Merry Christmas to all of our loved
ones and friends! Thank you for loving and supporting our daughter/missionary.
It is such a blessing. We finally found
out that she will be “Skype”ing for Christmas. She was surprised that Christmas
is next week. She thought we still had a few more weeks. I guess she is really
engrossed in the work! She sent a lot of
photos this week; scenery, parrots flying above them, snakes crossing their
path, bus rides, sleeping and beautiful children that she loves. The irony of the poisonous snake is that it
crossed their path on Saturday – which happened to be the day that I was
expressing my deep dislike for snakes. I
will post them on her blog. XOXO and HO HO HO!!
Hi
FAMILY!
Did you know
that December is my favorite month in Costa Rica? Yep. I love it! It rains here
a lot. Like I imagine it´s snowing there. Awesome!!
Today my
comp and I went to celebrate P-Day at McDonalds. Oh did I not tell you about
the most exciting thing to happen to San Carlos in years?! We got a McDonalds!
A Christmas miracle. Haha and now here I am. Writing the BEST family in the
world!!!
This week
has been one of the best weeks of my mission. I think the previous was one of
the toughest. Something I’ve truly truly learned is that God really is aware of
us every single moment. It´s a miracle really. I was able to look back and
realize he truly was right there with me every step of the way. I know He loves
me. And you! But more on this later:
(highlights from the week)
12-10-13 (last
Monday)
For P-day we
celebrated P-noche (p-night) so that we could go to the circus! We had to work
all afternoon though. The circus was awesome! It felt strange to step out of
missionary Megan and allow myself to be 5 year old Megan: taken away by bright
lights, magic tricks, flying motorcycles, trained Clydesdales, flips by costumed
woman, etc. It was fun.
December
Friday the 13th:
(dunnn dunn
dunnn!)
I think I´m
supposed to be learning something-something that will help me on later in life.
So what do you do when life not only hands you lemons, but then squeezes that
lemon juice into your open wound and then pushes you down? The only words I´ve
got running through my mind are CARRY ON, CARRY ON, CARRY ON! So I will. I will
just keep doing those small and simple things. I´m grateful for prayer. I´ve
had to rely a lot on it these past couple of days.
I’ve been
trying to be better at opening my mouth and talking to everyone; especially in
busses on the way to or from our new area. I thought of Ashling yesterday. (One of her best friends serving a mission in
Russia) She told me that it´s so hard for her to get people to listen.
Meanwhile I´m here just having a ton of conversations about God. Usually I
don´t really have to do anything. These people just love talking about God. I´m
grateful I live amongst truly God-fearing people. In my culture, it´s
uncomfortable to talk about God. It´s best to avoid religion. But here, God is
all around. The trick is to help people repent-to change and to act.
I’ve been
meditating a lot on what made the Sons of Mosiah so successful. One of the
things I thought of is that they truly had no fear for they knew that the Lord
was with them. How were they going to enter into a kingdom full of bloodthirsty
racists? Doesn´t matter, the Lord will provide. What would they say? No
importa. How would they get out of prison, how long would they be tied up and
hungry? etc. These obstacles weren´t given power to control these missionaries.
Instead, these missionaries drew their power from the Lord and He protected and
blessed them in return. I feel like these blessings aren´t just for Aaron,
Ammon, Omni, Himni, but for Hermana Workman too.
Thankfully,
I didn’t get struck by the Friday the 13th curse...but I saw it attack someone
else.
We were
invited to do service with la china feliz. Angie was cooking food for 530 handicapped
people. So there were about 15 chicken lasagnas, tubs of ¨chimichuri¨ or salsa,
lettuce, fresco, etc. etc. The car was loaded up with everything when Angie
called to see what time she´d need to be there with the food...They told her it
was next Wednesday, not today. Oh. Awkward.
I´ll spare
you the very mundane details-just know it was not her day. I liked what she
said though through it all: “I will remember this day for the rest of my life.”
And she laughed. Sometimes that´s truly all we can do.
Yesterday I
know that God carried me. I had a good day for the first time in a long time. I
feel like I came 1 percent closer to being like the sons of Mosiah. We had
nothing to do, so we decided to go to the park. (San Carlos´s most popular
attraction.) We sat down and didn´t want to disturb anyone. (Natural woman.)
But we set a goal of 10 contacts. Ultimately our message is way more important
than any of their conversations. We left feeling so good. I feel like when we
all return to heaven, I won´t have that awkward conversation that could go
like, I was right there! Why didn´t you say anything!?
I want to
finish my mission strong like that. I want to be a daughter of Mosiah.
12-14-13
I met
M in the bus and we shared a really cool moment. She got teary eyed when
she told me her husband died. I looked her in the eyes and said, “our church
teaches that families can live together beyond the grave.” She got this look on
her face like-hope. “Really?” She asked. “Yes. This life is not the end.” And I
just wanted to help her. We had a cita with her, but she wasn´t there. Bummer.
I don´t know why my comp and I studied so much for her-but I have the faith
that it was for someone at sometime.
We worked
hard all day. I noticed how the Lord is working in us-how we´re truly becoming
more converted to this gospel. We´re studying harder and testifying with more
authority and boldness. It´s truly a blessing to be humbled. Because it means
God truly loves us. (To read my favorite scripture this week, please turn with
me to Alma 26:37) Now my
brethren, we see that God is amindful of
everybpeople, whatsoever land they may be in; yea, he
numbereth his people, and his bowels of mercy are over all the earth. Now this
is my joy, and my great thanksgiving; yea, and I will give thanks unto my God
forever. Amen.
I know this is true. I
love my Heavenly Father. I love my mission. I am so grateful to be here.
I love you all so much! eso! Tu español
es maravilloso!!! Te quiero muchísimo momita! Te quido mucho!
Te amo!
Tu Hijita, Walmart
Love,
Meg
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