This
week has been jam packed full of every single emotion known to man.
Probably the biggest thing on my mind right now (ahhh but there's so
many) is the fact that my companion got transferred! She was here 4 and a
half short but FULL months. We saw Jaime, Paola, Jorge Vilches, and Ana
get baptized. We saw the familia Murillo, familia Miranda, Nelly, Sara,
Mireya, Claudio, Carlos, Manuel and Paula Bernales come back to church,
some of them for the first time in 8-10 years. We found Daniel,
Christian Catalam, Christian Cortez, Sonia, Alejandro, and Diego... all
people who have been searching for God and have expressed their spiritual
hunger.. Seriously ahhhhh my heart hurts knowing that my time with
Hermana Gil has come to an end. But I'm also anxious and curious to know
who my new companion will be! I'll be training again so that will be
another huge adventure. I've been praying a lot and trying to guess what
lessons my Heavenly Father wants to teach me this transfer... no idea
haha. Okay I have a couple ideas. But we'll see if I'm right or not.
Sometimes if we ask with a pure intention the spirit can prepare us for
the unknown. Just hoping I can figure out and be humble enough to follow
Gods will, and that way be able to enjoy and take in each moment to its
fullest. Something else I learned from Hermana Gil is to actually
appreciate the little things in life and let them fill up your moments
and make them memorable. I've always had a bad memory.... and now I'm
realizing that it's just because my eyes had been closed to the little
signs and symbols of love that are expressed constantly by God and
almost just as constantly by others. Life is rich. Also reminds me of a
quote my dadio sent to me in one of his letters about being a life poet.
I can't remember how it goes but it explained that we make our lives
either dull or colorful depending on our willingness to become a poet
and see the beauty. Christ's Atonement has also been an enormous reason
why I've been able to start learning that lesson. And I can't wait to
apply it in my next companionship and see what kind of life poems we can
write through our experiences. :) I just wish I was better at writing
in my journal to remember them all... not to mention being an actual
poet haha. That would help too.
So yeah, I'm
staying in Ñuñoa! Still in my first area. :) And that is totally okay
with me because Ñuñoa has my heart. Going on my 6th transfer. 7 months
in the field. And a life time ahead of me. Because missionary work isn't
work... it's an attitude and a way of life. And by living with Hermana
Escobar who will be going home tomorrow (ahhhhh tears) she has helped me
realize that. I had absolutely no idea what this was all about before
the mission haha... but the answer is simple and I had actually heard it
a thousand times before... it's an invitation to come unto Christ. It
just takes so long to learn what that means because it means LOTS of
things. But each and every action that it implies is to help us come
unto Christ. So if there is one or two or a few aspects of the gospel
that gets you unsettled, just remember that the answer to the question
"why?" is always "Christ." The spirit teaches us that, when we open our
hearts. Our brain is the organ that is a little bit more easily
deceived. Because it's only natural to try and figure out these
questions of the soul ourselves, through comparison, verification, trail
and error. But there are just some things you can't verify beforehand.
Therefore making faith, hope, and charity literally the only reasons for
spiritual actions. And actually if we want some kind of logical reason
for making a spiritual action, I'm almost 100% sure that we will find
it. But then the scripture comes to my mind that says that we are
nothing without charity (Moroni 7:46). If we are doing something for
some other reason besides love, why are we doing it? It's my invitation
and personal constant quest to make love be the reason for our actions.
Especially our spiritual ones. Maybe there's a part of the gospel that
has us confused and asking why?? The answer should always be love. All
you need is love. The Beatles got it and so can we. :)
So
yeah. I could probably keep writing for like 3 hours hahaha because
AHHHH we went through so much together, Hermana Gil and I.
Just
know I love you all and CONGRATS to Amanda and Kyle!!! So so so so
happy for you cuties. Tell Kyle to write me cuz I wanna know my future
bro in law. But Jorge tells me great things so I already approve haha.
All my love,
Hermana Cannon II
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