BUT!
I know I am going where the Lord needs me. I know that I will love my
new companion and the people in my next area even more. I know that this
isn't the end.
I am sad to go though. There are so many families in the Inverness ward that have become MY family.
Missions
are funny things. You leave your family, go to a strange "new land",
where people talk different, and do different things, get put with
someone you never met before and are expected to talk to MORE strangers,
love them, and share the thing that is most special to you. Crazy,
right?
YET.
It is the most wonderful thing in the world. You see so many miracles
every week (and if you look close enough, you can see them every day).
You meet people who God has prepared to meet you- even if it is just for
us to say a prayer with them, or testify to them of God's enduring
love, or just so they have someone to actually listen to them for a few
minutes.
In
Doctrine and Covenants, section 4, it encourages us to thrust in our
sickle with all of our might. Imagine someone harvesting a field with a
sickle. You can't just mamby-pamby cut through the wheat, you have to
put your back into it, and use a LOT of force... you have to THRUST in
the sickle. Now, there are a lot of injuries that come from this- people
would slice their shin open harvesting because they are putting a lot
of force, and effort, and strength into it.
Much
like this, we HAVE to work hard. One the days you don't want to get out
of bed, or the sun is blazing hot, or it is super humid, or nothing
goes right. You keep chugging along. You keep loving people even though
some aren't going to accept your message, or love you back, or whatever.
You get hurt. But, even though it hurts, and even though you want to
throw in the towel and stop, the Lord fills in the wounds. He seals the
scars and helps us take each step. It is an amazing thing the Atonement
is. It covers SO much more than we can even imagine! I think out of
everything I've learned so far, I've learned the most about the
Atonement, and Loving others.
Y'all.
Missions are the best. Hopefully you can see that I love this more than
anything in the world. This Gospel is AMAZING and does so much for all
who partake.
Also. This is a gospel of HAPPINESS. I hope my thoughts don't seem down or negative, because that is not how I meant to portray this...
2 Nephi 5:25 "Adam fell that men might be. Men are that they might have JOY"... INFORM YOUR FACE!
Keep your chins up, keep smiling, and keep on :)
much love,
sister nelson
Also. This is a gospel of HAPPINESS. I hope my thoughts don't seem down or negative, because that is not how I meant to portray this...
2 Nephi 5:25 "Adam fell that men might be. Men are that they might have JOY"... INFORM YOUR FACE!
Keep your chins up, keep smiling, and keep on :)
much love,
sister nelson
