This past week was sort of a weird one. Just in the sense that we
did abnormal things.
First of all, this week was Zone Training Meeting and since my companion
and I are STL's we got to help train! And, because we are the STL's of both of
the Zones here on the island, we got to go down to the southern part of the
island to Naha to do their training as well! So a large part of the beginning of
the week was spent preparing for training, and then training!
Then comes Saturday, and my companion woke up with a migraine so I had the
wonderful opportunity to read the Old Testament for like 5 hours! Sunday she
also wasn't feeling too well, so we skipped out of a few hours of church and
went to the mothers room so that she could just take a nap before we had our
evening appointment. Like I said, not a typical week, BUT, I must say, having a
sick companion turned out to be a little bit of a blessing because it allowed me
some down time to just think and ponder about my mission right now and have some
really good realizations that I don't think I would have had had we just been
going about our daily lives. The Lord knows how to turn all the bad things into
good things. That's the truth.
Just as a side note, my companion and I and another Elder in our area that
goes home at the same time as us have decided to get in shape before we come
home. We've officially cut out all sweets, snacks, white bread, and white rice.
Unless we get fed by investigators or members. Anyway, ya'll better be ready for
a brand new Sister Wells when I return! Although, I did get rid of my red hair,
and dyed it back to dark brown, so I guess I probs won't look that different.
But feel free to pray for me to have success on my diet because trying not to
eat white rice in Japan is WAY difficult.
You'll have to forgive me for such a random and scattered email this week,
that's just how my brain has been lately. To end off, I would just like to
mention that this week amongst all my pondering and deep thinking, I did come to
the conclusion that Satan has been influencing my thoughts way too much lately.
As a missionary, when things don't go the way I expect, or the way I want, I
tend to take blame, feel inadequate, feel like my best will never ever be good
enough, and so on. However, those thoughts would NEVER come from a Heavenly
Father who loves us, has never ending patience for us, and who's greatest desire
is for us to be happy. Sometimes, all we really need is to realize that Satan is
real, and kick him in the face and get on with our lives knowing that WE are in
charge of our happiness and we have a Father in Heaven who loves us so much and
is SO PROUD of our efforts. That's my simple spiel for this week.
I love you all! I pray for you often and I'll see you in about 2 and half
months!
Sister Wells
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