Mi querido familia,
I´m tired. I´ve never been so exhausted in my entire life. I fell
asleep during my studies the other day without realizing it. My
companion had to wake me up to tell me it was time to hit the streets. I
don´t know if it´s just the heat or what but I´ve been so out of it
this week. It´s really started to get hot. As a companionship we whip
out our matching fans my companion bought us. Makes me feel part of
the culture, very chulo, very Spaniard.
My companion talks in her sleep it´s hillarious. She always gives
me the lessons out loud in the night. She said the other night she woke
herself up as she was talking in her sleep and then heard me talking
back to her in my sleep. jajaja. Then she told me not only was I
talking in my sleep, but it was all in Spanish!!!!! You know what that
means, I´m fluent!!! They say you´re fluent in another language once
you start dreaming in that language. I hope they´re right....
It was disappointing to see 2 of our investigators within 2 weeks
move all of the sudden. They both had baptism fechas as well. RATS!
The good thing is the church in their new areas have their info. and one
set of missionaries in Barcelona has already set a new date to be
baptized with Jorge(se llama). As for Maria, we dropped her off with
her millions of bags at the bus station to wave her off to Madrid. From
there she will fly out to Bolivia. Sorry Craig, not Cochabumba but
Santa Cruz Bolivia. We just gave 2 sets of missionaries a free-bie
baptism, lucky ducks! As for me that´s the story of my life for the
past 6 1/2 months. I teach all these great people, they become
converted and right before their baptism they move or I am moved to a
different city. It´s been really hard on me. I feel like I work so
hard all the time and don´t see enough success pay off in the water.
What am I doing wrong? What is the Lord trying to teach me? I´m not
sure. Patience? maybe. Service, love....yes.
Well my dear loved ones, thank you for your cabin letters. I bet
you loved vacationing in the mountains! I continue to pray for you
daily. I continue to ask for your prayers that this dry-spell I have
will be broken. What´s important I realize is the lessons I am
learning. How I am growing to be like my father in heaven. How this is
really preparing me for an eternal marriage. I know that God lives
and loves us. He and his son Jesus Christ were once in our shoes.
Remember that. They understand us, they know where we are coming from.
They have bodies just like we do. They did this journey, overcame it,
and showed how to do it correctly so that we can truly be happy and
grow. When nobody understands you, get on your knees and have a one on
one conversation with the man above who does understand and wants to
bless you, he is just waiting for you to ask. I know there are miracles
now days, look for the daily little miracles. Count your blessings and
I promise you will be happier. It all depends on you. You and the
gift God gave us of agency. Love you all, ¡Cuidase!
sinceremente,
Hermanita Walker
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