Hi, hey, well hello there!
So another week
bites the dust and i can honestly say i think in the real world it is
nearly impossible to learn all the things that i have learned this past
week. It blows my mind how much is jam packed into one day and how i can
go to bed a totally different person than who i was when i woke up.
So we had exchanges this week and Sister Allred the sister
training leader came into our area and hung out with me for a day! We
had an awesome time doing a little service at the ranch... well it was
almost awesome. They got a couple new horses and one of them is named
sampson. Sampson is HUGE and i don't know, he's a good horse. but
anyways, i was taking good old sampson out of the pasture and putting
him into his stall as i stopped right in front of his stall he did
too... haha as he stopped he placed his front hoof on my foot. I
instantly thought well that's alright i have really strong feet la la
la, but as he stepped forward into his stall i felt a little crunch. Ah
yeah, my teeny baby toe got smashed by sampson! I didn't wanna make a
big deal out of it, so i just kinda hobbled away.. haha a couple minutes
later though it was black and blue and ya know all that great stuff.
The rest of the day was awesome and I was happy that i had the chance to
show Sister Allred that contrary to popular belief me and Tau really do
have a lot of work going on in Fairfield.
We got to go to the temple
this past Friday so that was pretty neat. It's always so calming to just
sit in the celestial room, say a little prayer and just feel that
special spirit that is there. Afterwards we had a lesson with David! We
taught him about Obedience and following the prophet. We put on this
little clip that's called words of the prophets, which goes through each
prophet from Joseph Smith to Thomas S. Monson and shares a little bit
of their testimonies. At the end we each shared our testimonies with him
and it was SO sweet, to hear David talk of how important prophets are
in the world today. I shared with him that my favorite prophet (believe
it or not) is Spencer W. Kimball and how if we would all just "lengthen
our stride" i think we would be amazed at the things we each
individually can do! As he said the closing prayer he said Heavenly
Father please help me to lengthen my stride and to be ready to be
baptized. I can't tell you guys how exciting it is to know that what you
shared with your investigator really sunk in. It's those moments where
you just wanna stand up on the table and do a little fist pump! haha but
really it's been such a privilege to teach David, and i know that the
missionaries up in college station are gonna take good care of him...
Well that and i told them that if they didn't i would come up there
myself and put them both in headlocks.
SATURDAY! my teeny baby henke
boys got baptized!!! and it. was. incredible. Their dad mister lutheran
man gave a talk on both baptism and the holy ghost and i was just blown
away. He was up there quoting joseph fielding smith and talking like he
had been a member his whole life. Can i just say that seeing their
family 3 months ago to where they are now is incredible?? Heavenly
Father truly can soften even the hardest of hearts, and i have witnessed
that for myself. As i walked into the room saturday to go shake his
hand i could just see him light up, he's starting to feel it! and i know
that as me and Tau continue to go over there he's going to be baptized
soon:]
We had dinner with the Sorenson's last night and they also are a
new family that moved in about a month ago. During sacrament meeting
their kids tend to be a little noisy and i had always wondered why they
seemed to scream more than the other floods of children in fairfield.
Last night though i finally got to know why. Their 4 year old son kyler
was born with a cleft palate and has a strong form of autism. As we were
eating dinner i watched as she patiently would try to get him to eat,
it started with Kyler eat a strawberry. He'd scream and cry and say he
would rather not, She then would say ok kyler can you stab your
strawberry? He'd fight but then he got the strawberry on his fork. She
then said Ok can you put the strawberry to your lips? Just let it touch
your lips. He quickly let it touch his lips and then he hurried and
screamed that he didn't like it. Patiently she said Ok kyler, can you
put the strawberry on your teeth? Again the same thing. Ok kyler, can
you put the strawberry on your tongue? Just patient, patient, patient.
She did this with 3 strawberries and seriously at this point i just
thought wow, this woman has more patience than anyone i've ever met.
Throughout dinner, we got to know them a little bit better and things
were good! We started sharing our message with them, which we put on the
mormon message Moments that Matter Most. Afterwards i don't know what
the heck got a hold of me but i started crying as i bore my testimony to
them. I know that there is such a sweet spirit in their home. I know
that every effort that her and her husband make is recognized by
Heavenly Father and that they are the only two that could raise their
son Kyler. I haven't cried in a lesson really while i've been out here
on a mission and as we were walking home last night i thought, oh crap.
They're breaking me. They got to me, the people in fairfield have really
opened me up. I love them, and not my everyday oh hey love ya sorta
thing, like i sincerely care about what is happening in these people's
lives. I really do want to help them in whatever way possible. The ward
mission leader said the other day, Utah if i had known you were this
funny the first week we would have been off to even a better start. haha
well the same goes to them, if i had known the first week of being here
that i would come to love them this much i would have not hesitated in
the slightest. If i have learned anything this past week it's that
loving someone can purify you. As you give of yourself without
hesitation without guarding yourself, it actually makes you a better
person. And i just don't like that, especially because transfers are
whaddayaknow, next freakin week! haha of course. But dang this ward, for
making me care. haha i'm just kidding, it's honestly been just a week
full of learning.
Mama Blattman texted us yesterday and said i just had
thee worst dream ever. I asked her what happened? and she said that in
her dream it was decided that because me and Tau are so dang great
together they decided to keep us together but just move us to a new
area. Mama Blattman i guess woke up crying and super upset, she said i
guess i didn't realize just how much i do need you two. Man, people need
me out here on a mission. I couldn't help but think of just how selfish
it would be of me to say Kick rocks texas i'm going home! This week was
awesome:] One more week and than it's transfers time yet again,, it
comes to quick. But I want you to know that i love you all. I think
about you guys often.... well as often as i can, and i pray for you
nightly. Heavenly Father makes all the time in the world for us, i think
it's good to make just a little bit of time for him. Have a great week,
drink 3 mucho mangos, go skinny dipping in the pool, and know that
texas is the other side of hell:]
Much love!
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