so i usually devote a certain amount to study time on monday mornings to the things that I should say in my emails home.... this morning... i kinda of forgot. so hopefully someone is spiritually uplifted by something i say, because it will probably just be a part of all of the rambling that i am about to do!
this week... was very strange. we had a ton of miracles. some that were big miracles in the moment... but didn't pull through. some that we have yet to see continue in the future. that's one of the hard things about being a missionary. about seeing miracles. one day you have all of these wonderful things happen.... does that mean that they aren't a miracle when they don't come to church on sunday? i don't think so. i think god gives us the miracles that we need day by day. his work keeps moving... and it's just a process of trying to understand god's plan and his will in all things.
this week... was a lot of inviting. we, for whatever reason, could NOT get people to meet with us at the church. it was rough. but in the midst of it all......... i discovered "jelly ice" a popsicle that turns into jello as you lick it.
ok. so that's not really the best miracle. but it was sooooo interesting.
this saturday we decided to try something that other areas found really successful. they did a church tour on saturday night, and had great success with getting people to come to church on sunday. so we did it saturday, and had an amazing 6 people show up! (the other companionships had like 1 or 2...) definitely a miracle. sunday rolls around......... and no one answers our phone calls. and none of them come to church.
what happened to our miracle???
nothing.
i have a feeling that god knew full well what he was doing. and i am (hopefully patiently) waiting for the fulfillment of his blessings.
that's about it for this week.
moments like: "you're going to do what? you're going to sleep with peanut butter in your socks?"
don't actually know what i said before that... but that is what my companion heard....
in church yesterday we were translating for our senior couple in gospel doctrine class. woof. good thing it was going from thai to english... and they were using the bible. (if i had to know how to say the word "raven" and "juniper tree" i'd probably pass out.
but i love the story of elijah in 1 kings 17-19.
cast out, rejected. alone.
i feel like we all feel like that sometimes.
we even sit down underneath our own juniper tree and might ask god to just make it all go away. but i am so grateful for a father in heaven that is patient with me. that loves me... even despite my impatience and ingratitude. he still gives me oodles of blessings. he leads me through all of the hard times in my life.
because he has such wonderful things in store for us.
guess what happens when you go contacting at the mall... and they have a superhero exhibit?
ps. how does the kid sitting next to me have 99999 hours on his computer and i only have 2?
i think someone is playing favorites here.......
stay happy and healthy - and i'm praying for you!
No comments:
Post a Comment