Meerrrrryyyy Christmas!!
It snowed this morning, so I think its fitting :)
Y'know, I think this was the best week of my mission so far. Quite a bold statement, I know, but there have been miracles witnessed, revelation received, and peace each day. I've been able to see more and more the reasons why God has placed certain people where they are(i.e. me in Selah particularly with Sister McKnight, various people in their respective callings, etc.). Our zone has been doing a Zone "fast" of sorts where we make marginal changes in our obedience and its meant to help us to refocus more intentionally on our purpose as representatives of Jesus Christ Well, it has worked, I have felt so much more focused and there has been more clarity in my mind, even with the dreary weather. The Spirit has been more prevalent and I've been more receptive to inspiration throughout the day each day. It's something I plan to hold onto, because peace and hope come easier now and I'm able to better think of others as well. Basically, it is everything.
Fun story: Saturday was Josephs baptism right? well, we had a bit of an adventure. Remember when our car died last week? It died again Saturday morning at the church, Brother Darling(new WML) came and saved us and we went home, all was well...so we thought. When we left the apartment a bit later, the car was dead again :( Miraculously, the Juarez's were just heading out too so they jumped our car and we called the mission office to find out what we should do, since its not really our car to ruin. Elder Pendlebury says take it to Les Schwab. That would be great, except we told the sisters that we'd go to the church and finish filling the baptismal font an hour before the baptism AKA right then. We drive to Les Schwab, and in my fear of turning the car off and having it DIE again, Sister McKnight ran in and told Josh the gist, he tells her there are 9 people ahead of us and we'll probably have to leave it over the weekend.. like until Tuesday... not cool Josh. So we leave, and go turn on the water and leave the car on and keep checking it periodically until the other sisters got there to watch the font. We book it over to Les Schwab and stand in line for 12 years to have Cody(fave Les Schwab employee) tell us they can get the battery change and a tire rotation done before they close <3. We leave it in his hands and Christina comes and picks us up at 3:45 and drops us off at the church just in time to greet the other sisters before everyone else arrived. *exhale* but thats not all. Post-baptism, we have 3 missed calls and a voicemail from Josh saying we gotta get our car before they close...20 minutes ago. Then comes stealing another ride and running inside to get the keys and receipt, and then BACK to the church to say goodbye to Joseph and fam then home for dinner. What. A. Day.
but its cool, cause...
JOSEPH WAS BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY!! what what?!?! oh yeah. Guess who sobbed almost the entire time? yours truly. Brother Martinez was making jokes about all the missionaries that got to come back for it; we were all there, and we all loved it.
Love ya lots!
Sister Shuldberg
p.s. what do you expect to find on small beaches?
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Microwaves;)
It snowed this morning, so I think its fitting :)
Y'know, I think this was the best week of my mission so far. Quite a bold statement, I know, but there have been miracles witnessed, revelation received, and peace each day. I've been able to see more and more the reasons why God has placed certain people where they are(i.e. me in Selah particularly with Sister McKnight, various people in their respective callings, etc.). Our zone has been doing a Zone "fast" of sorts where we make marginal changes in our obedience and its meant to help us to refocus more intentionally on our purpose as representatives of Jesus Christ Well, it has worked, I have felt so much more focused and there has been more clarity in my mind, even with the dreary weather. The Spirit has been more prevalent and I've been more receptive to inspiration throughout the day each day. It's something I plan to hold onto, because peace and hope come easier now and I'm able to better think of others as well. Basically, it is everything.
Fun story: Saturday was Josephs baptism right? well, we had a bit of an adventure. Remember when our car died last week? It died again Saturday morning at the church, Brother Darling(new WML) came and saved us and we went home, all was well...so we thought. When we left the apartment a bit later, the car was dead again :( Miraculously, the Juarez's were just heading out too so they jumped our car and we called the mission office to find out what we should do, since its not really our car to ruin. Elder Pendlebury says take it to Les Schwab. That would be great, except we told the sisters that we'd go to the church and finish filling the baptismal font an hour before the baptism AKA right then. We drive to Les Schwab, and in my fear of turning the car off and having it DIE again, Sister McKnight ran in and told Josh the gist, he tells her there are 9 people ahead of us and we'll probably have to leave it over the weekend.. like until Tuesday... not cool Josh. So we leave, and go turn on the water and leave the car on and keep checking it periodically until the other sisters got there to watch the font. We book it over to Les Schwab and stand in line for 12 years to have Cody(fave Les Schwab employee) tell us they can get the battery change and a tire rotation done before they close <3. We leave it in his hands and Christina comes and picks us up at 3:45 and drops us off at the church just in time to greet the other sisters before everyone else arrived. *exhale* but thats not all. Post-baptism, we have 3 missed calls and a voicemail from Josh saying we gotta get our car before they close...20 minutes ago. Then comes stealing another ride and running inside to get the keys and receipt, and then BACK to the church to say goodbye to Joseph and fam then home for dinner. What. A. Day.
but its cool, cause...
JOSEPH WAS BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY!! what what?!?! oh yeah. Guess who sobbed almost the entire time? yours truly. Brother Martinez was making jokes about all the missionaries that got to come back for it; we were all there, and we all loved it.
Love ya lots!
Sister Shuldberg
p.s. what do you expect to find on small beaches?
w
a
i
t
f
o
r
i
t
.
.
.
Microwaves;)
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