Mi familia!
Hola! This week has been so full of so many good things that I don't even know where to start!
At
the beginning of the week I was feeling a little homesick, I don't know
why...we were really busy, and everything was good, but I was just
missing normal people that love me I guess. But of coarse Heavenly
Father sends his tender mercies. The next day I got a letter and a CD
in the mail from my dearest Anna. It was exactly what I needed, she is
my number one in the whole world. And the next day I got the package
from you guys, and it was just too perfect. Just small reminders that
you are all still out there and love me! So thank you, I needed that!
With the letter that Anna sent me she sent me a story
about a missionary who was confused as to how come he didn't have the
power that he wanted to be teaching with. Sometimes its hard to be
completely focused and in the state of mind to have the full power that
we have the ability to have. He was instructed to do a "40 day fast",
from all the things that he did that were "gray areas", rules that he
didn't follow exactly, but more than that, thoughts that he needed to
stop. I have found that that is the hardest part for me. I can
do/say/work as hard as I can, and can be doing the things that I am
supposed to, but its my thoughts and my deepest desires that are harder
to control. So I decided to do the same thing. It was actually pretty
hard to start it off, but I wrote down a list of all the negative
thoughts/though subjects I sometimes have, and pray specifically for
those things daily, that I will have the self control to not. So pretty
much, I am working on changing my desires, its harder than I had
expected, but I am excited!
We had the most awesome miracle this week! We had a zone meeting on Friday, where we talked about "obedience October" (we are studying our temple covenants). Later Friday
night we had an appointment with a new investigator. It has been
really hard to get a hold of him, and be able to teach him because he
lives with all men, or is home alone, so we have to have a third female
to go into his home and teach him. Friday
night we were planning on just teaching him outside, or taking him a
couple of doors down to our members house. (the member is a woman but
refuses to ever really leave her house or associate with humans, but she
was just going to stay in her room, just so we had someone else in the
apartment)...so we got to the appointment and explained to Jesus what
our plan was, but he told us that in his culture it is rude to not
receive people in your house when they come to visit you, so we would
have to reschedule...we were devastated! But we have a few female
member that live close and we knew that if we were being obedient to
this rule, the Lord would bless us with a way to accomplish it. So we
started running around asking all our member if they could run down with
us, and calling everyone we could think of, to no avail. We were
getting frustrated, but then decided to pray. As soon as we were done
praying the Spanish elders drove past us. We flagged them down, and
they agreed to teach the lesson for us! It was a miracle!
Conference was the BEST ever. I loved every minute of
it. I am still trying to process everything, because it was all soo
good. I loved all the talks about missionary work, it is something that
we are struggling with up here. Getting the member excited and
involved in helping us. With such few members here, we really do need
their help. I loved Elder Holland's talk, I cried. I thought about
Grandma Marie and the strength she had. I thought about her being
perfected, and when I see her again, I know we will rejoice together!
There was quite a few references to the fact that the decisions we make
daily will affect our eternity...which is scary, but true. Sometimes it
seems like a lot of responsibility, but we can do it! I loved D. Todd
Christofferson's talk about women, we rock. But seriously I thought
that it was a good reminded of the power that we have. And I loved the
references to the fact that we do have priesthood power in our lives,
even if we are not the carriers of it. Mostly I loved everything. We
watched it at the church, so that was new for me, but it is always the
same. I was thinking about you guys too, it is amazing how many people
were able to partake of the conference together! More thoughts to come!
In between sessions yesterday we went to visit Maria
(of Maria and Ramon) she is still on date for baptism, but is praying to
know what date. We were just passing by to see how she was, we didn't
have a lesson or anything. After we sang we asked her how she was
feeling about everything, the church, her baptism, what was on her
mind. She told us that she knows the church is true, it fills the
emptiness in her heart that she has felt in every other church. It was
the first time that I have really felt like someone is getting it, I am
helping someone on the path. The spirit was so strong, and I love her
so much. Hopefully she will be baptized on the 19th! Pray for her,
that she will receive the answer to her prayers!
I am not getting transferred, but Hermana George it.
It is sad times over here! I have just gotten comfortable and into a
routine, so I guess its time for a change. We are also getting another
set of hermanas in our branch, so there will be a whole new set of
missionaries in the area. I am excited, it should be good! And I am
really happy I am staying!
I love you all very much. Thank you for your love and
support! I want updates on all your missionary experiences, start
praying for those! I love my Savior, and I love being a missionary!
xoxo Hermana Myer!
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