So this past week I
completed 6 months in the mission...and I have no idea where the time
went. It has gone so fast but I have learned so much. Here is a little
summary of some interesting things that happened this week:
1.
When we were leaving our zone meeting last week, that taxi with all of
my companions almost left without me..like it was driving away with the
door open and everything haha but it all worked out and it stopped a
little ways down the road..crazy taxi drivers..
2.
One of our less actives has a part in their back yard that has like 6
hammocks and so we taught two lessons this week in hammocks..that was
fun.
3. The other
day the bishop invited us to his house for dinner and so we went and it
was all sorts of meat and one of the meats was some weird part of a cow
that I'm still not really sure what it was...but I ate it..I think it's
better that I don't know...
4.
To celebrate my 6 months we went and bought salchipapas which is
basically french fries with hot dog and this special sauce and it's
super good! So yeah we had a little celebration. I'll try to put some
pictues on.
Ok
now for the spiritual things.. So this week we went and visited the
Macias family and wow. it was one of the best lessons we've had in a
while. We watched the Joseph Smith movie about the restoration and I
seriously love that movie. I think I've said that before but it's true.
Every time I watch it I almost cry...It really is such a powerful
representation of the restoration of the true church here on the earth.
Anyway, we watched it and when we finished we were talking and I was
sitting there like trying not to cry and when it was my turn to speak I
just bore a simple testimony of how I know that Joseph Smith was a
prophet and that I knew the Lord had placed them in our path for a
reason and yes I was crying...and it was such a powerful moment. The mom
was crying and you could feel the spirit witnessing to them that there
was a reason we were there. This sunday they didn't come to church
because the mom Carmen, it was her birthday so we were a little bummed
because it's been two weeks and they haven't come to church but I have
faith. I KNOW they are a family that is prepared and we just need to
help them come to know of the love God has for them. Satan also knows
how good they are and will try to do everything he can to make it so
they don't progress, but Satan has no power. God is all powerful and if
we do what we are supposed to, we have every right to have that power to
be with us. Pray for them! oh, and us, please pray for us too.
Another
spiritual thought. Yesterday we were sitting in Sacrament meeting and
we were listening to a young single adult speaker and something she said
really struck me. She was talking about how sometimes in the church we
are asked to do things and we feel inadaquate or we don't want to or
something and make up an excuse about how we can't or we're busy but we
should trust in our capabilities. The Lord trusts us and we should trust
ourselves. We are not inadaquate. I am only a 19 yr old girl and there
are probably many other people who know a lot more about the bible or
the gospel than me and yeah, sometimes I feel inadequate but I know I
have authority. I know that each missionary is called of God to do this
work and I know every memeber of the church has the resources necessary
to carry out whatever task is laid before them. Remember, the Lord does
not call the qualified, he qualifies the called.
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