Hi family!!
How is everyone doing? I am soaking wet!! It has been raining all week
long!! I guess the rainy season is starting! Woo! Well this weekend
Carlos Columba is going to be baptized!! I am so excited for him! He
is a special spirit! He lives all alone, with next to nothing in his
house. His parents died about 20 years ago and he got out of rehab
about a year ago for drugs.. The drugs have definately had an effect
on him. He is like a little boy! Most of the time it seems like he
isn`t paying attention but when we has questions he knows everything!
He is always waiting for us when we come with his Book of Mormon in
hand! haha The poor guy is so lonely I feel so bad for him. But with
the church he will be able to make friends! His life has been so hard
but I know with the gospel he will be blessed!
Last night we were walking down the street and we passed a little boy
who was crying and asking for his dad! So we stopped to ask what was
wrong and he said he was asleep in the car and when he woke up his dad
was gone and he didn`t know where he went! So we sat with him and
tried to calm him down and talked to him until his dad came. When he
did we found out that we were infront of his grandma`s house and the
dad went to the store next door to buy some oil! haha The poor thing
was so scared that his dad left him! But it was kinda funny
afterwards! haha
This week we had a Specialized Training with President Sloan and he
talked to us about having faith in Christ and helping to build the
faith our investigators have not in the church but in Christ. It made
me reflect a lot on faith. It really is the key to this life. Without
faith we have nothing! I have always had faith but until this mission
I don`t think it has really been tested. I am grateful for all of the
experiences that try and test my faith because it has grown so much
and I know it will continue to grow! It is hard to believe all of the
change that has happened in my life in the past 18 months and I can
only imagine how much more change is on it`s way! But through it all I
know the Savior is with me and will always be with me! In our specialized
training we also had interviews with the President and it was so
wonderful to know that he doesn`t think of me as the first terrible
impression i gave him! He said he was so proud of me, that I have a
pure heart and I am the type of girl he wants his son to marry! haha I
wrote more in my journal but it was so nice to hear that!
Things with the new companion are good! We both share the work
responsibility which is good! It is preparing me to have to take it
all on if or when I become a trainer! I`m glad I won`t have to have
all that stress on me at once! Right now is stressful enough!
Does Kyle have to leave in January? Can`t they wait another month?
But how long will he be gone for? I know it isn`t until January but still! And then Bubba will be leaving!
Wow time is flying by! A year ago I was calling you telling you I was
thinking about a mission and here I am! It is so crazy! Time is a
funny funny thing! I am so grateful to be here and I am so grateful for you and all of your love and support and prayers! I really couldn`t do it without you!
I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family!
Well I love you and miss you so much!! Thank you for everything!! You are the
greatest Mom ever and my biggest example and hero!! And thank you Dad
for all that you do! You work too hard
xoxoXo
Love forever and always,
Hermana Nelson
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