Hiiiiiii!!
This week was just peachy! We had some
awesome lessons, some gems show up to church and some fun adventures along the
way. This week had its ups and downs (‘tis missionary life) but I learned an
important lesson. It's important to work hard and do your best but it's also
just as important to take in the little things and really realize the tender
mercies in every day. This past transfer
our exchange theme for our sisters was all about tender mercies and I guess
it's just really caught up to me and had an impact. It truly is the little things in life that
make the world go 'round J I want to share just
a few tender mercies I saw this week:
Monday: family night at the Z's complete with bonding, not-brownies, dominion, scriptures and laughs to spare. I was reminded to enjoy the time I have with the gems around me!
Tuesday: After cleaning a hoarder’s house we didn't plan time in our schedule to go back home for lunch but thankfully a lady in our ward that was with us took us out to lunch! #inspired!
Wednesday: our "golden" less-active member that we are trying to reactivate brought us flowers because "missionaries don't get enough appreciation!" - Sister Stutsman all!!
Thursday: We went out to the horse ranch: 1) Sister Foster came so we could save miles on our car and 2) we got to feed horses and walk with them! (‘cuz we can't ride ‘em L) but hey it was the coolest service!!
Friday: having charity for hard hearted people it's amazing to see how the Lord sees everyone J
Saturday: the Reyes family!!! Okay this family was like the VIPs of the week. They fed us twice because our ward is being poopers right now for some reason and isn't feeding us a ton. But don't worry mom, the Reyes made sure to give us lots of food! Ha, ha, ha I just love food. 😆
Sunday: our plans fell-through so we were just out tracting in the heat and 1) we found a turtle by a little pond and we held him for a bit and 2) the Relief Society President, Sister Greenway, asked if we could go visit some members who are in the hospital with her. We were about to go home for dinner but felt like we needed to go for some reason. So we went and saw a couple members. The last member we went to see was the lady who took us out to lunch earlier in the week (see Tuesday's tender mercy.) Anyway, this sister was in a really bad car accident and they had to tear her car apart and she has a fractured pelvis and ribs. It was a tender moment as I was able to talk to her and tell her that I knew pretty well how she was feeling (ribs-wise) and what she was going through - as I went through a pretty bad accident myself, a year ago next week. She isn't one to go out of her way to tell people she's hurting. But I know when she realized that I also understood, it helped her to open up and let the healing happen on the inside too. The spirit was so strong as she smiled and nodded with tears in her eyes and asked us to sing for her. As we sang count your many blessings the spirit washed over me, reminding me that even though this week was tough beans, I have many blessings to be thankful for.
I love you all and invite you to count your blessings and see the hand of the Lord every day!
Monday: family night at the Z's complete with bonding, not-brownies, dominion, scriptures and laughs to spare. I was reminded to enjoy the time I have with the gems around me!
Tuesday: After cleaning a hoarder’s house we didn't plan time in our schedule to go back home for lunch but thankfully a lady in our ward that was with us took us out to lunch! #inspired!
Wednesday: our "golden" less-active member that we are trying to reactivate brought us flowers because "missionaries don't get enough appreciation!" - Sister Stutsman all!!
Thursday: We went out to the horse ranch: 1) Sister Foster came so we could save miles on our car and 2) we got to feed horses and walk with them! (‘cuz we can't ride ‘em L) but hey it was the coolest service!!
Friday: having charity for hard hearted people it's amazing to see how the Lord sees everyone J
Saturday: the Reyes family!!! Okay this family was like the VIPs of the week. They fed us twice because our ward is being poopers right now for some reason and isn't feeding us a ton. But don't worry mom, the Reyes made sure to give us lots of food! Ha, ha, ha I just love food. 😆
Sunday: our plans fell-through so we were just out tracting in the heat and 1) we found a turtle by a little pond and we held him for a bit and 2) the Relief Society President, Sister Greenway, asked if we could go visit some members who are in the hospital with her. We were about to go home for dinner but felt like we needed to go for some reason. So we went and saw a couple members. The last member we went to see was the lady who took us out to lunch earlier in the week (see Tuesday's tender mercy.) Anyway, this sister was in a really bad car accident and they had to tear her car apart and she has a fractured pelvis and ribs. It was a tender moment as I was able to talk to her and tell her that I knew pretty well how she was feeling (ribs-wise) and what she was going through - as I went through a pretty bad accident myself, a year ago next week. She isn't one to go out of her way to tell people she's hurting. But I know when she realized that I also understood, it helped her to open up and let the healing happen on the inside too. The spirit was so strong as she smiled and nodded with tears in her eyes and asked us to sing for her. As we sang count your many blessings the spirit washed over me, reminding me that even though this week was tough beans, I have many blessings to be thankful for.
I love you all and invite you to count your blessings and see the hand of the Lord every day!
~Sister McDonald
Ponderize: "Blessings
are upon the head of the just" ~ Prov. 10:6
Committment:
"establish qualities of 1)selflessness 2)humility 3)service" ~ Elder
Snow
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