Man i miss you guys.. But i do know that i can help you guys (my family) more here than if i was at home. As long as i am doing his work, my family will be taken care of. Presidente Bennet told me this week that whenever i am missing my family or i am down on myself, to read D&C Section 31. It is amazing! All you missionaries out there, or even my friends away from your families at college, read it!! The main idea in this chapter is to be patient, pray always, and follow the comforter:)
If i am being completely honest, it has not been an easy week. Spanish is really gettin me down!! I can teach lessons, pray, and testify in Spanish but when its all said and done, i always felt like i could´ve done better. Regardless of how hard learning a new language can be, i have come to realize that hard can be good for those who will move forward with faith and trust in the lord and his plan! Hard makes us stronger, humbles us, and gives us a chance to prove ourselves. Hard things in our lives should come as no surprise. One of the earliest covenants we make with the lord is to live the law of sacrifice. Leaving my family, friends, and home is a small price to pay in relation to the blessings that follow. Hard is part of the gospel plan! During the terrible days in liberty jail, the lord taught josephsmith to "endure it well" and promised that if he did, "all things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good." We all choose our reaction to hard. We can have the faith to trust in him! He wants what is best for us, he WILL answer our prayers and he WILL keep his promises. He knows everything, and most important he knows whats best. As a missionary, we are trying new things constantly. There is no growth in the comfort zone, and no comfort in the growth zone! Because of this it is easy to develop fear. But god has not given us the spirit of fear. Discouragement and fear are tools of the adversary. The lords answer to hard times is to go forward with faith, so that is what i plan to do:)
We focused alot on the Atonement this week. We have been saved by the atonement, but have we been changed by it? We need to make the habit of repenting daily. Repentance is a change of mind and heart. We need to come unto Christ and have real intent to be better. Repentance does not end in this life! Satan is working so hard on us during these days, so we must double our fight! We need to continue to learn and progress every single day. We cannot survive using yesterdays work ethic and we cannot solve today´s problems with yesterdays thinking. We need to be the answer to today and tomorrows problems! Usually with meetings in the church and even missionary devotionals, there is alot more said than done. So lets put our hands in gods and become the people of Zion that we were born to become! We as latter day saints are the light of the world that the lord sent here to awaken others from their deep sleep.
Yes, this work has gotten harder, but that doesn't mean it hasn't gotten better!! I know as i continue, the lord will bless me in more ways than i know right now. I know the lord has a purpose for me in Uruguay and i hope and desire to meet his expectations. By the end of this I want my father in heaven to say to me "well done, thou good and faithful servant!!!"
Dios les ama, y les amo!<3<3<3<3
-Hermana McEwan
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