Hola Familia
¿Como estan? Yo creo que todo esta bien. Yo espero que ustedes sea
felizes siempre. ¡Hay mucha obra en Chile y en Graneros, pero vamos a
cambiar las vidas de todas las personas aqui!
Ok, that's enough for the Spanish, but I figured I could give grandpa
some words to work on! How is everybody? Mom I was super excited to
get your email today because before we went and printed things off my
comp and I used her recorder to record a little of my voice--there
is about12 minutes worth, but at least you will get to hear my voice. I
haven´t listened to it, so hopefully I don´t sound stupid. I hope it
works too because I also want to send some pictures with this email as
well. And there are even going to be some with me smiling. I really hate
those ones though. There´re just not me. haha
That is super cool that there is a whole family in Shelby that the
missionaries are teaching. Tell them congrats for me. They even have
them coming to church. Mom and Dad, as a missionary I´m going to tell you
to help the missionaries as much as possible and help to make those
people feel comfortable and welcome in church. You really cannot
imagine how much easier it is to have the help and support of the ward.
Truly most of the members are amazing in Graneros and are so willing to
help. Our ward mission leader is the BEST. Whenever we ask him to come
with us to a lesson he never refuses. I just love him. He truly gets the
meaning of missionary work. Its not just for those people with tags on.
Anyways, I´m sure that the missionaries appreciate everything you do for
them but just keep in mind their investigators as well!!
I am really bummed that I had to leave our internet place and you guys were both there waiting for me. I feel really bad. My comps trainer ended the mission today so we had to plan around going to the office when she was there to say good-bye and such. Actually, I´m really glad we did because her suitcases were too heavy and she left behind her fitted sheet which I took as a tender mercy because I was trying to find a fitted sheet the other day and they were kind of expensive; so, I thought I could just tough it out with a stupid flat sheet that I have to re-tuck in everyday. But no longer!!
This week was actually a tough one for me. It was the last week of the change (transfer) and I was thinking about all our investigators that we have. I was so excited to have baptisms in my first change but then they both fell through. Cristina, our other fecha, has difficulty with tea and she drank tea a week before her baptism. I was really bummed especially because she had been doing so good. This week it all just hit me. Like maybe I could have done something more to help them understand. I just felt down and couldn´t shake it--which is lame as well. One night Hermana and I came back for the day and just decided that we needed a pick me up. We read out loud Alma 26 which is one of my favorite missionary chapters. It actually helped a lot to remind me of my purpose. It also had many words of comfort for those trying times.
Everyone always said that the mission was going to be hard. I didn´t expect it to be like this though. I can handle the physical. If I have to walk up a mountain everyday to find people I could do it. But this is so different from what I imagined as difficult. It is a struggle to know if I am doing enough. Alma 42:27 has been another scripture that I have looked to a lot lately. It says something along the lines of those who will come, can come and those who choose not to come are not obligated. I can only do so much, but people still have their agency. Dang it! :) haha just kidding. But now I know how it feels to know the right answer and watch people walk away from it.
With that said I have so many goals for this next change. I am going to do everything, everything that I can possibly do to be obedient and hopefully my obedience will bless my investigators. We have soo many investigators and we keep finding more. This is going to be a great change I can feel it!
I have to tell you about my week; it was a good one besides those few stupid moments of feeling down, but we had some good lessons and I have no doubt that our two fechas that fell through are going to be batpized in the near future. We had really good lessons with them this week and they both were in church on Sunday. That's the real test. If they come to church they are golden. We have another fecha with this young single mom but she has yet to attend church so we will have to work with her on that.
I am really bummed that I had to leave our internet place and you guys were both there waiting for me. I feel really bad. My comps trainer ended the mission today so we had to plan around going to the office when she was there to say good-bye and such. Actually, I´m really glad we did because her suitcases were too heavy and she left behind her fitted sheet which I took as a tender mercy because I was trying to find a fitted sheet the other day and they were kind of expensive; so, I thought I could just tough it out with a stupid flat sheet that I have to re-tuck in everyday. But no longer!!
This week was actually a tough one for me. It was the last week of the change (transfer) and I was thinking about all our investigators that we have. I was so excited to have baptisms in my first change but then they both fell through. Cristina, our other fecha, has difficulty with tea and she drank tea a week before her baptism. I was really bummed especially because she had been doing so good. This week it all just hit me. Like maybe I could have done something more to help them understand. I just felt down and couldn´t shake it--which is lame as well. One night Hermana and I came back for the day and just decided that we needed a pick me up. We read out loud Alma 26 which is one of my favorite missionary chapters. It actually helped a lot to remind me of my purpose. It also had many words of comfort for those trying times.
Everyone always said that the mission was going to be hard. I didn´t expect it to be like this though. I can handle the physical. If I have to walk up a mountain everyday to find people I could do it. But this is so different from what I imagined as difficult. It is a struggle to know if I am doing enough. Alma 42:27 has been another scripture that I have looked to a lot lately. It says something along the lines of those who will come, can come and those who choose not to come are not obligated. I can only do so much, but people still have their agency. Dang it! :) haha just kidding. But now I know how it feels to know the right answer and watch people walk away from it.
With that said I have so many goals for this next change. I am going to do everything, everything that I can possibly do to be obedient and hopefully my obedience will bless my investigators. We have soo many investigators and we keep finding more. This is going to be a great change I can feel it!
I have to tell you about my week; it was a good one besides those few stupid moments of feeling down, but we had some good lessons and I have no doubt that our two fechas that fell through are going to be batpized in the near future. We had really good lessons with them this week and they both were in church on Sunday. That's the real test. If they come to church they are golden. We have another fecha with this young single mom but she has yet to attend church so we will have to work with her on that.
I have to go! I love hearing from you guys and
mom you don´t have to worry about sending packages to me all the time. I
know they are expensive and I´m well taken care of here. But since you
are sending one could you throw in some fruit roll ups for my companion
she loves them and they don't have them here!!
LOVE YOU GUYS SOO MUCH!! Thank you for your prayers I feel the effects of them everyday!!
con cariño,
Hermana Thacker
(Received Monday, March 5, 2012)
No comments:
Post a Comment