. We have the holy ghost for the specific purpose of guiding us to truth, knowledge and overall growth. 

This lesson hit me like a ton of bricks. I'd like to say I'm a conscious person and like to keep my motor running but sometimes I'm driving in the wrong direction but the mere fact that I'm driving makes me feel productive and successful. When we allow the spirit to guide us and our faith to keep up going. 

I ran out of time sadly but the lord is in his work and we've seen his hand in the work. 

Elder Holman















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