march 29, 2013

Hey everyone! I am just emailing everyone at the same time so I can get what I want to tell you in before my time is up. And I will send a little email for just you afterwards.

So this whole time I have been having a good attitude about my rreassignment. The rest of my district is full of people who are going to Africa or the US so they have their visas. Sister Wharton and I didn't have ours, and they would kinda make fun of us, in a joking way, of course, like,"Oh have fun in Montanna." things like that. Then, SISTER WHARTON GOT HER VISA! Woo! I was so happy for her, I didn't even care about myself! I was still hopeful and knew that if I get reassigned it is because I am supposed to be there for a reason. So I waited...and waited...AND WAITED. And 6pm comes around yesterday, still no visa/reassignment. I'm thinkin',"What the heck..I need to pack and such! did they forget about me? everyone else knows where they are going except me!" Then I was sad. And discouraged. I pouted to class, and my teacher shared an experience he had when he was in Brazil. He had made a goal to baptize at least one person a transfer(every 6 weeks is a transfer) and it hit the 5th week and he felt like they would not make their goal. He was discouraged. His companion, however, was very uplifting and he said,"Elder...if we do what we're supposed to, Heavenly Father will bless us. Just have faith." So they fasted and prayed and guess what? They found somebody ready to be baptized that Sunday! How awesome! Right at the last minute, they were blessed. It taught me to just have patience. And all of my sad feelings in that moment were replaced with warm, happy ones. I know this church is true! and I know it blesses families. I got my reassignment today, but I want to call my Dad first so he knows before everyone else does, sorry XD I love you all! I can't believe I will be teaching real investigators, changing people's lives next week! this mission has already blessed me so much, and I haven't even started yet! Well, I have, but yeah...I love you all! I think about you every day! My Portuguese is awesome! I hope I don't forget it, though. I am still learning, but I love speaking it.