The Best Decision I've Ever Made

The decision to come on a mission is the best decision I've ever made!  It´s taught me a lot about how to differentiate what comes from the Spirit  and what doesn´t, and I feel that I did the right thing.  I'm afraid of doing something wrong, not being 100% dedicated, so I´m SUPER conscious about that... I´ve learned how to rely on the Lord and trust in His guidance and opinion, follow the promptings I receive, and then keep working. Also, it´s not as hard as I thought it would be to focus. Just set limits. My comp and I only think and talk about trunky things after we finish planning at 9:30, and even then, we´re normally so caught up in our investigators, that we don´t even reach the subject.  I have the rest of my life to live my life. I only have 3 months to live as a missionary, and I won´t trade that for ANYTHING!!!!!!! It was funny, I had my interview with President 2 weeks ago, and I was talking about how I wanted to take advantage of this time I have here, and I started to cry telling him how I want to be a missionary forever.  He stopped me and asked if I was  at least excited to go home and get married and have a family. I said yes, and he stopped worrying! Hahaahahhahah! President was worried about me bc he thought I wouldn´t be able to go home. It was funny! I´ve changed a LOT here on the mission!

The Adversary ATTACKED us this week! I´ve never felt the desire so strong to give up, and all the while, my spirit didn´t want to, but my body fought me. My comp ended up the same way. The last three days of the week we felt TIRED to the bone, irritated, trapped, unexcited, and our glow disappeared, BUT we learned a lot. We sat down on Sunday and talked through what was going on, and we realized that the Lord had given us the chance to feel what one of our investigators is feeling. That changed EVERYTHING! Today, we´re back to normal and happy and ready ready READY TO GO and conquer the world!!

I learned this week about gratitude and real friendship and love. My favorite moment this week was Saturday night. Everything had gone wrong, we were tired, really irritated, and trying to find the courage to take one step after the other. The thought came to me to state something I was grateful for. Then I asked my comp what she was grateful for, one more thing I was grateful for, and she stated one more thing she was grateful for, and on and on, we walked for about 15-20 minutes, JUST stating what we were grateful for. It changed our night! 

I am a grateful for my comp and her humility and her strength. I want a marriage like this.  We strengthen each other and lift each other. We complement each other's weaknesses and learn together.

LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! THE TRUTH IS TRUE AND THE TRUTH IS LIGHT AND JOY!!! 

MAKE it the best week ever and be the answer to someone´s prayer!

 

Sua Little