Dearest Family and friends
first of all i need to repent
im sorry for not sending a letter last week. ONE OUR WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH!
sometimes i wonder if i had done internet time in school like i do on my mission, i would be smarter..... oh well.
well.... andi didnt get baptized. sorry to let you all down. it isnt his time. but its ok. i planted a really deep seed..... one day he will be baptised. even if it means he dies and i do his temple work....
my comp went to lima last week, so i was with out a companion, so i had to find members to accompnay. to explain one of the pix, i had 3 different companions in one day! it was like shifts. and it was an awesome opportunity to share the work of salvation and help them catch the vision !!! so that was afun day,
this weeked was stake conference and we had a general authority come. a 70 de area. well, of course, cause there is opposition in all things. yes ALL! i got a call from the office elders asking if we could host some sisters who were traveling from afar, stay the night in our room. but we didnt have matresses. so what was i doing durring stake conference? finding matresses..... come on. seriously?? the elderes couldnt find them? no. so i was in and out of the meeting answering calls from the elders.... how embarrassing. well, we find them. and understandingly, the hermanas who stayed with us were cranky from a long day of traveling and dentist appointments. so we gave them our beds, i shared an air matress with my comp, we planned int he bathroom so they could sleep, and tried to remember what the general authority taught to be a more patient missionary. hah. so fun. i dont know why they didnt call the hermana asignadas to host them.... but hey. another opportunity to serve, i will never turn down.
this week, i called out our whole ward council for not supporting us in a fhe in the park. i had presented this idea 6 weeks ago.... and no support. so i presented it to the missionaires in the surrounding areas adn the ward missionaries, and they were all on board. so we got it all planned out and when i presented it to the ward council again, in writing, i think they panicced a little. like they felt like it was out of their hands. when really, they never put their hands IN! i, (with the spirit) said, I KNOW we are lacking details. for that very reason we brought it to YOU to help us think of it all. we cannot do this work alone. this is the PURPOSE of ward councils. yes we SHOULD postpone it another week so that we can do it, and do it well WITH ALL PARTICIPATION.
i kept saying to myself (dont cry dont cry be a tough girl. be tough) didnt cry. but you bet when i got home i had a good pillow fight with my comp. hahah very theraputic. i would recommend it to everyone.....
we will be having a baptism this saturday, for martin. my little friend in his wheel chair if you remember the pic from a few weeks past. he is SO AWESOME! and the next week, will be his neice. and im praying, when the rest of the family sees these baptisms, they will be inspired to actually listen to us and put off excuses.
for more strength, of you could pray for wendi, a teenage girl who needs permission from her dad to be baptised.
and for joan. 19 year old who has the air of a latterday saint already. he is awesome!
ok the other pic, as you can see, i got about 62 but bites. and of course, the next day, got an AWESOME package from my family for dia de amistatd (v day) complete with wonderful bug spray. ...... a little late. but the itch cream came in VERY handy! lets just say, ill be rolling home, with scarred legs. sorry mike. its a good thing your love is UNCONDITIONAL and more than skin deep..... lol
shout out to Bro Buchet, the best seminary teacher in the world! (hope he reads my blog) cause i got an awesome letter from him this week. YOU ARE THE MAN!!!
all is well. we are going in faith. we are working hard, searching hard, planning activities como locos, being humbled every day. (read a talk this week on pride. i have A LOT to repent of) and..... losing myself in the work.
sometimes i dont know what write about. its like normal life now. sometimes i cant imagine what i will do for teh rest of my life. i feel like THIS is my life calling and nothing else..... o how i wish i could do just this the rest of mylife. i want the whole world to read the bom. i want them all to read alma 31 this is the prayer of a typical missionary. my prayers. it touched my heart. i love the work i love my savior. i love jose smith. i love EVERYTHING! yes its dang hard. but i absolutely LOVE IT! I AM SO INCREDIBLY BLESSED!!!
keep supporting the missionaries. we cant do it alone. we arent supposed to. thanks for you love and prayers.
con amor
hna gonzales
xcoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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