So Christmas was amazing, we had SOO many miracles that week it was
insane! We found a new family that are all excited and ready for
baptism! woo hoo!!!!! they recently moved here from Colombia, and
already know a little bit about the church because their daughter-in-law
is a less active member who wants to start coming back to church. We
met the kids on Monday, they all came to the Christmas party on Friday,
and then to church on Sunday!! miracles!! they are so amazing, and I
know that they will be able to enter the waters of baptism soon. Their
goal is to be ready on January 23rd :)
We also had a zone fireside on Christmas Eve, and we were blessed
with some very sweet experiences to serve those around us. It was a
great blessing from God, because sometimes as a missionary, Christmas
just feels the same because you just do the same things you do every
day. But this Christmas will be one that I will remember for the rest of
my life. And I wish I could tell you all about it, but that will have
to do for now....
because I have to tell you about transfers!!!
So Hermana Flores and I both got the call that we were getting
transferred. :( They closed our area, and all of our amazing miracle
families and investigators will now be taught by the elders that stayed
in the branch... :( it was a sad day saying goodbye to all of them, but I
know that the Lord is in charge and He will take care of them.
I got transferred to Discovery Park with Sister Clayson, and we
have a special assignment of being over all of the sister training
leaders in the mission and working closely with the mission president,
the assistants, and all of the leaders. It is really really crazy, and
we have been super busy. But we are seeing so many miracles. It was
really overwhelming, and I have never felt so inadequate. But I know
that my Heavenly Father loves me and I have been shown over and over
again how He called me to this specific area and with my specific
assignment as a direct answer to my prayers. I have learned and grown
more in the past week than in the last few months, and I feel Gods hand
in my life. I think we often have moments like this, where something
takes us so entirely by surprise and without warning that it seems to
bury us and we dont know what to do. We look around us and think of at
least a dozen other people who could handle it or do better than we
could, and it becomes discouraging. But, I want you all to remember that
you can do it. As hard as it is to believe, we can do anything. We can
change, we can repent, we can lift someone else when we feel like we
have nothing to offer. Because we are children of God. It is a new year,
and we are all priveledged with the opportunity to start over, do
better, and become who we want to become. None of us should take that
for granted.
I know that the Savior's Atonement is real. I know that He loves us.
I am sorry that this letter is so scattered, and it makes some
sense! I love you all so much and I hope you have a week full of growth
and motivation to move forward in this new year!!!!
-Hermana Brooks
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