"This week I hit my 6 months mark. Isn't that the weirdest? I know it's probably gone so slow for all of you, because you've been busy crying about my absence every night but it has gone by so fast for me. So fast. This sound horrible but I feel like it went so fast because I'm the same. It's weird to me but I'm still the same person. I am WAY more patient, understanding, my passion, and understanding of the gospel has sky rocketed but I'm the same in what I think is funny, the jokes I tell, my feelings about major topics. Is that bad? I feel like my parents just did a good job at nurturing me to decide who I want to be before I became a missionary.
This week I came up with a new life motto. Some people see the good, but I want to see the God. I sound like a crazy hardcore Christian, but I was talking to this guy, and he said he didn't believe in God because he had a deadly brain tumor when he was a kid, and he survived, but some other kids died, so he doesn't believe in God because some kids die. I want to face palm him, and say "BUT YOU LIVEDDD!!!" He went on to tell me all these miracles about he's family, and telling me that "well, I just see the good in things, but no, I don't believe in God." I was like "Umm WHAT, that was all a loving Heavenly Father!!!" So no I don't see the good, I see the God.
I was walking through an apartment complex when I hear "Have you ever seen a cute missionary before? Heeerreee comes Sister Smith!!" It was a recent convert in one of the wards, talking on the phone to another older man in the ward. Then on Sunday they were talking about the Law of Chasity, and he was teaching. He used me for an example for modesty he said "What if Sister Smith went around missioning (investigators love to say missioning) in a mini skirt?" And everyone died laughing saying "Then our baptisms would sky rocket, but they'd be for all the wrong reasons." Being a missionary is hilarious, and weird. Members quickly realize that I take teasing well, and then they just go to town. I love it.
Just found out I'll be with my same companion for another 6 weeks, so that should be a good time. Love you all."
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