February 21, 2012

Hello my dear family!

I cannot believe it! Another week has come and gone and a new one lies ahead. I love new weeks! And the reason why is because we can start over the week with a fresh new start. Last week was a really good week, we had a lot of very good service opportunities. Did I tell you all about the Hermana in our branch that is taking an English class?! Well, we go over to eat with them every week and she has me help her with her homework. It is so interesting to be teaching english to someone who only speaks spanish and trying to explain it in spanish so she can get it in english... does that even make sense?! haha! Well, anyways, I will try to explain things to her as best as i can, but then when I dont know how to explain someone I ask Hermana Rials which definitely makes a difference. I love to serve others and help them out. 

 

This morning was a really interesting day for me. I woke up kind of in a odd mood. Now, what I am about to tell you I do not want you to worry about me cause I learned a valuable lesson and I feel so happy. Ok, so Hermana Rials can always tell when I am having a hard day... and really she can tell if I am going to have a bad day or not from right after I get up. I think it is kind of weird because I dont think I know that I am going to have a bad day when I wake up... but either way, she can tell. So, we had personal study and then right afterwards we have companionship study and we talk about how our study went and what we learned. Hermana Rials shared with me what she learned out of the Book of Mormon and then I shared what I learned from the Book of Mormon and also what I learned about Humility (I really like to study the Christlike attributes out of Preach My Gospel, you should do it sometime, it is great!). After we were done she asked me how I was doing today and I told her that I was feeling a little off. We started talking about it and I have been trying really hard not to focus so much on dad's death, but really focusing on the good things that Dad had done for me and things that I really like about him. Well, today was a really hard day for me to do that so I asked Hermana Rials to ask me questions about Dad that she would want to learn.  And she asked a couple, like what his favorite color was or what was his favorite food. And it helped for a little, but it didnt pull me out of my 'mood'. Then, she began to teach me something very valuable. First, I want you to know, whenever Hermana Rials talks to be about tender things, like with dad, she always waits for the Spirit to direct her. I am not going to go into all the details of what she said to me or really what i felt, but she did teach me a lesson.  This life is so very short! Remember how in Seminary when our teachers were talking about the Plan of Salvation- they would get a long piece of yarn or string and pin it up from one end of the room to the next and then usually they would have a little tiny spot in the middle and say "this is our life here on earth". This life on earth is just a little blip in time. Everything that we go through is so very, very small in comparison to Eternities! I hope we all look at our trials that way. Whenever we are having a hard time, we should look ahead to the future with hope and faith that it will get better. And it is true! It will all work out! It will all get better.

 

I am so very thankful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that things will get better! I am going to see my dad again! There is life after this and oh, it is going to be so very, very good! I know that the Book of Mormon is true! It adds such a strength to my days. I am so very thankful for a living Prophet, President Thomas S. Monson, who leads and guides the Lord's work here on the earth.   Thank you all for your letters and love that you have sent my way! I will do my best to get back to you all as soon as I can! (I promise!!)

 

I hope you have a great week! May the Lord bless you! Dont forget to seek Him out this week! 

 

XOXOXOXO

Love always, forever,

Hermana Wadsworth