1 December 2014
So. This past Tuesday we had the Christmas Conference that I
mentioned, it was splendid, so fun to be with billions of missionaries and
Christmas joy and music and looooooooots of food. But anyway, President was talking
a little bit at the beginning and saying how he gets lots of complaints
from missionaries that have been in an area for 3 or 4 months and how it
actually says in some missionary manuel that when it's possible, missionaries
should stay in areas for 6 months at the minimun. .. . I was so sure until that
point that I would be leaving Piraquara finally! And honestly I was feeling
pretty tired and wanting a change. When he said that I started to doubt a
little bit. . . .Well my dear family. Yes. Yes, I will be staying here in my
dear Piraquara another Transfer. Honestly, when i first found out yesterday I
was just bummed. REALLY??? WHY? 7 1/2 months in the same area, my FIRST area
too! More than 1/2 of my time in Brazil here in Piraquara! Haha but then we went
to church and I was there with all of the people I love so very dearly and
people were already talking about how they were happy that I WOULD be able to
be here for Christmas and I just realized how truly devastated I will be when I
do leave this little place in Brazil. I know I will leave a piece of my heart
here and it will not be easy.
But, for now, I will appreciate that I know this place and this ward
like the back of my hand and work soooo hard! It's really a blessing to have a
ward that you know really ( reaaaaaaaaly ;) well that is a good hard-working
ward:)
This week: Well, unfortunately, it was kind of a bummer week. I had
the worst ear infection known to man ( well at least to me) for a week and a
half and it was so bad that I wasn't able to work normally. Wow. I cannot
express how much I prayed. Every hour of every day. Not being physically able
to do almost anything, especially when you know that you only have 7 MONTHS
left to be a missionary and you have to spend a week of that time in your
house/going to the doctor. . . it was one of the hardest times of my life honestly.
Now, talking about it I can't really express what it was like but. . . .I don't
know, i watched this Mormon mes.(http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=3897359657001)
that my dear Sister C (<3) sent today and she said something that sums up
what I learned. She talked about Newton's Law-when there is a reaction, there
is always an EQUAL and OPPOSITE reaction. She said, "The greater our
sorrow is, the great our capacity is to feel joy." That's exactly right. I
suffered a lot this last week, but I learned even more about my Savior and His
Atonement. That He never did leave me and that He loves me. I don't know
yet exactly what I was supoosed to learn or why it happened to me but I am SO
extremely grateful for health, for happiness and to be a missionary-and
my desire to work, work,work and just do all of those missionary things is so
much stronger! Something else I learned about the Atonement of Christ at about
the end of the week that brought a lot of peace to my questions filled mind and
soul, is scripture found in 2 Corinthians 12:8-10. It says:8
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And
he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made
perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my
infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take
pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in
distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. ( Thank you
Sister C, do you see how much you're still helping me?? :)
Beautiful right?
I love you family, I hope that you had lovely
Thanksgiving, we did. . . .nothing here haha, that's ok, I never liked Turkey
anyways and basically eat a Thanksgiving Dinner every stinkin' day for alomço
sooo. .. .
Looooooooooove,
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