Mon, Jun 1, 2009
This week Sister Denison and I were called “workers of the devil,” “misguided and brainwashed” (maybe that was last week...), spreaders of “Satan’s word,” and a woman who was running us off her property while yelling at us told us that the message we bring is one of hate :)
Sigh. I usually don’t tell stories like that, but there were just too many good ones this week to keep to myself, however, I’ll spare you the details. I wish I could say these experiences are the hardest part of the mission, but they’re more entertainment than anything. The hardest part of the mission, for me anyways, is when someone that you know feels the spirit and knows it’s true, but then walks away. The second hardest part is making mistakes. It’s one thing to have bad things happen, but when they happen because of your very own selfish mistakes….it’s a nasty feeling. Not the I-forgot-to-write-something-down mistakes, but the I’m-being-selfish-and-prideful mistakes that are the real killers…ugh. Luckily I don’t make mistakes so I’m off the hook on that one!
Anyways, believe it or not, this week has been amazing! I only wrote that above stuff to let you know that sometimes it’s hard. We taught Mandi this week. I love her!!!! I love these people so much. Every day I love them more. It’s really strange. I still feel intimidated and shy and scared, but it’s getting better. I am just trying to set those things to the side to make room for the love.
Mandi loves Christ. She knows a lot of bible stories…but she can’t put it all together. She can’t connect the stories. She can’t figure out exactly why Christ is important. We laid out the plan of salvation, but she felt uncomfortable because she couldn’t tell us her beliefs. She thinks are beliefs are different when really we basically have the same beliefs; we just have a little bit more expanded view. The expansion pack of religion…haha. I crack myself up….my time’s almost gone. I love you all. I really am doing fine don’t worry. I just want these letters to be multi dimensional so I have to add in some sad stuff.