Why do I literally have the best family in the world? Thanks for all you do guys, I love you so much!! (That seems to be a familiar missionary phrase -- missions increase appreciation for families, I guess. Reminder - blue comments are Mom's).
Couple
things this week...I ALWAYS lose my keys in my bag...this bag is the
best and has lasted me for 10 months and will make it through the rest
of my mission (shout out to the Lovett's--thanks guys!!), but there's a
whole in the lining--I probably put something sharp in there on
accident, so the keys and pens, etc. always fall into the lining and
disappear. So after a lesson on Sunday, it was raining and cold and we
were all trying to find the keys in my bag and afterwards, the member we
were with gave me an extra lanyard that she has to help me keep track
of them. Later on I was trying to steer with the lanyard, and it
slipped a bit, only as we were going through a roundabout though,
otherwise it was fine, and the wheel was locked and it was a bit
scary...don't worry, I won't do it again. But church was amazing! I learned so much!
So
last night we had the coolest experience...one of the less active girls
we are working with came to sacrament, but didn't stay, and after
church we felt prompted to visit her. We went to her home, but she
wasn't there, she was at work. We really felt like we should go to her
work, but we felt a bit weird, especially because it was Sunday, but we
prayed about it and went. When we got there, she let us in and locked
the door because this man was super duper drunk and he had been in the store
for like 30 minutes just standing by her and he wouldn't leave. So when he left, she locked the door. Then
when we looked outside, he was laying on the ground by the road. She
called an ambulance, and we went over and talked to him. He was a bit
older, and he was in tears saying that he just wanted to go home. We
talked to him a bit -- he was really pretty present for being that drunk,
and he is in a lot of pain, emotionally. He gave us his address and
phone number--and the number actually works, so he remembered his info,
and we told him we would help him get home but also help him change his
life. I know that Heavenly Father led us to him that evening. I felt
so strongly that this man is Heavenly Father's child and Heavenly Father
is reaching out to him right now. I love being able to reach out to
people for Him. Or I guess be an instrument in His hands, and I know
it's as we listen to the promptings of the Spirit that we can be.
I
am learning how to truly pray and I feel like I am finally learning how
to listen to the spirit more! At least a bit ha. 10 months into my
mission haha. I have so much further to go, but I'm also learning to be
ok with the pace at which I am learning. As long as I am progressing.
So
we had this great uplifting night, and when we got home to do our
studies, I don't know what happened, but Sister Vaha'i got pretty mad.
To be fair, I probably did something to make her angry without realizing
it, but I had no clue what...it was one of the most tense nights of my
mission, and I was trying sooo hard not to react, but to act. Then I
remembered something that we were told in Sacrament meeting, that when
you want to do something, there's no point in trying, just do it! I
decided to apply that, and when I changed my thinking from I'm trying so
hard to be kind and patient and bite my tongue, to think, it's not that
hard, just do it, it became soo much easier! I don't know if I
explained that well, but oh well. Hopefully it makes sense, because it
really clicked for me last night. I pray so hard for the strength to
change and for help becoming better, and then really I needed to change my
thinking ... rather than try to be patient or try to be loving, just do
it! Even if you don't feel it right away, you will eventually. She
apologized this morning and we are all goods now, so no worries either.
We all have those moments. She is amazing and I am lucky to be
companions with her :) Sister Vaha'i has such a strong desire to be good
and do good. (One of my new favorite quotes is from a talk by Elder Scott entitled: The Transforming Power of Faith and Character. It says: "We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day."
The one spiteful thing I did last
night in response was to eat the rest of the Doritos (there were only
crumbs left anyway), but the joke was on me, because they were all stale
haha. Learned my lesson.
We are working
with this part member family, coming, and we stopped by after church to
find out why they didn't come. They told us that they had been hung
over, and that's why they didn't end up coming, but the wife shared that
she doesn't want to drink anymore, and she really wants to go to
church!!! The first time we met her, she told us that she just didn't
want to keep the commandments at all. We are witnessing her heart and
her desires change as the spirit works with her! I am soo excited for
their family!
Oh also this week we were
leaving this one home as well, and I said bye, and turned to walk out
and walked right into their screen door, and there is now a dent in
their screen from my head...I'm that hard headed. Great.
Life is great! Have a wonderful week! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
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