5/26/14
Querido
Familia y Amigas,
So there has not much
new that has happened this week, except for the fact that I have seen a lot of
my faults and really how I have to humble myself and rely on the Lord and use
him as my guide otherwise this work will not get done. Here on the mission I am
always continuing to learn, but sometimes once I have learned something I start
to just stick to what I have learned and rely I my own knowledge like I know
everything. Well I have learned that I can´t do that!! If I do that I
start to become prideful, I don´t rely as much on the spirit and I stop my
growth as a missionary.
I have also really
learned my lesson that this really is all God´s work and that none of this is
me. To really be like Christ I have to first do ALL that the Lord asks
and then second, I have to give all the glory and praise to him. And that
is what I have been trying to do.
Just one little
example is that when Hermana Phelps and I were together she had this contact
that she had done before I had gotten here to Bulnes and towards the end of our
cambio she had still remembered him and so we went and found him and taught him
once together. Well we could not find him for a few weeks and both
Hermana Phelps and her companion and Hermana Richards and I had tried at
different time to find him again. And then they one night had him in
their plans at6:30 to try one last time
and they ended up going a little early and the brother answer and flat out
rejected them so they decided never to go back. Then we happened to be right in
front of his house at 6:30 and
we were not going to see if he was there because he was not in our plans.
But he ended up being right in front of his house in his car and so we
said hi and he offered us in to the house. So we did. And once inside I
felt that I really need to invite his wife, but I pushed it off and then it
came even stronger so I did. And he was like yeah and we ended up
teaching them both that night and they are our main investigators right now.
And his wife Jubeniz has depression, and we have just helped her so
much!!! So it just shows that the Lord puts us where we need to be when we need
to be there. And the other Hermanas learned to really follow their plans
exactly from then on. And I kind of felt bad because it was the contact
of Hermana Phelps. I think she was a little said that they had not followed
their plans exactly and could not have been there for Jubeniz and Rene who have
been prepared.
Well this is the part
where I learned humility. So this week, the exact same thing happened but in
reverse. It was a contact of mine Margarita and her mom Juanita and we
had taught them once and then tried and tried again and again and both of us
with our new companions too and they were never there when they said they would
be or they were and would not answer the door. And so we stopped passing
for them. Well we ran into Juanita this week and she was like yeah pass
on Monday 6 and we were like okay, but I took it really lightly because she had
not been there in the past. So when Monday came around we have another lesson
right after hers, and something came up so we just went early to our other
appt. Well later on in the week the other Hermanas felt prompted to pass
and she was there and they taught her and said she had been waiting for us on
Monday. And she is going to becoming to church this next week. And
it made me sad in two different ways. The first is the prideful bad way
that I have been repenting of, because I was a little annoyed that now she is
there investigator and that she was my contact and I was always wanting to go
back for her over the other Hermanas. Well I have learned that this in
not my work. It is the Lords and we all work together for him. Really now,
I am so so happy that the Hermanas were there for Juanita when we were not.
I have learned that we make plans for a reason!!! They are inspirited and
I need to follow them. The second part that made me sad is that I was not
where the Lord wanted me to be on Monday. And I really have had to turn
to the Lord this week to humble myself and seek his guidance in where we should
be and then follow it!!! So I am getting better at it, Little by little.
I am not perfect by any means what so ever!!! But I am thankful for
this opportunity again to be a missionary, as hard as it may be, it is great to
be able to see my faults and be able to perfect myself a little every day.
And really be the daughter of God that he wants me to be. And the
missionary as well!!
Well I love you
all so much and thanks for all that you have done for me!!
Only other cool thing
this week is that I relearned to crochet and I am making a scarf right now!
Con mucho Amor,
Hermana Corbett
p.s. HAPPY MEMORIAL
DAY!!!!
p.s.s. The comp. is
being dumb again so no pictures sorry!!
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