AHHH--familyyyyyyyyyyyy.
im so happy to write you. This week has been....
CRAZY. so much to say. where to begin...
ok--so this next week (as in tomorrow) we have changes
again. crazy how fast this change went. and the little crazies told me i will
not only have a change, but also--they want me to train??? yes. i will be
trainng a new missionary. what are these people thinking? So im kind of scared
for that. if you guys could pray for me, that would be really great because i
scared hunny, k?? really. scared. but it will be a good opportunity to learn to
rely on the Lord, because frankly my dear, that is something that im not very
good at. but for sure i will learn. eeek!
also, this week with my companion... i wont go into details,
but she got a little idea in her head that i was lying? or something? and she
basically went crazy on me. Let's just say Wednesday and Thursday were probably
the worst days in my whole life. And so i had to cry for help to our wonderful
zone leaders who helped calm her down and help her realize that the things she
thought WERENT true. haha you guysssssssssss. seriously. During this time i was
thinking, i will NEVER live with a girl again. and I just wanted to runaway to
casa and be with the people that trust me. hahhaahhaa but then now things are
normal. Well, they're normal for her, and im pretending that they are normal
for me, but still i feel a little scared to get close to her anymore because
she said some realllllllly terrible things. heh. so for this reason, im VERY
grateful to have a change.
Next thing on the list--Miriam. Yes yes yes she was
baptized! And it was sooooo beautiful and great. She was super happy and after
she came out of the water she gave me the biggest hug, and i didnt even care
that she was soaking wet. And she had the biggest prettiest smile on her
face.
but i noticed that the whole time her mom was acting kind of
strangely and look uncomfortable. I gave her a hug at the end and asked her
what she thought of it all, and she said it was nice, but was definitely
reserved. I was kind of worried about this, but the baptism ended way late, and
i had to get back to my room real quick.
anyway. so then sunday morning came, and we were
calling them to remind them about the confirmation of miriam. and someone
answered the first time, but when they heard that it was us, they hung up. what
the?? so we called and called and called, thinking that maybe it was a
connection problem. and then we were like, welp--we have to just go to their
house then.
and then the bad news happened.
Miriam opened the door and said that she couldnt go to
church with us for this and that---just a bunch of excuses, right? and then she
was like, "ok, so what the real problem is, is that im Catholic. I know
the church is true, but im catholic."
WHAT THE?????? i felt like i was going to throw up in this
moment. seriously. it was TERRIBLE. and so we continued to ask her more
quesitons about everything to try to figure out what was going on. and what we
discovered was that basically her parents(her mom especially) had talked to her
after her baptism and said that Miriam is still a little girl and cant make
these decisions right now, and that if she wants to be a member of the church,
she has to wait until she's an adult(even though Santa, the mom, signed and
gave her permision to be baptized). and now poor Miriam is SUPER
confused.
I wont be around to see what happens, but my comp and her
comp are going to have a good talking to with her mom. can you guys believe
that??? It's so crazy. i dont know if i explained the situation very well, but
man. it was a horrible moment.
but it strengthened my testimony that when we are closer to
the truth, the stronger the opposistion is. in Revelations 12:17 it talks about
how satan is working the hardest against those who are trying to keep the
commandments. and man--it is definitely true.
Anway--if you guys could pray for her, that would be
realllllly great.
also, this week we did a lot of contacting and knocking on
doors and it was really cool. we got a lot of no's, but the people who are
ready, accepted, right? So contacting made the week better. haha
Well family. I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH. and miss you
sooooooo much!! i hope you guys are all enjoying your summer well, and getting
nice and tan!
love,
me
P.S. happy birthday to dad this week!!
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