Hola.
This week was crazy. Just crazy. The craziest week I have ever had.
Hermana Linderman, an Hermana we live with, has been sick for months. She has an infection in her lymphnods (sp?). And she has gone to multiple doctors, gotten a CT scan, ultra sounds, blood work. None of it gave the doctors any answers. She was in a lot of pain, so she had to go home on Teusday. That was hard. All 4 of us got along so well. We helped her pack (in 3 hours!!). Then sent her on her way with some other Sisters that would take her to the airport the next morning. Oh man. It was hard, we all cried. It's sad to me that she had to go home when she actually wanted to be here, then there's other missionaries that throw missions away like it's nothing by braking rules and such. She deserved to be here, and her health wouldn't allow it. It was sad. But she went home honorably. She's an amazing missionary, we pray for her every day. We still talk about her everyday.
So, because she had to leave unexpectedly, we became....A TRIPAN!! Yay. Hermana Bollwinkel joined us! And we were over 2 areas, and wards. That meant 2 district meetings, 2 correlations, about 6 hours of church. It was awesome. It meant LOTS AND LOTS of work!!! We had more work than we could handle! Meetings every where, lessons all over the place. We some times didn't have time to actually sit down and eat. It was so awesome though! We helped Hector, he's 16, get ready for his baptism. It was so awesome. He was baptized yesterday. It was so great. But...we never realized how much work went into baptisms....BOY it's a lot of work!! The baptism was beautiful. I was able to play piano for it. I am thankful to have had the opportunity. The baptism was so awesome though!! Hector shared his testimony at the end, it was so powerful. It was just so cool, he'd been trying to be baptized for a 1. His dad wouldn't sign the paper (since he is a minor we need a signature from both parents approving his being baptized). And finally. I think it was Thursday his dad signed it. His dad wasn't at the baptism. Hector is staying strong though, he knows that this gospel is TRUE. It's amazing.
So, yesterday, we were at the church from 8:30 all the way to 8 at night. It was busy! Haha. But we got lots done, we had lunch and dinner packed. It was great.
Something about our ward...no one knows how to play the piano except for me. The primary program is coming up, and they don't have a pianist. Sooo, I'm playing!! :) Before I came, they were just playing a CD for the children to sing to....talk about DIFFICULT. I don't know if it's just me, but I would think that would be SO hard to teach kids songs without a pianist!! I'm glad I can help them out. I just hope I'm helping them out rather than being a burden (sometimes I'm afraid there is a language barrier, but Vero helps me ALOT. Thank goodness.).
TRANSFERS. We got the call this morning...and....I'M STAYING. YAY!!! I'm thankful to be in Oxnard still. I can't imagine being any where else right now. I'm just now getting the hang of everything, I didn't wanna leave Haha. Hermana Corniea is my companion still. And Hermana Bollwinkel is getting a new companion. So we all three get to go to transfer meeting. I guess not every mission does transfers the way we do them, but everyone that is switching companions/training new missionaries, we get to go to a meeting in Ventura. I always love going to meetings where President will be speaking, we don't get to see him alot.
Guess how many missionaries are in Oxnard alone now??? You won't believe it...I can't even believe it!! There's supposed to be about 30 companionships here. Just in Oxnard!! 30?! There's 31 new missionaries here. I bet they're freaking out. I'm not the newest any more. Yay. The church is so true!! There IS a hastening of the work everyone.
That is about it. I am loving every minute of my mission. Can't believe I've been gone for about 12 weeks. ALREADY. What??? Haha, thanks for all the support. I'm thankful for this opportunity to serve the Lord. I love it. It's a glorious work. I can't get enough of it. I know that as you members start sharing the gospel as much as possible, you WILL recieve even more blessings. don't be afraid! You will be given words to say. Go out with the missionaries! We love it! This church is so true. I think I have said that about 10 million times in this email, but it's just so true! Joseph Smith truly was and is a prophet of God. Thomas S. Monson is the prophet today, he leads and guides us. The Book of Mormon is true. The temple is literally the house of God. Go there as much as possible. Through this gospel, families can be together forever. We can live with God and Jesus Christ again. This wonderful gospel answers every question. (and when it doesn't, it's most likely because it's not important for you salvation ;) Haha). This gospel is a comfort to me. I don't believe it in because it comforts me, we see a lot of people think that religion is only important because it makes people feel good. No. This gospel is a comfort to me because I know for a fact that it is true. Not vise versa. I love being a missionary, I love being able to say that I am called of God, that I'm worthy to be here. It's great.
Have a great week. Sorry, I just blab on and on.
Love,
Hermana Ah Mu
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