Hello there everyone! I
know the title sounds a bit dark, but in reality nothing super huge
happened this week. It was a good week. We taught some lessons and found
some people and we did missionary work!
Our
little sister, L. who got baptized last week is doing amazing. She is
so thrilled to be a member, she has put the names of all the
missionaries that she knows up on her wall behind her bed saying that
she loves us. She is studying her scriptures and is so happy with having
the Holy Ghost. It is something very special to be a part of.
We
are also teaching many people who are also progressing towards baptism.
Although many have their own difficulites, one of our investigators has
a particularly sad story, that has lightened considerably in the weeks
that we have known her. She is reading the Book of Mormon, and has
prayed. She says that she knows that the Book of Mormon is true, and she
knows that we are sent from God because of how she feels when she is
with us, or when she merely sees or hears us. I am so privleged to be a
messanger for this gospel. ;)
I
had something else that I wanted to write about, but I dont remember
what it is. Just know that this is the best thing I have ever done in my
life. I had a pretty good idea about what I was going to do, or what I
was going to be before the mission. And now I know what I need to do, or
what I need to be. Because the Lord has told me, has shaped me, and the
refining process continues.
The
time is running out here in my mision. I noticed it more this week
because my companion is just starting her mission. Her mission stories
until now are all about the MTC. And I realize that it has been a long
time since I was in the MTC. Time is something that is running out on
all of us though. We dont really ever seem to stop and think about it
though. I see so many people running around with their busy lives that
they dont have time to stop and think about the meaning of it all. Are
we all just like busy ants running around getting things done? Or is
there a higher purpose to what we do? I know that there is a higher
purpose. And that sometimes to accomplish that purpose, we need to stop.
Pause everything, Take a deep breath and get some persepective. Pray.
Read the scriptures. Go to church. Go to the temple. I invite all of you
to find some time every week. Or better yet once a day to breath. There
is always a dead moment in the day. Brushing your hair, putting on
your shoes. Eating food. Whatever. Use that time to talk to your
Heavenly Father, to memorize a scripture, etc... Use it for something
more than just brushing your hair, or putting on shoes. We are here for
more than brushing our hair.
I have a wonderful friend who sent me a poem this week that I would like to share with you:
No Time to Pray
“I knelt to pray but not for long,I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work for bills would soon be due.
So I knelt and said a hurried prayer; and jumped up off my knees.
My Christian duty was now done my soul could rest at ease.
All day long I had no time to spread a word of cheer.
Not time to speak of Christ to friends, they’d laugh at me I’d fear.
No time, no time, too much to do,
That was my constant cry.
No time to give to souls in need but at last the time, the time to die.
I went before the Lord, I came, I stood with downcast eyes.
For in his hands God held a book; it was the book of life.
Good looked into his book and said, “Your name I cannot find.
I once was going to write it down … But never found the time.”
Read this. Think about it. I love you all!
Have a wonderful week.
Hermana Randall
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