Well folks, I hit the year mark on Thursday the third. I know, I know, you're all just so excited because that means you get to see me in less than six months. But please stop praying that time will go faster - Heavenly Father answers those prayers!
I have done a lot of thinking about what I have done and what I will do in the rest of the time the Lord has alotted me. But I sorta wanted to write about the changes that have come to pass in me in this last year. I'll try to be short, but just know that I think I have made a bit of progress!
1. My hair is longer, blonder, and I'm pretty sure quite a bit thinner. I'm going to have to take some vitamins because the water here has killed me.
2. I am still exactly the same height. Put on a little bit of weight, but I don't plan to be rolled home like Veruca Salt. I said goodbye to chocolate this week.
3. The soles of my feet are wider and often ache. Walking a lot does that I guess.
4. I have, believe it or not, more freckles.
5. I wear glasses. That's a new attraction. They're not very strong but they have helped me a lot. I'm less tired and more focused and don't look quite as awful without makeup. Hahaha.
6. I know how to make friends. It's not so hard for me anymore! I think that's one of the reasons Heavenly Father sent me to a Latin country. They are incredibly open with one another, and if you want anything to happen you have to speak up. Plus they LOVE to laugh, so my sense of humor has developed.
7. I speak fluent Spanish. I think.
8. I sleep more than four hours every night, and the quality of my sleep has increased tremendously.
9. I judge my decisions better. I have learned how to think before I act and recognize spiritual impressions as they come. Still not perfect, but getting there.
10. I have grown to love the people here so much. I honestly do not know how I am going to handle being in the United States again. I feel like I fit in and Perú is my home.
11. I am a teacher. I love love LOVE teaching the gospel because I get to teach by the Spirit. Of myself I know I am really not that great a teacher but He is a wonderful one and I always learn something new when I speak by the Holy Ghost.
12. I understand much deeper the profound meaning of sincere prayer.
13. I have a stronger testimony of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and the crucial importance of using our agency wisely to allow the Atonement to work in our lives.
14. I know a lot more about myself - my current weaknesses, my current strengths, and my potential to become better.
15. I know how to see God's children through His eyes and how to discover that potential that each of them has. That is one of the most miraculous blessings of serving a mission - realizing how much God loves every last one of His children and how unique each one and his or her needs are.
16. I desire so indescribably much to do what Heavenly Father wants me to do. I want to follow His plan and I want to give Him the glory and I want to just turn my will over to His. I have learned that this is MUCH easier said than done, but I feel deep down in my heart the yearning to serve God with all that I am and all that I have.
Our Heavenly Father loves us more than we can imagine. I testify of it. I know it! He truly does have a plan. He truly does have a way of making all His promises come to pass. He truly does want each and every one of us to return home to live with Him.
He restored His gospel to this earth through the great prophet, Joseph Smith, so that WE MIGHT KNOW how to return to His presence. It is all He wants! And all He has ever wanted since the foundation of eternity! That is why He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to atone for us - because He wants us to come back.
I really want my family to be eternal, and your family too, and the families of all my Peruvian brothers and sisters as well. I will put my heart into making that happen, because I know that that is what GOD wants.
I love you!
Hermana Hewitt
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