Now, of course with this little header you have to be wondering. Oh gee golly wolly, what could Hermana Reed possibly be talking about. Well, today is the day of transfers. I am staying in Vicinte Lopez. And guess who my companion is! You´re never going to guess. Why? Because I don´t know her name. I´ll let you know Tuesday when she flies in from the United States...... Yes, I am going to be training this transfer, and yes, I do know for certain, that she is going to be American. Welcome to the grand mission Buenos Aires Norte. We are a mission built on faith and trust in God, because we are so well aware that we have no idea what we are doing. It´s a good thing the church is true.
Want to know the best part of this though?? I´m with Hermana Whitehead RIGHT NOW! I love this woman, she is crazy, and we´ve had the most ridiculous adventures together. And her life is hilarious, and I´m so glad I get to be a part of it. She was telling me today about how last week she yelled at her companion for eating her banana (the said fruit had been offered to the companion just days before). She was having a rough day. But I love it. And we´re companions for a day because she´s training too! And Elder Mower, I don´t know if you remember much about him, he was an Elder in my district from the CCM. He went from Companero Menor to Trainer. He´s going to be AP in next to no time. He´s such a studly, savvy spiritual missionary. Anyways, so yeah. I´m training. That´s cool.
Want to hear about my last week? Okay, so this week we went to visit Raul and he told us that he had worked it out with one of his work buddies so that he could attend sacrament meeting this Sunday (to come) and the Sunday after. Which gives him 3 assistencias and he can get baptized on the 30th! Whoopah! I literally squealed out loud when he told us that. He was pleasantly embarrassed. You know the drill, when he acts like I´m being ridiculous but really he´s pleased that we´re so stoked for him. Yeah, that one. And it was crazy because that same day we tried to go to a baptism with him but no one would come in to work for him. Pucha. And then he bailed on us going to the despidida yesterday. Less then cool, because we were sitting outside for the better part of an hour waiting for him. That man. But he has the most incredible faith. I´m so blessed to be a part of his baptism.
Oh, and the best part is that we were able to meet the guy he shares a house with. His name is Noé and he´s from Peru (all the cool people are, there and Argentina), he´s been to church, received the charlas, but never actually read the Book of Mormon or prayed about it. At the time, he didn´t have the time to do it. But now he does. He also has a baptismal date for the 30th of October, so he and Raul can be baptized together. Aww, so sweet. So stoked.
Oh, so want to hear about how I knew I was going to be training? Okay, so last transfer Hermana Cariola received a call during our weekly planning session to go to a meeting Friday at the Mission Home. We went, she learned she was going to be training, I learned I was going to be Senior Comp. Remember this story? Yeah. Me too, so everyone and I mean everyone has been telling me I´m going to be training. All the Elders in my district, yeah. so like 3 people. That´s not the point, the point is, I was scared stiff that it actually was going to happen. And I knew that if I could make it through weekly planning without receiving "the phone call" I would be fine. Which meant, everytime the phone rang my palms started sweating like Niagra Falls. I´m pretty sure I could have washed...something in the amount of water. That´s just gross, I´m not going to finish that thought. Point is, usually planning is a quiet process, with maybe one phone call from the Zone leaders to check if we have any miracle baptisms that we´re planning. THIS week? Like 5. I was so scared for all 3ish hours until we received the call from the offices. Which, tricky little devils, they started out with "oh, we have a reference for you" got me all calm, and then whabam! "You´re invited to a meeting tomorrow"....curses. The only thing that made it better was walking into the meeting and seeing Hermana Whitehead there as well...haha, I´m such a bad person for thinking that. But oh well, if I have to do it, she does too. And that´s called justice!
But the really cool thing is that I´ve gotten some additional training to help my new companion. And the focus of the two capacitaciones has been, essentially, that we don´t know anything. And I know I´m going to be thinking about this a lot too, because I only have, what? 8 months total? Something like that, including MTC. I sure don´t feel like I know what I´m doing. And I´ve made enough mistakes to know i don´t know what I´m doing all the time. But that is the great thing about the mission. We´re here, to learn how to completely rely on the Lord, and to realize, that really, we don´t know anything. We think we know, we have examples to help us out. But the only person who knows exactly what would help and knows exactly what to do in every situation? Is the Lord. And when we rely on him and trust his instincts, our lives are going to be better and happier for it. I love the mision. I mean, I knew this before, but it was more like a mathematical theory that I never fully applied. And so I kept getting the wrong answers in my life. I´m going to try it out with more enthusiasm now. I´ll let you know how it goes. But, here I am. Hermana Reed, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, and I will follow his perfect example because I know it is the only way to fulfill my purpose and to live a happy life. True happiness comes through God, because every day is a gift, every breath a loan. And it doesn´t bother me one whit that I need to depend completely and totally upon my Heavenly Father, because I know that his sole purpose in life is to help me be happy. Who can say no to such a loving gesture? "I want you to do this so you can be happy." "uh...don´t think so, I´d rather be miserable." Don´t think so. You´re crazy if you think this. This is the scriptural reference Presidente Gulbrandsen used in training today. Alma 37:37. It talks about counseling with the Lord, in literally all that we are doing. There is not part of our lives in which God does not have an interest. And this is a counsel, not a petition. Which means discussion, pauses, listening, and re-evaluating our plans. During the prayer. I know I need to step up my prayers. I´m going to need it to, because all the sudden I´m the "native" speaker in our companionship. CRAZY!
Anyways, thank you for your prayers, encerio, you all mean so much to me. And your counsel and advice has always been well timed and well received. It means a lot to me that I know I have such great friends and family that love me so much.
Take Luck. Do Good. The Lord is on your side.
Hermana Reed
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