We walked. And walked. A lot. Up inclines. Down hills. Like the little pioneer children. And it was so fun, we sang hymns and talked and Hermana Grant is literally the greatest. I am learning so much from her, she´s one of my best friends! I feel very priveleged to serve with her. And it´s lucky because we have tons to talk about! So that makes walking for hours in the blazing hot heat on sketchy highways way fun. We were searching for a menos activo family and a recent convert and they all live far away so we have to travel by bus or tram and then walk a lot.
Also right now in Benidorm is party time! There are thousands of people here from all over, and lucky for us, the huge part is only a few calles away from our piso! Haha, so we go to bed hearing a concert going on and people partying all over. We woke up Sunday morning and there were tons of people who had been in the streets all night long, like really when do these people sleep?! And it was so funny, we sat there looking out the window and watching these drunk guys run across the street dodging cars. We cant watch tv so it´s some good entertainment!
We saw lots of sad times and miracles this week. There´s one member here who´s going through a really hard time, and he got kicked out of his house last week, but it´s just because he has made a series of bad decisions. It was sad and hard and frustrating trying to talk to him and help him realize that Christ still is reaching out to help him. But pride gets in the way. Hermana Grant and I were just talking about it and it´s incredible and beautiful to see how far reaching the atonement of Jesus Christ is. And honestly seeing these people´s situations out here has helped me to learn so many lessons, and many lessons that you just can´t learn without seeing some of this pain firsthand. We came out of talking to him, and Hermana Grant was like, ´´what i just learned in the last hour of talking with him would´ve taken me years to learn out side of the mission.´´ and it´s so true!
Also I had one of my first experiences with a Jehovah´s witness! He asked us a lot of questions...and honestly was not nice at all. But it was cool because I finally got to ask some questions I have wondered about them for a while. And one thing I am just grateful for is I know that through the Atonement of Christ we all recieve His gift of Salvation. No matter who you are. We will all be resurrected. I am also glad to know that God desires for each one of us to return to live with Him. And there´s no limit- we can All return to see Him, face to face. We can all be cleansed through Christ´s Atonement and be pure, not perfect, but pure. He is a real being, with flesh and bone and that´s why I´m trying to do what I can to have a pure heart, because once I see Him again I wanna feel like I´ve fought hard to do His will, and I haven´t done everything and maybe not even my best but I´ve tried, and I hope when I stand before Him I can hug Him and not have to leave that Heavenly home again. I love my Saviour and I love my Heavenly Father and I´m grateful for this opportunity.
Love, Hermana Miller
I also finished the Book of Mormon this week and it´s the best book EVER. Moroni 10:32
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