Hola mi Familia!
This
week has been a whirlwind of a week in many ways. First of all, it's
funny that so many of you said that you have been sick this week,
becuase the sickness made it over to OCeanside too...last Tuesday night I
got sick... It was horrible! We finished our naightly planning and I
was feeling so cold...and when I got in bed I just couldn't stop
shivering and I could NOT sleep. Everything came on so quickly, I had
chills, my head was pounding, my body was sore, and my I felt like there
was agiant lump in my throat. I checked my temp and I had a fever of
102 and basically didn't get any sleep that night! Wednesday was not the
best day, but we were able to go out and work, and Sister Cook gave us
permission to come in at 8pm instead of 9 so that I could get some
rest. But it was a HUGE blessing, because I woke up Wed morning and I
was feeling great! I don't think I have ever been sick only ONE day in
my life...sickness always lingers with me. The Lord is definitely
looking out for me, and for that I am so greatful!
Ready
for a miracle? K. here goes. So this Sunday we decided to fast for our 3
investigators to come to church. We were super pumped, especially for
Christian to come because he is going to get baptized on the 6th of
Oct. Our Sacrament mtg is last and we knew that Christian was only gonna
make it to sacrament mtg, so we walk into the chapel and not ONE of our
investigators was there. My heart just broke right then and there...We
had had this BOMB lesson with Christian this week and he read 2 N 31 and
3 N 27 and he was so excited becuase he hadn't realized how improtant
of a step it was to be baptized and to come to church, so we thought for
SURE he would be there. Anyways, I'm standing there and my heart is
broken, my stomach is grumbling becuase we were fasting for that very
purpose, and I just was very unhappy....a little bit mad in my heart to
be honest. So we sit through SAcrament mtg and watch all the other sets
of missionaries with their investigators while we sit there with none.
LEt's just say I wasn't very happy by the time church was over.
So
I decide to check the phone to see if anyone had returned our calls (
because we had called them all like amillion times) and there it is, a
voicemail waiting from Christian. I was being prideful and didn't want
to hear his excuses so I handed the phone to Hna K and she listened and
called him back. Ready for the Miracle?? She's talking to him and all
of a sudden her sad sad face just flips around and she starts dancing
around the room pumpin her fist in the air. I am standing there in
shock, as she tells me what he said, "SOrry I didn't make it to church
today, I got stuck at work again. But ya know, Now that I know how
important baptism is and how important it is to come to church I know I
can't do this anymore. I'm going to go talk to my boss and tell him that
I can't work on Sundays anymore, and if he says no then I'm just gonna
have to look for a new job..." SAY WHAT?? Miracle . MIRACLE!!! He is
awesome. He's gonna be baptized and be so blessed for all of his
efforts. Sweet sweetness.
Other
than that, this week has been pretty darn good. The Lord is aware of
each and every one of us and we are so blessed to have the knowledge of
the Gospel that we do! I'm excited that the fam is getting that blog
going, and I'm probably going to have to snail mail my contribution in,
cause I don't have enough time to type it up! But I'll do that today!
KATE!!!!
Oh my sweet Katie. I am so sorry that you have to have another
surgery:( My heart just dropped when I read that. What a time you have
been through recently...but ya know, no matter what the Lord has in
store for you, just remember that the Lord never gives us anything that
we can't handle. I've been learning that lesson myslef these past few
months. There is a reason for all that is happening, even though you
can't see the end result yet, there is a reason! It takes a leap of
faith to trust completely in the Lord and do what he wants you to do,
but there is no better person to trust in and lean on for support that
our Saviour Jesus CHrist! He is there for you Kate, even when you feel
devestated and dread what is going to happen. He knows. Lean on Him.
Just remember Fear is the opposite of Faith. You got this in the bag
girly! Just take it one step at a time and know that the Lord is in
control. Keep your chin up and be strong:) Thanks for being so strong
and being an example to our whole fam;) Love you so GIRLY!
Mom,
I got the memory card thanks! Al- I got the scripture case and it is
perfect! Thanks! Jame- tell Ella that I love and miss her too! GLad you
got the honor of playing "me" in their play the other day:) Tara- you
have bunnies? Funfunfun! CAm- hope you all get better soon and you can
catch uop on rest. DAd- hope your leg is healing well and quickly!
Love you all!
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