A Lesson on Alignment!
My dearest family and friends!
How goes life? So this week has been sooo crazy!!!! First of all I am so sorry that I am a little late getting this out to you all today but it is the last p-day of the transfer. So we partied with our branch President and his wife. They are in their late twenties and soooo much fun! They took us to the golden gate bridge and to in 'n out. It was really fun to be with all of the amazing people that I love and I am going to be so sad if I leave all of them.
This week has been amazing and super hard at all the same times. I have learned a lot about alignment this week. Not car alignment but aligning myself with the will of Heavenly Father. This kind of alignment is not very easy and especially for me because I have come to admit that I am a prideful person. I want things to happen my way and I don't want to be patient. However, I have learned that many blessings come from being patient and from praying to accept the Lord's will.
On that note..... our baptism did not end up happening. We taught him on Monday and we were reviewing the baptismal questions with Alex and his mom overheard and she did not realize that his baptism was going to be on the 16th. She was not pleased because she did not think that it was right for him to get baptized so soon (in only 2 weeks). She does not want him to be playing around with God and just wants him to create a habit of going to church before he is baptized. She said that she would let him be baptized in around 6 months if she sees that he is committed. However, we hope that it will be a little bit sooner than that. We asked President Alba for permission to fast and through fasting and prayer we were able to align our will with the will of Heavenly Father. We know that Alex is so ready to be baptized but we know that he will be able to strengthen his testimony and his commitment by waiting. It is all happening in the Lord's timing! It has been hard to truly accept this because I wanted him to be baptized while I am here but I know that Heavenly Father has a reason why he wants him to wait. The best part is that Alex understands this and is so ready for this challenge. He is amazing! Truly part of the elect!
Speaking of the elect this week we have been transitioning people which is a nice way of saying that we have stopped teaching them. There are just so many people who would just be ready to be baptized if the acted but they choose not to act and so then they are not really a good use of our time.
We have seen miracles as we have continued to have faith and do this work! Ilse came to a branch activity with her husband and her kids which is huge because her husband does not really want to listen to us or come to church. So that was so exciting.
This week has also been hard because I am just lacking faith in this area because I have been here for 6 months and I feel like not that much has changed and that I just have not done enough. It has also been hard because my temper has been coming out which is never fun and not easy to control sometimes. I am praying so hard that I can control it and continue to have the spirit with me always! Transfers is on Tuesday and I will probably leave here and train again and open a new area! Ahhhh! It will be great because it is Heavenly Father's will!
Well I love you all! Go to the meeting on June 23rd! It is going to be soooo amazing! Memeber missionary work is going to dominate all other work!
Love you more than in 'n out,
Hermana Hillary
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Hermana Lybbert, me and Hermana Zurita at the temple
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I am sorry I did not have time to write you all today
but here is a picture of me at the oakland temple  presdiente mejia creeped up on me! |
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