Well I have about 10 days before my mission! I've just got to say I am Ready to go! :)! I will definitely really miss my family and so that makes me anxious to leave them so soon. But today I went and did visiting teaching with my companion (so basically myself and another girl are assigned 3 girls to visit and we go over and talk to them, see how they are doing and catch up with them and then we share a short gospel lesson). And I loved it so much! I really Really enjoy talking to my girls today, I really wish I could have visited with them more times but I am leaving really soon. They are great girls though and I really enjoyed getting to know them. One of the girls is getting married and I am So excited for her! Really she is such a sweet girl I was just super happy for her. Well anyways just going over with my companion Shaila got me really excited for my mission. I realized that it was something that I would be doing all the time on my mission and I truly fully enjoyed it. I actually fasted today (fasting is when you are praying about something really sincerely and need extra help and guidance with something so you don't eat for a couple meals) anyways I fasted today without even realizing it was fast Sunday until later, but I fasted to be a better pre-missionary, and I really felt so good today and close to the spirit and I was really touched by many things today (by the spirit). Anyways it was just a really good day, I even met with my family's home ward stake president and talked about my mission and for when I will be set apart to be a missionary (basically in my understanding it is when you are given a blessing to be helped as a missionary and from that point you are "officially" a missionary, so its something that you want to do as close to your mission as possible because once you are a missionary you are supposed to follow certain guidelines which are given to protect you as a missionary and to keep you close to the Spirit and not distracted by worldly things such as movies).
So anyways I am having my "mission farewell" pretty soon and I will be speaking in Sacrament meeting (in church) on this coming Sunday first in my Family's ward and then in my singles ward, after I plan my talks I might put them on this blog, they will probably be about my testimony in missionary work.
Well I received a letter from my missionary friend yesterday which I was really excited about, its interesting he mentioned that there was a new missionary in his area (which they call a Greenie) who was actually called to Brazil but his Visa was taking a while so he will be in the florida mission for a little while. So who knows, that might happen to me. It seems that a lot of missionaries are waiting for their Visa's, but I am sure it will all work out, and if I need to go somewhere in the states for a couple months while I wait for mine then that will be just great :) Because I know if I was meant to go straight to Brazil then I would be. But it looks like I'm meant to stick around the U.S for a while, and I am grateful for the help in transitioning. Anyways I love the Gospel, and I love knowing that the Lord loves us and wants us to do our very best in this life so that we can return to live with him. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for us and that he will help us accomplish whatever things we stand in need of if we just ask with faith. I am grateful for the scriptures which teach me of Heavenly Father's love for us and lets me know how I can live righteously to not only have a happy life but to live with my family for eternity. I am grateful for the blessings I have been given and I know that if I continue to do my best that things will work out, and that I can be guided to know what to do if I stand in need. I am grateful for the gift of the Holy Ghost which helps me feel prompted to do what is right, and to feel comforted when I am facing trials. I have been so blessed to know that I can live with my family for eternity, and have been able to make covenants which allow me to do so. I am so glad that I will be able to preach the Gospel in Brazil and hope that I can assist the Lord in helping people to know of the truthfulness of the Gospel and to feel the Lord's love for them so that they know they are never alone. And that through the Book of Mormon they can learn of God's plan of happiness which will allow them to live with the joy and knowledge of the gospel.
I hope that I will be able to see my friends (who I love so much) feel the joy I have received from being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and to be able to read the scriptures and to ask Heavenly Father for themselves to know that it is true, so that they can join the church and feel the Saviors love for them and to be baptized as members so that they can have the Holy Ghost as their constant companion to help them stay close to their Heavenly Father. I hope that through serving a mission I will be able to further strengthen not only my testimony but those around me and that I will be able to share the gospel with others who I know would benefit greatly.
I have 10 days left and I hope to make them count :) I will not only be a missionary for the next 18 months but hopefully for the rest of my life. The Gospel is too wonderful a blessing to not share with those I love.
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