helllloooooo my beautiful family!!
okay i
legit have no idea what to say because i can't even believe that a whole
has passed by already and i don't remember really what happened....it's
going by so crazy fast. i will get my flight plans next week and I'M SO
EXCITED I WANT TO BE IN KOREA ALREADY. I love it here so much and I am
so happy it's great. Can't believe I've been here for so long but at the
same time it feels like I've been here foooorreeevveeeerrrrr and i am
so ready to go. Seriously the food is slowly killing me I think. I miss
mom's and kelly's food soooooo much. Oh sorry for the late shoutout kell
for the AMAZING CUPCAKES (are you happy now??? hahaha) sorry i was
super sick that weekend and was totally out of it so that's why you
didn't get honorified sooner. Thanks kris for the happy package. The
watermelon popcorn was super weird but the caramel corn was so
deliciously unhealthy. Basically I'm getting to be a fatty pants because
I eat so much crap but don't worry I work out hardcore now so it's all
good. haha except I recently discovered that I love playing volleyball
with our zone even though I am ridiculously horrible at it. So that
doesn't really give me a work out except it kind of does because mostly i
just dance around the whole time. also there's a rule about no dancing
at the mtc what is that about? So my district is officially the oldest
district because the group older than us left on Monday.
It was super sad because there were like a million of them and they
were all hilarious but I'm glad because that means I am that much closer
to going to korea yaayyyyyy.
The baptism on Saturday
was an AMAZING EXPERIENCE oh my gosh it was great. The girl that was
getting baptized was beyond happy and her excitement just filled the
room. I haven't been to a baptism in so long and it was so amazing!! I
was so happy for her and it was so awesome to see that she was making
that step closer to Christ and to see how happy that made her. She was
beaming with light and it was the coolest thing ever. It made me so
excited to go to Korea and start sharing the gospel! I only taught her
once and I was so happy I can't even imagine what my joy will be like
when one of my own investigators gets baptized. Ah the gospel is the
greatest thing ever.
On Sunday
I watched a talk by Elder Bednar called Character of Christ which was
literally the greatest thing I ever heard even though it made me feel
like I am the farthest thing away from Christ ever. But everyone in the
whole world should watch it. It talks about studying the character of
Christ and when we think about Christ do we know about Him or do we know
of Him? Christ's whole character was about turning outwards and serving
those around Him. Even in His darkest hours He turned outward to the
people. Even when he was on the cross suffering because of what the
people did to Him what did He say? Father forgive them for they know not
what they do. He was pleading for their forgiveness in the midst of His
darkest sufferings. That's what's so hard is that it's so easy to be
selfish and focus on ourselves and what do I want what do I need? But
Christ turns outward and thinks of other people first. Elder bednar said
that if you look for yourself you will never find yourself. But if you
serve others, you will find yourself without even knowing it. Sometimes I
just wish that i had all the time in the world to sit down and read the
scriptures nonstop for hours on end so that I could study more about
Christ, but right now I have the opportunity to serve others every day. I
hope that on my mission I learn to care more about others than I care
about myself. Learn to love others more than I love myself because that
is what Christ did.
Also read a talk about Hope by James E. Faust which was
really good too. I think it was given in like 1999 or something maybe I
don't remember. Anyway I love you all. Thank you all for your letters
and love. I miss you all but I want to go to Korea. Pray for me still!
Love you to death
Sister Blickenstaff
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