Hey Family!
So we have started another transfer here in Formosa and it is just getting hotter and hotter as we go. lol. I have a new companion now! Her name is Hermana Colque. She´s from Bolivia. I am so grateful for so many latina companions. They have seriously blessed me with their language and culture. Hermana Colque is great. She is still a bit new in the mission, so it’s giving me lots of animo. I am starting to feel how old I am in the mission. I was talking to Hermana Lythgoe the other day (mi mama...lol) and we were talking about how our bodies seem to just be giving up basically. lol. But, my heart is still young. I am grateful for that. Nothing too new has passed this week. I have a new comp. It’s so crazy that I had Hermana Lopez for less than 1 transfer, and the rest of my companions have been one transfer! I swear I must have broken the record... I am pretty sure. lol. I guess the Lord wants me to learn to be ok with change.
So in church yesterday I learned about eagles. Did you know that they live to be 100 years old... that is insane but that isn’t the craziest thing that I heard. At the age of 40, their beaks are old and weak. They can’t use their fingernails and their feathers are too heavy to fly. So what do they do? They hit a rock with their beak until their beak falls off. Then they wait for their beak to grow back strong. After that, (with their new beak) they take off their fingernails until new ones grow back. Then when they have new fingernails, they take off their feathers so they can have new lindo feathers to fly. This process takes 57 days, and in these 57 days they are solo and without food. Thinking about this makes me feel bad for the eagles. Could you imagine going through that excruciating pain? I realized that they are probably stronger and wiser after moments like this. I have been thinking about the scripture in Ether 12:27: “And if men come unto me, I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.”
Our inabilities really hurt…but with time and a lot of practice they can become a blessing. For example, I was really bad, I mean really bad at inspired questions when I first got here. I absolutely hated that was part of my studies, but I followed faithfully and practiced and I have messed up a lot... a lot on questions in Spanish. I still remember when I took almost a whole study session trying to think of good questions and sweating like a pig by the end because of the hard work, but I am now seeing the results of my prayers and hard work. I am finally getting better at questions! It’s a huge thing for me because I know inspired questions will be a part of my life always, but it really did hurt to push myself. However, now with all the frustration I have learned a lot more wisdom. This is only one example of the weaknesses. I have helped others on the mission to deal with more personal matters, but as I take them through the same process of turning to our Lord, I have seen miracles. I hope all will take their weaknesses, embrace them, and change them. It is the best thing in the world! The hardest but the best. Anyways, I have to go back to work. Tonight we will be having an FHE with a bunch of young single adults, and it should be really awesome. ALSO Emilia that got baptized will be going to the temple this coming month and a few other inactives we are reactivating! So, we will be doing a field trip to the stake center to help them with their genealogy! Do your work!!! BE SAVED! lol Love you all!
Hermana Pack
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