Monday, May 4, 2015
Hola Familia Y
Amigos!!
Wow, what a week. It
flew by as does every week here in the mission :) I decided that this transfer
the Lord is teaching me to have faith. I am in a pretty rich area that is more
urbanized and nice. It´s nice for the living and working conditions, but harder
with the people and finding progressing investigators. We had a lot of lessons
fall through this week, people not being home or not having time, and lots of
hours of walking and searching for less actives, contacts, past investigators,
anyone really. :) I´m not going to lie, it was pretty frustrating at times and
I tend to blame myself and look at all the things I could have done better or
what more I need to improve on. But my companion is awesome and has really been
helping me remember that there are a lot of things we can´t control as
missionaries, no matter how much we try. It´s not our fault if people aren’t
home for lessons, if people choose not to progress and accept our message, if
members are too busy to accompany us in lessons, or if the people we contact on
the streets aren´t really interested. What we can control is our attitude and
our determination to stay positive and keep trying harder and harder every day.
I can choose to feel like a failure or I can choose to do my best "and
then stand still with the utmost assurance to see the salvation of God and for
his arm to be revealed."
We really are seeing
many miracles and I am seeing the Lord´s hand in our work and softening the
hearts of those we are teaching. Little by little, poco a poco, lots and lots
of patience and faith. :) It´s been something really good for me to experience
and learn. My love for the people is increasing and I also think that´s why it
is so much harder when they don´t progress. Because I really love them and know
how much the gospel will bless them if they´d just let it in. Pure love is so
important as a missionary. It brings a lot of peace but also a lot of pain. But
I feel like I am coming to understand more and more the love Christ has for us
and his desire to bless us. And also how sad it is to Him when He gives us
everything and we choose to reject it and go our own way, thinking we know
better. It has been really humbling and really eye opening for me. But really I
am doing so well and I am learning and growing so much. The Lord is with us
every day, blessing and teaching us. It´s really such a beautiful thing. :)
To answer some of the
questions, the food here is awesome! Lots of fruits of all varieties. Lots of
rice, potatoes, and chicken. Good thing I like all of those things. :) We also
eat a lot of pastas with our pensionista and lots and lots of bread...wow I
love the bread here! :) They drink lots of juices, freshly made of course :)
The milk is from a box and it is a little odd, but I drink it if I have to. I
haven´t eaten guinea pig yet, but everyone says it is really delicious...we´ll
see. :) I haven´t really eaten anything super crazy yet besides the weird
fruits and sometimes meat that I’m not quite sure what part of the body it´s
from. We also ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches the other day and it was
amazing! Oh the little things we take for granted. :) But I have been really
blessed and haven´t gotten really sick from the food yet so I can´t complain.
It´s really super rico y delicioso. :) Wow, I’m making myself hungry :)
It´s starting into
fall and the mornings and evenings are getting cooler. The days are still
pretty toasty but cooling down a little bit. All the Peruvians talk about how
cold it is in the evening when we are walking around and my companion and I
(she´s from Rexburg Idaho) are just feeling great and finally stop sweating :)
It´s really humid here too but super dry. Never rains and the mountains are
just dirt and rocks. But there are some really beautiful flowers and plants
around the houses and parks that make it not feel so desert-ish. :)
I´m out of time but I’ll
try to write a little more about my day to day life next week. I love you all
so much! Thank you for all the prayers and thoughts. I love being a missionary
and I know without a doubt in my mind that this is the Lord´s church and that
he loves every single one of his children. I´ve seen more than ever in my life
how much the gospel really does bless families and individuals. Strengthen your
testimony every day, be a witness of Christ, do all you can to follow him and
bring others to him as well. I love this work and am so happy to be here. :)
Love you all! Have a
great week and don´t forget to look for the little miracles every day!
Hermana Cox
(My teacher from the CCM that is in my ward. She just got engaged this week, so fun! :)
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