Hello! Invisible spectators of my humble existence!
I don't know what happened this week.... It is all one big blur... Why does Monday
have to come around? It always comes too fast and then I have to tell
you what I did and I can't even remember half of it because it went by
so fast.... CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT I AM ALREADY 4 MONTHS INTO MY
MISSION?!!?!?!? WHAT??!?!! When did this happen?!?! This is crazier than
the old hobos here.... at least they have most of their teeth...
Lets
see.... OK! Can I tell you the coolest thing that our Stake does here??
They do this thing called Crèche (which is French for "nativity") and
they spend weeks setting up and decorating the gym in the Chapel and
they set out HUNDREDS of nativities all around the room! They
have different musical artists come and perform and a live nativity and
then they invite the community to it! SUCH a cool event! Why don't we
ever do something like this at home?? They
seriously go ALL out though! They even took out a whole pew!!! They had a
couple groups of Presbeterian bell ringers there to perform and it was
so pretty I almost fell asleep. They had some famous singers there and
like 8 whole boatloads of people came! It was such a cool event! We had
so many investigators and less actives there, and it was super fancy and
everything was so pretty! I'll send you some pictures, but they don't
do it justice...
So that was super awesome and a great finding activity. Oh and by the way, I am in a musical performance this Sunday for a missionary Christmas deal... so I will have someone video tape it so that Mom will be proud of me. :)
It
is super weird... we have been working so dern hard this week and don't
really have a ton to show for it... Well, not in numbers really...
Heavenly Father has blessed us with a ton of little triumphs though. And
the Spirit has been with us SO strongly this week! Even though I don't
have a ton of cool stories to share, I want to share with you what I
have been learning!
I have learned that even though I don't
remember Jesus Christ or can see Him, I can still love Him! Last night
when we watched the Christmas Broadcast (which was a spiritual
powerhouse and you should all watch it) I saw Elder Bednar get up and
start to speak and I was overcome with a love for him! Then the same
thing happened with Elder Uchtdorf! I realized that Iove all of the
Prophets and Apostles SO SO much!! I literally wanted to run and give
them a giant hug! I didn't used to feel that way, but because I have
listened to their conference talks so much and prayed for them and acted
on their teachings, I have developed a relationship with them and a
love that I didn't even know was possible! They don't even know that I
exist! But I realized that because I know I love them, I know I love
Jesus Christ. They teach His words and lead His Church and develop His
characteristics, and they represent Him! I know that studying the Words
of Christ and acting on them and praying in the name of Jesus Christ
allows us to love Him. We have the potential to have a relationship
with Him!!! A relationship with the Prince of Peace who was born in
Bethlehem. Jesus Christ! And the best part is that He DOES know us! He
knows us personally, good and bad. Even though I don't see Christ, I
do!! I can see Him everywhere if I recognize Him in the world and people
around me. I am so thankful that I am never left alone. :)
Another
thing that I have been learning actually goes a long with science. The
equation for the displacement of an object is something like D=f1-f2....
or maybe it is D=w1-w2.... I don't know math... or school.... but this
came to my mind the other day that even though there can be a great
amount of work expended as two forces push against a box, if they are
the same amount of force then the box doesn't move. Sometimes I feel
like that out here on my mission, where I am working so hard all the
time and doing so many things, but at the end, it really doesn't yield
any spiritual results. Satan is working hard!!! All the time he gets me
distracted pushing a box with all my might, but it doesn't go anywhere!
We are teaching people and going to appointments all the time! But what
is the displacement? What progress is being made? Using time wisely is
the most hardest but most crucial thing out here! I came out here not
wanting to waste a minute, but guess how many minutes I have already
wasted? a lot. What is most important? What do I need to be spending my
energy on? Seriously, please let me know if you can help me at all,
because I have been really wanting to figure out how to use my time
wisely, and never waste a minute, but then when I do that, I get so
rushed going from place to place that it is hard to feel the Spirit, and
then I end up wasting time and energy anyways because all my efforts
were not what Heavenly Father wanted me to be doing that day... GAH!
Missions are great... but I don't get them...
ANYWHEYS!!!!!!
Protein wheys.... That's about all I've got for this week... Sister
Roundy and I had some super spicy chicken this week... I realized how
bad of a choice it was the next day...
We also got chewed
out by an angry mom this week... some people don't like Christmas
spirit... but anyways I LOVE YOUUU!!!! Hope you are all getting ready
for some wonderful holidays!!! Hey, also if you need some Chistmas
cheer, go onto the church website and check out some of the Christmas
videos! My favorite one is called "Kids and Christmas!" We share that
one with people on the street all the time! I love technology... but not
as much as you, you see...
Ok, love you all!!!
Sister Baine 
No comments:
Post a Comment