This week was definitely challenging!
Full of a lot of
emotional ups and downs. On the reservation, the beginning of the month is when
everyone has money which makes everyone "not
need Jesus at the moment" hahahaha, unfortunately for us. However it
was really good at the same time b/c it forced us to expand our visiting pool.
We had some really good promptings that we turned into action and were able to
see little miracles here and there.
Mother's day was interesting, as a new missionary you never
realize just how awkward holidays and special days will be from now on. You
feel like you have to intrude into other's homes and you feel so bad. However,
luckily our church is full of good, loving, down to earth, people that don't
view it as a burden at all. Shout out to those people! They're the real
MVP's! HAHAHA!
It was so great to skype with my family, and though no family is
perfect, I’m so very grateful for the times we are able to make things work.
Special shout out to the best little
sister money could buy! (Since she
was adopted) lol jk jk
This week I had a wonderful experience with one of the young women
in our branch.
Now I’m the first to fear
teenage girls as I have horrible flashbacks of the middle school and freshman
year bullying days ahahhaha! Fortunately, the young girls here actually like me
apparently, who'd figure?!
As I sat there with this teenager that actually holds a very
important pageant title I hesitated at opening up..... but eventually figured
eh, I'm here for a reason. Turns out she was not having the easiest time. Turns
out the mistakes and stupidities of my past have actually turned into great
forms of advice. And it also turns out that I realized how much of a role my family…
More specifically my sister has had in my conversion and the growth of my
testimony. As I told this Miss "insert
pageant title here" and her sister of the lessons I’ve learned I felt
my heart swell up for my sister.
We weren't always the best of friends, for most of my teenage and
young adult years. One thing I’ve
learned however is that change starts with you. It's not until you
become completely committed and dedicated to Heavenly Father being your number
one that you will see miracles happen. Thanks to this Gospel I saw myself do a
180 and my heart changed...more specifically in reference to my sister. In
return I got to witness the process of my sister becoming receptive to the
Spirit and evolve in her conversion I saw her change and more importantly her
heart change towards me. My sister has
turned into one of my best friends, the person that knows how to make me
laugh the quickest, the one that gave me so much courage and confidence
when others didn't and yes, she's even
turned into my mom at times. hahaha!
I just love the amount of love and trust that I feel for her. She has been
developing Christ like attributes each and every day! Patience! Kindness!
Meekness! Love! FAITH! I'm her witness! Though she's not perfect my sister is
one of the biggest reasons why I know this Gospel is real!
As I finished saying this to the girls I became embarrassed as I
realized that I had streams of tears going down my face, only to look up
and see that their eyes were full of tears as well. They told me that it was
something they really needed to hear and that I had no idea how glad they were
that they came to church that day since they're family is all practically
inactive. I shared with them the scripture that really pushed me to go out on
my mission. 2 Nephi 33:3. It's not
always easy but I know what it feels like to long for you to be able to share
the Joy of the Gospel. Lucky for me, Heavenly father answered my prayers.
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MESA TEMPLE!! :)
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