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| Where I spend my days this transfer--The Beehive House |
Well, I'm not sure if I mentioned this last week but we have so much time on the computers. Because our time is split up between motors, Beehive House, and teeny-tiny-bits of Square time. Not many people come to the Beehive House during the cold weather, so when we are not on desk or giving a tour we are on the computer. We also have more chatting time...apparently it is a really cool thing to "troll" us on mormon.org chat? Hah! It is really sad how many people don't have anything better to do with their time!
I finally got a hold of the sweetest girl in Brazil. She is only
15 years old and she has been studying English for 6 years! She was sorry that
she couldn't answer my calls before but she was so happy that she could finally
talk to me. She has been waiting for me to call. Brother Shibuta had told her
all about the Church already so she referred right there the first time I spoke
with her, with parental permission of course. Such a miracle!
We were covering West Gate on Monday and we met two great guys
who have just been reactivated in the Church! They are in the same ward up here
in Utah and have been such a good support to each other. They had been out of
the Church for about 15 years I think... The next night they were going to go
to the temple to do baptisms! They were so excited, I am so happy for them. You
never know what will happen with people. It is so important that if someone we
know has lost interest in the gospel, that we still love them. We can never
lose hope in those people that we love so much. God still loves them and cares
about them, so why shouldn't we? There is room for the Atonement in everyone’s
life! We have to be the first ones to make room for it to work on them and us.
It made me think of how difficult addictions are. It affects family and
friends. One of my investigators in Brazil told me that his older brother has
had an addiction to drugs for about 20 years. He lost hope for a little while.
It was hard because his family had to battle all day against the issues brought
on by his brother’s addiction. He said that his loss of Hope didn't last for
long. He knows that no matter what happens here, God will make a better life
for him after. This trial has made his family grow even closer together. He
knows that he will be able to be with his family forever and that his brother
will be okay.
I read something yesterday that I love so much..."Nothing
begins without an individual’s will to make it begin" and "...Freedom
begins with a flicker of will". I learned back in high school that if
someone doesn't want to do something, don't make them do it. President Holmes
said, "We must provide people with the best opportunity to use their
agency in a wise way". I started doing this at EFY last year. And it is
even more relevant on my mission. If people I talk to aren't willing to learn,
they won't learn. It is really that easy. Of course we help them and provide
them those opportunities to come unto Christ. As long as I can report in prayer
to God every night and honestly tell Him I tried my hardest with every person I
talked to, I will have peace.
I saw Elder and Sister Clayton this week! We were walking back from the Beehive House and I looked over and ooooh there they were! It was so good to see them! We only talked for a few minutes because we are all busy people. But I told them how I saw Matt a couple weeks ago and they said they'd been hoping to run into me soon. So fun!
Peace and blessings
xoxox
Sister Jarvie
Sister Jarvie
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| My lil' home away from home! |
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