Mi familia!
This
week has been great, a little humbling, but so so good. The past couple
of days I have been able to do mostly normal missionary work, and I
forgot how much I love love love it. Heavenly Father gives us the
coolest people to get to know and to guide and to love. I am so very
lucky.
I just wanted to say a little something about
Weston. When I read the news I was so sad, I thought that maybe the
first time something like this came up, I would be super prepared,
teaching the plan of salvation every day, but it really did shake me up a
little. My heart hurts for those precious souls who go through such
hard things in this life. But I really have gained that eternal
perspective, and a love of trials. Trials grow our faith. Heavenly
Father wants us to have that faith no matter what the outcome is. His
way is always better. Sometimes its not easy, but it is always better.
I know the Cummings family knows that, and I am so grateful that I know
that. Our lives really are in his hands, we really are just his
dedicated servants and where ever he wants us to serve, is the right
place.
The beginning of the week was pretty slow, I didn't
feel so good, but it gave me alot of thinking time, which I did enjoy.
There is nothing like a little extra study on the mission! I have come
to a very grateful realization that my mission has provided me with
very unique experiences. One of the things I hadn't realized before was
how I has been given opportunities to use and develop my talents. And
unlike before I believe more in my strengths. I have been able to see
myself change and to recognize how God has prepared me to be here, to
help others, to serve as a missionary, and how I can really be a diciple
of Christ. I was reading in Matthew 10:38-39, which says "and he that
taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He
that findeth his life shall lose it and he that loseth his life for my
sake shall find it." I am grateful that I have had this beautiful
opportunity to lose my life for his sake, because I really have found
mine. And I never want to stop being a missionary because I never want
to lose that perspective.
We went on exchanges on Saturday, and Hermana
Chamber came to be with me in Midlothian, and we had the best day ever.
Mostly good missionary work intermingled with heart to hearts is the
definition of a good exchange to me. I am grateful that we had the time
together because she has been a really good support for me. We also
had this awesome study together that was just blowing our minds. I
had been studying faith and she had been studying bearing testimony, and
it all came together in Moroni 7:40-48. Verse 44 says,
44 If so, his faith and hope is vain, for none is acceptable before God, save the meek and lowly in heart; and if a man be meek and lowly in heart, and confesses by
the power of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ, he must needs
have charity; for if he have not charity he is nothing; wherefore he
must needs have charity." our faith and hope that one day we
really will return to God is so powerful. It is up to us. And the way
that we confess that belief, and help other to have that desire to have
the same belief is though our example of Charity. So cool. Our
testimonies really are our actions. The scriptures are our favorite.
This week we were walking in the calle and I started
chatting with this cute little lady named Yolanda. She was super busy,
so she said, but said we could come back. We stopped by two other
times before she finally let us and and chatted with us while she
cooked. And turns out she is a member! Hurray, we love to find
members. And she is so cute. When she came from Honduras, she didn't
know how to find the church. It has been a really long time, but we are
just so grateful that we can help he on along the path! Hurray for
finding our friends!
Relying on the Lord is such a blessing. I
love my Savior so much. He always gives us what we need, whether it is
hard or easy, and he loves us, we are individuals and we need him. I
love being a missionary! I love Virginia, and all my cute hispanics.
Be good this week!
love, Hermana Myer
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