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| with companions: Sister S and Sister T |
First of
all can I just say it was soo fun to talk to you all! It was so good to hear
your voices, although I did miss all those of you who couldn't be there, but I
understand.
This week
flew by. It started off with a beautiful zone meeting about developing Christ-like
attributes. I have come so far on my mission, but in the eternal perspective I
still have so far to go. I'm excited about the growth I will achieve in these
last months on my mission and for the rest of my life.
One of the
things I'm really trying to work on is patience and listening with love. We had
an investigator this week that we were trying to teach and there is a language
barrier and she's quite stubborn. She wasn't really letting us talk about the
lesson and was trying to take it off topic... that is something that I always
struggle to be patient with and we were late for our next appointment, which is
a test of my patience. I hate being late. I lost a bit of my cool. I wasn't
rude but I was definitely impatient. I was so dissappointed in myself, but then
I prayed and asked for Heavenly Father to help me have patience and it helped a
bit but I was still feeling pretty down.
So later
this week we went to meet with a less active who is old and very stubborn and
is the queen of taking it off topic. So I went in determined to be a loving
listener with patience. And with God's help I was really able to. I felt so
much love and peace as I listened and loved her and then was also able to keep
her a bit more on track. It was such a beautiful feeling. I was so thankful.
God is so good to me. I am going to keep praying and working on that until it
becomes my strength. I know it's possible with God's help.
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| getting grumpy face. |
We also
found this beautiful, old Italian couple that we started teaching. They are so
adorable and sweet. It is hard to communicate well, but we will take it very
slow with them and thankfully the spirit speaks the same language to everyone.
One of the
biggest miracles this week for me was Sunday. This week has been a
rollercoaster. I have been so happy and so frustrated all week. I have felt very alone sometimes. But it's really helped me grow.
Why I'm
telling you all this is because it's part of the miracle. It was perfect timing
that I was able to talk to our family this week, I just needed to talk to
people that loved me a lot and know how to show it in a way that makes me feel
loved and important.
Then we
went to Sunday school and the WML taught the most inspired lesson. It was
exactly what I needed to hear. He started out the lesson by saying, "I
know some of you may feel surrounded by people but completely alone, this
lesson is for you." The whole lesson was perfect for me. It was beautiful
and it was such clear evidence of God's love for me. He cared enough to inspire
Brother S to prepare a lesson that was meant just for me. God is good to me.
I love you
all so much. I am so thankful for the prayers and love and support that I get
from all of you. I really needed it at certain times this week.
And to
give you all a little glimpse of the real life here we have eaten sweet chili
chicken nibblies 4 days in a row this past week. Man they are so good and sooo
cheap. You know how I get when I have a craving, I can't help but just eat it
all the time. I'm sure I'll get sick of it soon... maybe… but they are so good.
I'll have to make them for you when I get home.
And there
was about 3 days when we had very little hot water and basically no water
pressure and then there was a full day where we had literally NO hot water. And
remember, it's winter here. Yup it was pretty cold this week, which made the
cold water even more of an adventure. Gotta love the joys of mission life:)
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