Today we had a big P-day of all sisters. That was super
fun. We just hung out and watched a movie, and played some funny little
games. I kind of felt like I was at a Young Women´s activity at church.
It was super fun and all of the sisters were just being...sisters. Hahah
I don´t know how to explain it. But it was a great time!
This week has been really interesting. A lot of
really small miracles have happened, and those are the reasons we keep
working right? If we don´t have the results we want, we still need to
look at the small blessings we have. For example, there is a family in
our ward, the Familia Ynga, that is like 92 % inactive in the church.
The whole family are members of the church, the grandma and the grandpa,
and all of their children (8 in total), but only the grandparents go to
church regularly. It´s really sad actually, but we love them all and we
are visiting them and trying to get them back to church. The grandpa
was inactive for YEARS also, but in the past few months has started
going back to church and is active again. That has been a huge blessing
and honestly a big surprise for his family. His name is Alfredo but
everyone calls him "nene" which means "little boy" in Spanish. His wife
is Elena, but they all call her "nena" or "little girl" :) they are the
sweetest humans in the world! I love them so much. But anyway, el
Hermano Nene is a little stubborn. We were telling him that he needed to
talk to the bishop because the next step for him and his wife is
entering the temple to get sealed! He was really nervous for the
interview and really didn´t want to go. We went to visit them the day of
the interview, and talked to them about enduring to the end. We talked
about the importance of the family, and of the priesthood. He really
understood the lesson, and afterward he told us he was going to see the
bishop. He stood up and said "Let´s go nena. I gotta go talk to the
bishop." (in Spanish, though) The bishop told us later that it was a
super spiritual interview, and since the bishop can´t tell us anything
that the hermano said, he just said "Trust me hermanas, he listens to
you when you teach. He is one great man." So he´s getting ready to enter
the temple with his wife! Its going to be a great time. We´re not sure
when, but he´s in the process. He will be a great example for all of his
children as well.
Something interesting happened with my
companion a while ago that I never really explained. She had a period of
time when she literally wanted to go home, and didn´t want to work. She
would tell me that she was going to call the president, have an
interview, and she was convinced that he would hear her out and send her
home just like that. It was rough to see her like that, because I knew
that she didn´t REALLY want to go home. Sometimes she´d be normal and
happy, but something difficult would happen (cancelled appointments,
lack of sleep, upset stomach) and she would get all depressed and just
not want to do it anymore. I know how hard it can be, but during that
time, I had to just put a smile on all the time and help her to get over
it. There were times when I wanted to just tell her to shut up, or
times that I wanted to just let her call president and let him deal with
it, but somehow God helped me to have the patience that I needed to be
able to help her. Patience has always been an attribute that I lacked...I
still need to work on it actually, but I feel like I came to understand
a little bit more about it. And there have been many times when she has
had to be really patient with me. It´s really funny how the mission is.
It can be so dramatic, but it´s the best time in the world. The other
day I was pretty emotional, a little stressed out about some things and
sad about the up-coming transfers, and my companion told me, "Hermana
Scott, even though I never tell you, I really do love you. Don´t worry.
Every thing is going to be okay if we trust in God." It just made me
want to cry. I feel really blessed to have been able to see this great
change in her. That is what this gospel is all about...forgiveness, love
and change. I felt so grateful for what she said to me that day when I
was a little down in the dumps. She reminded me of one of the most
famous Mormon scriptures:
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save He shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which He commandeth them.
I
love how God teaches us. I had thought that I was placed with my
companion to help her, but really it seems like it was the other way
around. God does all that He does for a very specific reason, and He
will be with us in each step of the way to help us understand and do
what he wants us to do.
I feel really blessed and happy. I hope that you are
enjoying the last little bit of summer. We´re going to be leaving
winter soon, so when it´s cold over there, I´ll be getting sun burned
and enjoying the sun here :) I love you all so much more than you know! I
hope this week is filled with little miracles and that you can
understand a little bit more of God´s great plan.
I LOVE YOU!
Con mucho amor,
Hermana Scott
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