Dec. 15, 2014

This week I learned having a voice is important....last week and so far this week I have been SO sick!  But not to sick to work ;) So don't worry! you are never too sick to not work haha! I literally lost my voice for like 3 days in a row...it was torment to be in lessons and not be able to say anything or to go finding and not be able to say anything! One time I tried and Martin, our investigator, said to me "just stop talking...." haha so sad... But Chris our recent convert gave me Chinese medicine and then the next day he was freaking out so he took me to this Chinese Restaurant where all these Chinese people fawned over me giving my herbs and soup! It was the best and all I could muster out was "xiaxia" which is thank you in Chinese...haha it was horrible...I realized how much I talk everyday...and it is a lot...all the time I am talking talking talking...Sister Rogers said to me at the end of the week "I didn't realize how much you talked and I didn't until now..." I think that was God's way of telling me I need to quit talking sometimes...

So enough of my sob story...haha

This week everyone left....over 3/4 of our investigators left :( It was the saddest thing! We went PCing the last day of everyone being on campus and we got like 20 numbers in one hour...to contact after break...sooo....that is so sad! I am having withdrawls...already....it is like my area is leaving me instead of me leaving the area...

We met with Valerie one last time before she left and I love her so much! We are literally like sisters we just look at each other and start laughing about something that happened 2 weeks ago...she said that we are her sisters that she has never had! :) She went home so please PRAY that everything goes well!

Then we said goodbye to Meg and that was the worst thing ever...she brought me a pair of Brazilian shoes that she told me I HAD TO HAVE! :) It was sooo nice! I misss her already! :(

Then we went to Martin and he was getting baptized on December 20th and he informed us that the school is making him go back to China until May :( He was soo sad because he wants to be baptized on the 20th but he leaves like this Wednesday....So I was soooo distraught because of that!

We taught Dan and he is doing soo well! He is one of my favorite people to have lessons with because he has soo many great questions! I like forced sound out of my mouth for that lesson...it was pretty but it kind of sounded like words with coughs and apologies in between haha....but of course...he left....

Well this week was a little less exciting than most but Heavenly Father is soo good to me! One of my goals is to develop such a deep relationship with my Heavenly Father which means I spend a lot of times on my knees sometimes I feel like he is listening and other times I feel like I am talking to myself haha! But I DO KNOW that he always listens! We just have to put ourselves in a position to be able to feel that! Oh I wish that I could just type down everything I learned this week...I learned so much this week from what my purpose is as a missionary all the way to I just need to love my in-laws and accept them! I learned that the gospel make a bad man good and a good man better! (Think about that...it is so profound) I learned that faith=works and with out works faith IS absolutely dead! I learned more about my potential as a daughter of God and just to be excited about the future because there are big things ahead! I learned that you NEED to rely on the strengthening and enabling power of the atonement! Pray for it this week and see the power that comes into your life! I learned that Charity is important above all else in the end that is REALLY what will matter! Besides LOVE was the motivation behind the atonement! I learned to be grateful, I learned that my mom and dad or AMAZING people...like indescribably amazing, I learned to love myself...including the stupid mistakes I made and will make! Okay...I will quit I could go on forever and ever! I know I am feeling the spirit when I feel like I just know! Event though I cannot comprehend it is like I have a knowing and all the pieces are fit together perfectly. I cannot comprehend what God knows are what he does but sometimes he lets me feel a little piece of what he knows  and helps me to know this is true. I know that this is the Lord's Kingdom once again established on the earth! I know that with my whole being and oh how exciting it is to be a part of it! I love you all so much! Probably more than you can comprehend! Sometimes I just think of how blessed I am to be a part of your lives! I am SO BLESSED! So much that when I even start to think about it I tear up...(like right now for example...I am crying...because I am thinking about it) It makes me heart full! :) Hope everyone is well and #sharingthegift if you haven't seen the video go to christmas.mormon.org and SHARE THE GIFT!

Much Michigan Love,

Sister Oswald