People of the world. Meaning my family. I don't know if you know this or not, but I'm a missionary. Yep, I know, it's a shocker. But it's TRUE! I put on my name tag every morning, study my scriptures, pray a lot, and go out and find and teach people about the restored gospel! AH! Don't worry, sometimes I forget myself, so don't feel bad (: But ya, I'm a missionary and I do missionary things.
So not much happened this week.. Just another week. Well the Elders in our ward and us went and did service for an investigator, Angela. Sometimes we get distracted, and so somehow, Elder Watkins and I started throwing a football back and forth. I thought I knew how to throw and catch a football, I found out I did not. And Elder Watkins has like a full ride scholarship to Snow for his football playing skills, so basically he's good and I'm not. The like second time he threw it, he threw it really hard and I caught it terribly and I jammed my finger. Yes. But not like a little "ow my finger..." But like, "Um, Elder Watkins, that hurt reallyy bad." Eventually he taught me how to properly catch the football, which prevented any of my other fingers feeling like they wanted to fall off, and eventually I kind of got the hang of throwing it. I still need more practice. After passing it a couple of times we got to doing service. But throughout the day my finger started to hurt more and more. Elder Watkins said I probably just jammed it and it'll be fine in a couple days. Ya. No. It's been almost a week and it still hurts. It was my left ring finger, and don't worry by the next day it had gained like four pounds and turned purple! It was hideous! And it hurt SO bad! It still hurts, every time I type an S it hurts. Curse football. That's what I get when I get distracted. It got super swollen, and it was hideous, and I was so embarrassed by it. I had to tape it to my other finger so it wouldn't bend or hurt all the more. But it's slowly getting better (: That's pretty much it.
Here are some random things I wrote down to tell you.
Oh! When my finger got all swollen, my ring was stuck on it. It looked stupid so I yanked it off. It hurt, but needed to happen so that my swollen fat finger didn't engulf the cute little ring.
Um, mom! Remember how when you take naps, you make those funny little sigh noises? Well guess what, I do them too! Bahahah! I may or may not have accidentally fallen asleep during my language study and woke myself up because I like sigh moaned to myself. Haha! It happens all the time now! When I'm taking a nap I'll like randomly wake myself up. It's goofy and every time reminds me of you (: Like mother like daughter.
Sister Clawson and I went on exchanges on Thursday. It was different. Ha! Sister Clawson went with our Sister Training Leader, and so I went with her companion, who has been out the same amount as I have. Which is nothing. So we were lost a lot, but it was a lot of fun. Well a member came and picked us up for an appointment, and it fell through, so while the Sister was figuring out what to do next, the member decided she wanted to show me the Englewood Dam, since I'd only be up there for a day (: It was beautiful! And an added bonus was the fact that we were in her convertible! And it was overcast, and had just rained so it smelled delicious, and we drove across the dam then she took us to this beautiful like park or camping spot or something and they were just narrow roads between forests! It was BEAUTIFUL! It just like Oregon! I loved it. And the top of the convertible was down so I could smell everything and look up and see all the trees, and everything was so green. It was perfect. I loved it!
So I do not want to get nasty tan lines, or sunburnt, so putting on sunblock is part of my morning getting ready routine. Well it's not working because I am getting nasty shoe tan lines! NO! It's like classic sister missionary to have terrible tan lines on the tops of your feet. And I've been trying to avoid it, but it's not working! And so there are faint lines where my straps go on my feet. Yuck. Haha. But soon winter will come and they'll fade. Hopefully.
Have you guys been watching the Bible Videos on lds.org?! Because they're INCREDIBLE! Seriously! A member showed us a couple and I cried watching them. It was like we were actually there, hearing Jesus Christ talk to us, and love us. It was incredible! The actor that plays Jesus is phenomenal! Just go and watch them, they're great. And then post them on facebook, or wherever. Because a lot of people think we don't believe in the Bible, but we do! They're great missionary tools. Use them!
We've been teaching an 11 year old, Bella. Her dad, Abraham, is a member but went less active for awhile, but started coming back to church, and when he saw us he asked us to come teach his daughter. I love them both so much. They're incredible. Bella is so smart and accepted baptism and is SO excited to be baptized. She really likes the fact that she'll be completely clean, she's excited to be able to feel that (: And to have the Holy Ghost as her constant companion. It's amazing to have an 11 year old understand what we are teaching and want to be baptized. It's incredible! Abraham's wife just left him one day, and so it's been real hard on him, but because he's been coming back to church, you can see him regaining that happiness. He's excited for his daughter. His parents and his brother and other family are all going to fly in to see the baptism (: We're shooting for October 25 cause that's when everyone is able to make it. It's incredible!
This gospel is so true. I think it every day. It really has blessed my life, it's brought me such happiness. And being able to share that to others is priceless. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet, and that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him and restored the true gospel and the priesthood power. We have the fullness of the gospel on the earth today! We have more scripture, to add to the bible, to help us learn more about Christ and what we need to be doing in our lives to become more like Him. It's incredible! We are so blessed! We are in the last dispensation of the gospel! That means that we know that it will never be taken off the earth again, like it was when Christ was crucified. We have the fulness, we are blessed because of it, why would we keep that knowledge, happiness, and blessing to ourselves?! We wouldn't! We'd share it! And that's what we're asked to do! Share it with friends, with family, with random people you meet on the street! It is so true! Ah! I can't get over it. I love my mission. It is so hard, but so worth it!
I love you all so much. I have the best family (: You're all great! And I miss you SO much! Thanks for all the emails, they're really help me to keep going. It's hard getting out of bed at 6:15. I don't ever want to. I seriously have to roll out of bed and onto my knees. But then I begin praying and I know that Christ will be with me, and the Holy Ghost will help me throughout this day. It's hard to get out and exercise, and get going and be awake. But each day, something happens that reminds me why I'm here. That I'm supposed to be here. That this is right for me. That yes, it's hard, but having Bella, and 11 year old girl say, "Yes, I want to be baptized, I want to be clean, and I want to go to church," THAT keeps me going. Seeing the face of her dad as she is excited to show us her knew scripture quad and mark scriptures and kneeling down and having her say the prayer. THAT is why I'm here. THAT is what I'm doing. I'm grateful for the Lord's help, because I know I could not do this alone.
Well I love you family! You're the best (:
Sister Dunn
P.S. I'm still trying to work out how to upload pictures on the computers in this public library. So if I don't get any out today, I'm sorry. I haven't taken many, so if we have to wait another week, hopefully by then I'll have more to send (: LOVE YOU! TE AMO MUITO!
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