THIS WEEK WAS SO AWESOME AND ALSO KIND OF SUPER STRESSFUL! But the best weeks are always the most stressful amright?
Shout out to my awesome companion Sister Carriel for always be there for me to rub the stress knots out of my back.
Me
at 8:30 in the street last night: Our plans fell through and we had
been knocking doors and no one let us in or even said we could come back
another day and I was so tired that I started laughing super hard and
then I started crying and it was pretty dark and the streets arent paved
and I stepped in a whole and tripped and fell as I was laugh crying and
Sister Carriel picked me up and anyone who didnt know me I think 100%
thought that I was drunk. What a life, né?
This
week I was able to see how much Ive grown spiritually. In the
beginning, I was so worried that I never knew what to say, but now, when
I open my mouth, its not even ME talking, its filled by the Spirit to
tell that specific person what God wants them to know. BEING A SERVANT
OF THE LORD IS INCREDIBLE.
Our beloved
Presidente and Sister Louza visited us this week! We made tea and cake
and it was lovely and I love them SO MUCH. I also had a little interview
with President and he helped me SO much with some things that had been
on my mind, distracting me. Basically the cousel he gave me works for
anything situation: you have to make a plan with the Lord. Ive started
praying, like "Hey Pai Celestial, this has been distracting me lately,
this is my plan to be better, wanna help me?" And every since thursday, I
has been marvelous and I feel so much closer to my Father In Heaven :)
Final
reason this week rocked (and stressed me out): BAPTISM! A man, Nelson
who is 75 and SUPER AWESOME! Our experience with him was super up and
down and required alot of fasting and praying to overcome doubts and
struggles and to fight against Satan getting into his head and EVERYONE
made sacrifices and in the end, all our prayers were answered and he was
baptized on Saturday, Confirmed on Sunday, and Ive never seen him
happier!!
ALSO I GOT A CALL TODAY THAT NOÉ FROM
SÃO GABRIEL RECEIVED THE MELCEZEDEK PRIESTHOOD YESTERDAY AND IS GOING
TO THE TEMPLE NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
#felicidade
I love being a missionary. straight up.
Love
SISTER LIPPS
Pictures:
baptism of Irmão Nelson!!!!!
When
you are in the middle of teaching the restoration and satan calls and
your investigator walks out of the room to make coffee so you and your
comp take selfies while you wait.
MY MOM AND DAD FOR THE NEXT 9 MONTHS (they are so freaking cute)
Dear Em,
ReplyDeleteWe are so proud that you are able to take all the up's and down's in stride, but first you have to cry then you can laugh! It cleans out the stress inside.
Great pic's thanks for sharing. Love & hugs, Grandpa and Phyllis