it was a wonderful experience. makes me reflect on the most important things in this world... and the reasons why we give up things that are important to us... in the hopes and with faith that we will be blessed.
it seems as though every time something has happened in my mission... i find myself having to sacrifice in some way or another. not in a bad way... life just changes and i begin to realize WHY it does. if it never changed... we'd never grow. we'd stay the same as we were when we left. i am grateful for the change. and i am so grateful for the growth. even though i might not be able to see it all right now...
something i learned this week was the power of faith. the power of total reliance on the lord. so we went inviting last week. we all got numbers. even sister remington! (she's been here for about 2 weeks now. she's pretty much fluent she's that awesome...) and she kept reminding me to call her number. we kept calling. reminding her about church. and as always, we just pray that they show up at church. for ALL of the other numbers that we'd gotten over the week... sister remington's midget was the ONLY one to come to church. yes. she's legitimately a midget. it was awesome. another thing i get to add to my list of awesome investigators.
it's amazing to me how quickly we can go from relying completely on the lord to relying on my own strength.
it's sad actually.
i remember needing to rely completely on him to have the courage to speak at the beginning of my mission. then i started to understand thai. so my prayers to be able to speak... stopped. amazing how that is?! i still need his help as much as ever... and yet... i forget.
it's a blessing to me to hear from new missionaries. like sister remington. who is so dedicated in learning to speak the language. and who receives such amazing help from heavenly father daily. and then i hear from whitney (sister ellis #2 in france) who talks about the wonderful miracles that she experiences. it's amazing. god is real. he cares about each and every one of us. and he WILL answer our prayers. whatever they may be.
we had an awesome lesson with an investigator this week. she's been told by her mother that she needs to wait to be baptized... that isn't our favorite answer in the whole world... but... the lesson started out with us wanting to change her mind (subtly yes... but that was our intent.) halfway through the lesson we felt prompted to teach about fasting. don't know where it came from... but the lesson was SO GOOD! she was fascinated by the prospect of being able to ask for the kind of help from heavenly father. it was a great lesson, with a wonderful spirit there. i know god was there, testifying to his daughter named "ging" (means branch/twig) that this is true. and that he can and will help her.
this gospel is awesome.
it is the best thing there is.
i am so grateful to have such wonderful family, friends, and opportunities to share what i know with all the people that i love. even the people that sometimes make fun of my thai. (grrrrr.) still love them. and heavenly father still wants them to come to know him.
i love this work!
and i love you!
keep it up!!!!!
keep it up!!!!!
sister ellis
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