It has been COLD!!!! (ok, so only like 48 at the lowest, but it feels colder, ok?) Apparently it gets cold here in January. And I guess it's January now! That is so weird! Wednesday I will have been a missionary for 6 months!!! I feel like I was just in the airport with Grandma, Mom, and Jonathan, questioning if I really wanted to do this. Guess what, I do :D
To celebrate the incoming of 2014 Hna Miller and I went to bed at 10:30, woke up at 11:59, drank a small glass of sparkling cider, took a photo, and went back the bed. Woooo! What a party! haha, we also went to a couple parties at houses, lots of food! And lots of fun :)
I just love being a missionary, SO MUCH!!! (I know, you never would have guessed) I love that I get to be a part of people changing their lives, and then correcting them when they say that we changed their lives. Yeah, we accepted the call. Yeah, we're reminding them about what they're suppose to do and who they're suppose to be. Yeah, we listen to them. But we're just their hermanas! And I love that! I love that I don't have to take the credit. I love being the Lord's servant. It's the best :)
Anthony is for real getting baptized! Like, fo sho. It's so awesome! It's been so fun to see him click everything together. Last night he was telling us about how the thing in his life have led him to this point in life right now. We watched Elder Holland testimony about the Book of Mormon, and he just kept nodding and saying amen, amen, amen! The ward is so excited for him, and they're so supportive! It's hard for most of them to travel around, because they don't have cars or money for gas or time. But they're making a carpool to get to the beach on Saturday to show they're support! It's so great!!! Having ward support is so vital! I don't know if he would have been as willing or excited if the ward wasn't supporting him.
We met with a less-active, Luz, who hasn't been going to church very steady for years. But she started going to the English ward, and she's as active as ever! We'll have to pass her off, so I'm going to miss her, but I'm more excited for her to be changing her life :)
You know that feeling you get when someone breaks your heart? You'd think that going on a mission you'd never have that feeling, right? WRONG!!!! Hna. Miller and I got our hearts broken this week when one of our investigators told us he didn't want to continue with this doctrine. It was like a bus hit us. We didn't know what to say. And his wife what just as shocked. This is the 2nd time I've had my heart broken on the mission. I DON'T LIKE IT! But we just keep going. We fast for him, we pray for him, we try to do everything we can, and then leave the rest to the Lord. He knows what's going on better than we do, and He'll tell us what to do. But I think that's the hardest part of the mission. Especially the part where you have to move on so quickly, and trust in the Lord. It's His work, we're just the instruments in His hands.
But, the good always outweighs the bad! In ever aspect of life. When we're teaching Anthony we talked about Satan trying his hardest to stop his baptism. Hna. Miller reminded him that no matter what Satan tries to do, we know who's gonna win. So why would we ever give in the the one that we know will lose? We can't just sit back and wait for something to happen, that's when Satan will catch up with us. This gospel is not for fence sitter, it's for hard working, goal setting, truth loving Children of God (which should be everyone :). As long as we always remember that, we will chose the right, and do the right, and we won't have to wonder what will happen to us when this is all over. We'll just know.
Les quiero mucho!
Hermana Despain
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