hello family

Hello family,
How´s it going? I´m doing really good. Don´t know why I´m so great, but I´m just feeling really good right now. I think it´s because I just decided to work really hard and now I´m actually doing it and it´s the most rewarding thing ever. Really the mission is amazing. It sounds like you all are having some fun times. School starts this week?!?!?!?! Crazy. That means I´ve been out for almost a year. Weird. I feel like I just got here. So there´s a new temple movie!? Sick. I want to see it. Maybe I´ll just sneak up to Madrid to check it out. Broma :) I did go outside the mission boundaries today though. All the way to Portugal! But we have permission for that, so it´s not disobediant :) But it was pretty sweet. Now I can say I´ve been to France, Porgual, and Spain. Sweet! But it´s been really good. This week was honestly a really tough one. I was feeling really bad. Like really down on myself and stuff. I think the reason was because I was definitely not working in the way I should have. Sometimes you get tired. And these last few weeks I´ve been tired. Tired of walking and talking and going out in the 100+ weather and everything. So I just decided to take it slow and be inside a lot. That made me feel awful. I knew I wasn´t doing what the Lord needed, but I justified it. What else can I do?  Things like that. But then I got really down on myself. I asked myself if I would be able to look the Lord in the eye right now and tell him that I´m taking care of this part of his vineyard and I decided, no I wouldn´t have been able to. So I knew I had to change something. So I did. I decided that no matter what or where or when or why, I would be sharing what I have. I´ll at least be ready and be the example, doing something to help the work progress. And when I´m out, I´ll be talking. And that´s what I started doing. And just like that, the Spirit was back and the fire was rekindled. And I´ll tell you what. It´s not going back out. There is so much more happiness in working than in relaxing. Sure there are moments when you want to quit, but working until you come home dead feels so much better than staying up thinking about all the people who you may have missed. I love this work. Especially the work part of it right now. I love you all and hope you are doing great. Keep up the scripture study and the prayers, they are so important. I love you all!
Elder Charlie Flint