Mi familia!
Hola! It looks
like you guys have had another crazy week, as have I! As always, I just
wonder if I will ever feel like I have a normal day here. I think
there is something in the water, because the people in Harrisonburg are
nuts. I love them, but they are crazy! But mostly it is the best of
times.
This week we have been so blessed, we have been
teaching lessons like crazy, and finding so many people to teach. We
are starting to feel adjusted to each other, my new companion and I, and
learning how we teach together. We have been really busy, but I like
it better that way, less time to sit around and dwell.
I have started reading Matthew and I love it. I am
also only on like chapter 14, because I have too many things that I want
to study! But I love reading all about the parables and the things
that Christ did. One thing that really stuck out to me, and that I have
been thinking about all weeks is when Christ walks on water and calls
Peter out to meet him. It says that he notices how stormy and scary the
water is, and he starts to falter, but then Christ reaches out and
helps him back up. At first he had the faith to start going and was
taking steps on his own, but when he paid attention to the world around
him he started to doubt. I feel like this is what I do all too often. I
am really good at starting out with faith, but sometimes I have moments
when I doubt and think I must be crazy for believing that some things
can happen. Sometimes I sink further down, but Christ always pulls me
back up. But I was thinking this morning, why ever doubt, it is just a
waste of time! And I know that Christ is always there, and he will pull
me back up, but if I know that, then there is no need to fall anyways.
Working on happiness always over here! There are so many things that
are out of my control, which can be hard at times. But I was thinking
about some advice that Ian Blackwelder gave Nicole and I at Christmas.
He said that sometimes missionaries lose their fire, even with a short
time here on my mission I have seen a lot of missionaries that have lost
their fire. Sometimes we just get into the routine and stop caring
about the things we are doing. I have found that if I can have faith,
never doubt, and just be happy, it helps other missionaries, and myself
to keep that fire. I love Ian, he is so wise.
With that being said, life couldn't be better.
Seriously. We are working on helping our investigators progress, and I
have been crying like crazy, I just love them so much. Mostly in our
lessons with Ramon and Maria. They are on their way! We taught them
about temples and eternal marriage, and they loved it. We also gave
them a talk by President Monson, well the whole Liahona, and they read
the whole thing together. Nothing makes me happier than seeing them
change, seeing them learn about and accept the gospel.
I almost forgot we had a fun Bed Bug adventure this
week! I started noticing these little bug bites on my hands/wrist mid
week. I didn't think much of them, but then I started getting more, and
they spread up my neck and on my face. So I called Sister Wilson and
she said we probably had bed bugs. They are pretty nasty little guys I
guess, so we had to tear apart our apartment looking for them, then buy
this spray, vacuumed everything, wash all our bedding, it was a huge
ordeal. We didn't find any bugs, and the zone leaders had to come over
and inspect too...but I still have the bites...we are not sure what they
are but now our apartment is really clean!
Life is good here in Virginia. I think about you
often, about how much I love you and how grateful I am for you. Thank
you for being supportive! Have the best week ever!
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