Well I am just stoked to open up
my email today because last week my emails didnt print... therefore it
has been two weeks since I got to read of zion and I am just super oober
anxious. the life of a missionary eh? and just to clear things up you
can send mem letters. packages no, but letters are still great! (so no
excuses...)
This past week was transfer week and we lucky dogs
since we are so far out here we get the special treat of knowing the day
before the whole mission. I wasnt nervous until the phone does the
vibrating dance and after its nothing but twinching motions. But never
fear when they announced that we are SAFE! my comp and I were so flippin
excited the photo went flying for a beso and a hug! the rest is
history... the first week is up and I will be honest it started out
bitter but ended sweet. Here in 25 de mayo I have learned a lot, I
think that if I were to pick a part in my mission where I really learned
to give myself to the work it would be here. I think a big part of it
is that when you put to ¨babies¨ together they learn to lean off
eachother for support. And in the process we have become the quite the
dueling double and the best of friends. There isnt a day we dont put
back our heads and laugh and there isnt a day that we regret.
Disappointments and failures si, and there are days when we find
ourselves kneeing pleading for forgiveness because we could have done
more, but I feel as though I have grown more in these past three
transfers than in my whole life. and I can actually feel myself becoming
the person I have set out to be. I still have the himilayas to climb
obvio but hey the best thing about the hike, is the view from the top!
Another thing I have really learned here in the land
of Mate (the herble nasty) is Love. I love these people. And let me
quote something I received in the mail just this past week ¨If you cant
teach someone love them, and by loving them maybe you can teach them tomorrow¨
Quote of Sorella Alley. Well these words on paper have become a
reality for me. We have a lot of eternal investigatores. Most of our
pool we ahve had for the whole three transfers I have been here. And I
can truly say that I have grown to love these people with all my heart.
And with all of them their journeys have been tough, but with the love
we have had for them and more than anything trusting the the Lords
timing, they are now progressing. Marilanna, has been ¨dealt¨ a life
thats close to keylime pie... sour. One of the hardest obstacales for
her, not having the gift to bear children. So she adopted, and her son
they found him in a box. I could go on to tell you a million horrible
things that this lady has been through to the point of her husband and
her becoming ¨atheist¨ but from the first day we found here we testified
of eternal families. We testified of Jesucristo and this past week She
came to chruch. Now she knows we have a loving heavenily father, and
that when she hurts Christ is crying with her. Now she is remembering
her testimony. and when we orginally knocked on her door we were
rejected and the second time we knocked we became the first missionaries
that she has ever let into her home. Words cannot describe how much
love I have for this woman and for so many of our investigatores. I can
witness the difference in the way my companion and I teach. When we have
love we teach with the spirit! For this reason my goal this transfer
is Charity, to find it in everything and everyone. To let the pure love
of Christ shine forth, and to make everyone we talk to smile. because
when your happy satan is losing. Love is eternal.
I am looking forward to this week, however it will
be a challenge. As with Christmas the whole world focuses this season on
commercializing vacations. Yes semana Santa, is a time for family but a
family centered in Christ. Just like Christmas there isnt anything
greater than having extra excuses to talk about our savior. HOW HE
LIVES TODAY! and how this life doesnt end when our bodies go beneath
the earth. No it is so much more than that! its eternal, it is perfect.
and just incase your questioning, yes I am planning on dyeing some
eggs as well.
Well I have learned that expressing my weeks
feelings in an email is pointness. haha Its fustrating to try and
explain with words. they are never sufficent. But I hope you can catch a
glimse of my experiences. and well go out and feel what I feel for
yourself and then you´ll understand. Happy pre easter. and remember
that I love you!
¨Y ahora, despues de los muchos testimonies que se
han dado de el, este es el testimonio, el ultimo de todos, que nosotros
dams de el, !QUE VIVE!
Go out and TESTIFY!
Hermana Alley
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