So Thankful that Heavenly Father LOVES Broken Things
Hola Mi Familia y Amigos!
Que pasa? I hope all is well in good ole' AZ or wherever you find yourself on this wonderful Monday! Well this week has been very eventful! First of all last week, Hermana McKay and I had a slight argument in the grocery store about what type of onions are used in this Mexican dish. I thought that it was green onions and she thought that it was white onions. We decided not to buy onions and we were both a little frustrated for the rest of our time at the grocery store. I realized the second that the argument was over that I was wrong but I did not want to say anything. For some reason I waited to admit my fault at dinner with the Elders and then went on to explain the different types of onions. They were all amazed at how much I know about onions and my excuse was that we always grew onions in our garden. So Dad you should be proud I actually learned something from helping in the garden. So now, everyone tells me onion jokes on a daily basis it is funny but moral of the story is just admit when your wrong and don't argue over stupid things!
This week we had an awesome Zone Meeting! We talked about being a Preach My Gospel Missionary and we did a lot of role plays. I have a love hate relationship with role plays because they are such a great opportunity to practice but they are so awkward and it is so hard to take them seriously. A new thing that Sister Alba has encouraged us to do is 30 second role plays. They are actually so fun and really helpful. This is how it goes you choose a principle from one of the lessons (For Example: The Book of Mormon from Lesson 1) and then you have to teach that principle as simply as possible in 30 seconds. It really helps me just keep things simple and is a great way of practicing how to summarize the principles so that we can make sure to teach something in our brief contacts.
Another thing that we have been doing is power hour. This is something that we do as part of our dinner thoughts. We share a scripture about how miracles are still happening or about faith and then we talk about how we see miracles every day but that we need their help. We then tell them that in the next hour we are going to be visiting investigators or knocking doors and we need their faith to help miracles happen. So then we ask if a member of their family would offer a prayer in our behalf and to ask that we will be blessed with miracles in the next hour. We have done this twice this week and it has been amazing! The prayers that have been offered have been so powerful and we have been blessed with amazing miracles. We have had some of the most powerful lessons during these hours and we know that it is due to the extra faith and prayers from the members. Members are incredible never doubt the power that you have as a member missionary.
One other neat thing that we did this week is service tracting. We wear our service clothes: yellow helping hands shirts and jeans and then we go tracting but instead of just sharing the gospel we ask if their is any service that we can do and then we share a pass a long card. People always look at us so funny when we say "oh we are just in the neighborhood looking for opportunities to serve". No one has ever given us anything to do but people are always so touched my our desire to serve and are more willing to listen to our message or just take a card. It is a different approach to tracting and it is fun to wear jeans!
This weekend I have been feeling a little sick. I just feel really achy so I have been resting a little bit each day and I received a blessing yesterday but it amazes me that even when I feel terrible I still have the power and authority to do this work. Last night I felt like death but we had this awesome lesson with our investigator, Lino. The spirit was so strong and as I was promising him that if he quit his job so he can attend church the Lord would bless him I felt so powerful every pain in my body was gone for the moment and I just felt the Lord testifying through me. It was awesome!
Now to explain my title. This week I have been very thankful that Heavenly Father loves broken things because I have felt a little bit on the broken side. This week I had my first run in with my visual motor control delay affecting my mission. I was on exchanges in Rohnert Park and I had to drive because my contemporary companion could not drive because she is not a citizen. I was nervous because I did not know the area and driving just scares me. So we got to the apartment safely but then we were trying to park in their tight parking space and I was so stressed and confused that I was not paying attention and I scraped their car on the pole that is neighboring their parking space. I felt so bad and the damage was not bad but it has made me scared to drive in the future. I have been beating myself up over it but I have felt that Heavenly Father loves me even though I have a hard time driving and that he wants to help through this and that the atonement is there to help me when I feel broken. This is a trial that for some reason I have to face over and over again but I know that I will continue to be able to conquer it. I have expressed my concern to president and I know that everything will work out!
The atonement is incredible! It is the only way to get through challenges and it just makes life great.
Thank you for everything!
Love you all!
Hermana Hillary
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