Transfer Time

To all!
Well what a great week! Just a lot of cool things were able to happen and a lot of success! Definitely a great way to finish the transfer... Unfortunately this also means that it is the end of another transfer... And I will actually be leaving this area... I loved this area soooooo much and it ended up being my shortest one so far. I have been serving in the northwest part of San Antonio. And it was just great and the ward... Oh my gosh I just felt right at home, this is an incredible ward with great leadership. It will continue to thrive with the great leadership it has. But I am excited and ready for the next phase of the awesomeness in the mission!
Well I am very grateful for the visit our mission had from Elder Claudio Zivic of the seventy! There was a lot that was learned. One of the things that I thought was very interesting that he talked about was the idea of limiting our potential by adhering to a predetermined mindset of what we can accomplish in our existing circumstance. He shared the story of Rodger Bannister who as an early 20th century physician thought it possible that a man could run a mile under 4 minutes when the overwhelming majority of the physicians at the time believed such a task impossible for the human body to realize. He himself trained and with diligence and proper training was able to be the first man to ever accomplish the feat. Following the broken record many more followed him in repeating the results he had procured. Thus breaking the then popular mindset of what the human body could and couldn't do. Now for a man to receive a medal in the Olympic games, he would have to drastically reduce the time in which even Rodger Bannister ran many decades ago. We have these same mindsets today. What is true and proven by science today will be changed, modified, and broken in the years to come, showing the infinitive progression and potential we have as children of God. The understanding of this concept can too influence us today. The greater and more fully we understand what it means to be a child of God, the better we can break personal mindsets we have in our lives that keep us and others from running the 4 minute mile...
I am grateful for my understanding of the gospel and the way it has influenced my understanding of what I can accomplish here in this earth. I know this is true and am grateful for the people in my life that make it possible for that to happen. Have a wonderful week! Enjoy the fall!!

Elder Walter