Mi querida familia!
This week was crazy, but it has definitely been a good one! On Friday
we had a zone temple trip! It so good to be in the doors of the temple
again. We are allowed to go every four months in the mission, and
words cannot describe the profound peace you can feel while in the
temple. One of my favorite things is being in the celestial room
surrounded by other missionaries. Indescribable.
On Saturday we got to take a little surprise trip to the sisters area.
They had their baptism that day, and as soon as we started the day, we
received a very clear impression that one of the sisters wasn't okay.
We immediately called, and it turns out that one of the sisters had
the flu and had been struggling a lit bit emotionally because she just
barely entered the field. I am so grateful for the help of the Holy
Ghost and the messages He sends us. We went to their area and while my
companion went with one of the sisters to go teach the final lesson to
their soon to be baptized investigator, I got to stay with the sister
who was sick. While I sat next to her on her bed, I was brought back
to my first months in the mission field. It felt like just yesterday i
was in Peru when Hermana Carli Stone sat by my bed side. As I played
with her hair and we talked, it was so interesting to witness and see
how hard Satan works on missionaries. Here with me was an amazingly
strong, dedicated, beautiful, consecrated missionary who was so
utterly convinced that she wasn't a good missionary who should just go
home. Satan is just so lame sometimes. Heavenly Father truly prepared
me to help this sister out. Earlier that week, I had the same thoughts
running through my head. I began to doubt what I have done on my
mission and felt that I wasn't a good missionary. I began to think
that the Tucson Arizona mission would be far better off without me!
During the week, I began studying about the difference between sin and
weakness. Satan always tries to make us feel that our weaknesses are
sins. He makes us feel guilty when we feel sick, fatigued, tired, or
even sad. But those aren't sins. Those are just weaknesses that our
Heavenly Father literally gives us so we turn to him and make them
strengths. (Ether 12:27) Christ felt all those weaknesses. Yet, he was
sinless. When we turn to the Lord with our weaknesses, through Christ
we can be made strong. And we must always remember that the lord works
by small and simple means. I love this scripture because I always
think to myself how grateful I am that he chooses the small and
simple. Because that is exactly who we are as humans. I am just so
grateful for my Heavenly Father and my Savior. Words can't even
describe. I would be nothing without him. Sometimes, I felt like my
mission has been like that poem "Footsteps in the sand." I look back,
and don't understand how I have made it this far. Then I realize that
it has been by the grace of the Savior. He is my rock and my best
friend.
Have a great week!
This week was crazy, but it has definitely been a good one! On Friday
we had a zone temple trip! It so good to be in the doors of the temple
again. We are allowed to go every four months in the mission, and
words cannot describe the profound peace you can feel while in the
temple. One of my favorite things is being in the celestial room
surrounded by other missionaries. Indescribable.
On Saturday we got to take a little surprise trip to the sisters area.
They had their baptism that day, and as soon as we started the day, we
received a very clear impression that one of the sisters wasn't okay.
We immediately called, and it turns out that one of the sisters had
the flu and had been struggling a lit bit emotionally because she just
barely entered the field. I am so grateful for the help of the Holy
Ghost and the messages He sends us. We went to their area and while my
companion went with one of the sisters to go teach the final lesson to
their soon to be baptized investigator, I got to stay with the sister
who was sick. While I sat next to her on her bed, I was brought back
to my first months in the mission field. It felt like just yesterday i
was in Peru when Hermana Carli Stone sat by my bed side. As I played
with her hair and we talked, it was so interesting to witness and see
how hard Satan works on missionaries. Here with me was an amazingly
strong, dedicated, beautiful, consecrated missionary who was so
utterly convinced that she wasn't a good missionary who should just go
home. Satan is just so lame sometimes. Heavenly Father truly prepared
me to help this sister out. Earlier that week, I had the same thoughts
running through my head. I began to doubt what I have done on my
mission and felt that I wasn't a good missionary. I began to think
that the Tucson Arizona mission would be far better off without me!
During the week, I began studying about the difference between sin and
weakness. Satan always tries to make us feel that our weaknesses are
sins. He makes us feel guilty when we feel sick, fatigued, tired, or
even sad. But those aren't sins. Those are just weaknesses that our
Heavenly Father literally gives us so we turn to him and make them
strengths. (Ether 12:27) Christ felt all those weaknesses. Yet, he was
sinless. When we turn to the Lord with our weaknesses, through Christ
we can be made strong. And we must always remember that the lord works
by small and simple means. I love this scripture because I always
think to myself how grateful I am that he chooses the small and
simple. Because that is exactly who we are as humans. I am just so
grateful for my Heavenly Father and my Savior. Words can't even
describe. I would be nothing without him. Sometimes, I felt like my
mission has been like that poem "Footsteps in the sand." I look back,
and don't understand how I have made it this far. Then I realize that
it has been by the grace of the Savior. He is my rock and my best
friend.
Have a great week!