Well! I've made it almost a week now!! It has been SO GOOD. and SO HARD.
Mostly good. If I were to add up all the time I wanted to sit in a
corner and cry it'd only be a few hours really. But I am doing so well!
I'm so proud of you mom ;) Way to be strong.
The food is AMAZING, btw. Breakfast is a little iffy. But mm. So
good. I've been sleeping great! The first couple nights my mind was just
racing and it took a bit to fall asleep and the first few days I have
never been so exhausted, like head bobbing tired. I would get frustrated
with myself when I couldn't focus, but we pray SO MUCH. Like, between
me and my comp alone it's like, 20 times a day. It's so cool. I haven't
really been homesick either! I miss you all a lot, but it hasn't
hindered me, which is good :) I did lay in bed the other night and miss
my brothers though. I can't wait to see them again and see how tall they
are!
And it's really not that crowded at all! I thought there'd be a ton
more sisters too, but we are way outnumbered by elders. And
eeeeverybody here is from Utah... and they all know each other. Like, at
least 50% of the missionaries here are Utah folk. (including my
beautiful companion)
But yo! My companion is SO WONDERFUL. I am so so so blessed with
her. We have a ton in common and even though our personalities are waay
opposite, we get along well :) I'm so lucky. And that Sister Henderson
you talked about- she's in my room! :) There's 4 of us sisters in our
room all going to Tacoma! We've stumbled upon I think 4 more sisters
going there too, and I heard from someone that there's something like 29
of us going next week?! It's crazy.
Me and Sister Rasmussen are the only sisters in our district, then
there's 6 Elders going to Charlotte. 2 of the other districts in our
zone left this morning/yesterday for Sacramento/Denver South, but we're
getting more tomorrow! Speaking of, me and Sis Rasmussen were assigned
to be the Sister Training Leaders!!! (a zone leader but for sisters) So
we're in charge of all the sisters (2 more districts) and the ones
coming tomorrow are 8 sisters for Temple Square! So cool, right?! There
might actually be international sisters coming in today for us, but we
have no direction as to that... so hopefully that gets figured out...
Oh my goodness. So this week. It's been going so good. I have never
been on such an INSANE roller coaster of emotion though!! Yesterday
morning me and Sis Rasmussen taught our investigator Rob and it was SO
good. Mom. I feel the spirit here like I never have in my entire life.
And it's not a question like, is this the spirit or me?... it's like for
reals. It is amazing, and in our past couple lessons with Rob I have
had just times when I've had thoughts come to me and it was exactly what
was needed to say. It was amazing, I can't even tell you. Anyway, our
lesson with Rob was just perfect, and it totally wasn't what we planned
but it was exactly what he needed and the Spirit was so strong there! Me
and Sis Rasmussen came out of there just *beaming* and we couldn't stop
smiling!!! And then, after dinner we had our first lesson with a TRC
and she looked so nice from the picture and we had it all perfectly
planned out and we were gonna rely on the spirit and it was gonna be so
great. But we got there and nobody was in her room so we found the
coordinator guy but we were flustered cause we were almost late cause we
couldn't find her and he was like, "oh, she's skype" and we were
like... wait...what..?? So he took us to this room where there was a
laptop and all the sudden it was calling her and we were so caught off
guard and it was so awkward and nothing went as planned and she wasn't
even listening to us. It was so discouraging. We came out of that one
wanting to sit in a corner and cry. I was so sad. And our district
elders were being all rowdy in the classroom but neither of us had the
energy to keep them in line anymore, so I suggested we went outside. We
were so discouraged from that visit, because we gave up our lives to
help hers. And she didn't even care. We were making such a huge
sacrifice and we left our families to help hers and she wouldn't listen
and it was really hard. We were thinking "how are we going to deal with
this kind of heartbreak for 18 months?" And we just talked and decided
to say a prayer, and I can't even tell you how perfect it was. Sis
Rasmussen said the more heartfelt, beautiful prayer I've ever heard and
both of us were crying at the end. And all the sudden we were at peace
again and after that we just saw so many little tender mercies (as she
called them)! We have these Russian Elder friends who are just SO
awesome and they just came up to us and talked to us and brightened our
spirits, then we found more sisters going to Tacoma and got even better
spirits, then ran into a friend who got a sudden Visa to Brazil and was
told she's leaving in the morning and we wouldn't have seen again if we
hadn't run into her by chance, and all these little things throughout
this whole week keep happening! It is so cool! I have been soooo
blessed. I can't even tell you how much. And I have never prayed so much
in my life. I want everyone in the world to serve a mission! And I've
changed - like, it had only been a few days and I was talking to my
teacher and realized how much I've grown and changed already!! It's so
weird!? But I looove it.
Btw, I have also never been so excited for mail... every time our
DL checks all of us are like on our toes. I've only had one from Krissy
and one from Ashley Johnson though so far, so if maybe you guys wanted
to send some DearElders (PLEASE use dear elder btw!! it's free and I get
it the next day!) I would be so happy :) Mail is like a huge deal that I
super underestimated. Letters are super fun. I hope you guys got mine
that I sent when I got here! I love you all so much and miss you all!
PS- turns out I need a memory card adapter USB thing to send
pictures.. I'll try to get a hold of one today and maybe send some
later!
I LOVE YOU!
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