I'm Sorry, You've Thrown off The Emperor's Groove

Hey Everybody!!

Thanks for all the love letters this week! 

It has been a very unproductive week. But I will let you know about the highlights:

Thursday Feb. 6 2014; today in everything we did, I tried hard to focus on the Savior. My comp and I have been so sick, and yesterday my comp could barely stop coughing long enough to breathe. So today they took us to the pharmacy. The doctor there said he´d give us an injection-shot and I half jokingly said, ¨Ojalá les ponga en nuestras nalgas!* Haha I hope they put them in our butts. Turns out that´s exactly where the needle would go. My comp was a little upset-but seriously I have no more shame in this country. That was probably the funniest part of my day. 

We had a meeting with M to try and re-re-re explain the Plan of Salvation and baptisms for the dead. I´m just almost at the end of my rope-I don´t know how to adequately tell her about the things I know all about temple work. I´m slightly frustrated and flabbergasted....but I know Heavenly Father knows exactly what His daughter needs. I know He´ll allow me to help her-if I put forth effort. I want you all to know that I do know the temple really is la casa del Señor sobre la tierra. I know He can reside there. I know sacred authority was restored to the prophet Joseph Smith. I know every time I´m in the temple I feel closer to heaven. It warms my troubled soul. I really love the temple. I’ve been studying a lot lately about how they (our ancestors) need us as much as we need them.

On the walk to our next apt we saw this frail old lady limping along carrying some heavy looking bags. We offered to help. I honestly don’t know how she made it so far alone. We took her heavy bags and helped her limp down-very-slowly-a mountain. Her name was Cristina. She´s 70 and her mom, living, is 107!! I loved doing what the Savior would do if He´d stood beside me today. I could see that she was just so grateful. She told us she knew God had placed us in her path to help her. I testified to her that God really does love her so much. We sang the song ¨Because I have been Given Much¨ with her and I felt so good inside. 

In our last lesson today, I had a super painful moment in that I really realized that my days here and numbered. I will not be able to do this forever and there was an ache in myself. The other day I dreamt that I was on my last week. By ¨Thursday¨ I´d need to leave and I just didn´t want to. I´m thinking it was more like a vision. It’s nuts how much this culture has truly become a part of me-the best part. And how much I love these people-more then my own!!!

Anyways, I´m off to a better week. I´m so happy. I´m currently super sweaty and hot. I love my family. Brayden, I love you. Ryley. I love you. Connor, you´re just okay. Kidding. Making sure you´re paying attention. I love you Connor. 

Mom, dad, I pray so specifically for you and your needs. I love you!

I love you all so much!

Have a good week!

Love,

Hermana Megan Workman

Neighbors, I´ll see and meet you soon, haha. 

Miracle of the week:  About 2 weeks ago at a district meeting, a family stumbled in. They just wanted to see our benches. We took this opportunity to give them a tour and invite them to church. We gave them a pamphlet, invited them to church, and tried to set up an appointment, but they seemed more interested in the benches then our message. 

Frankly, I´d kind of forgotten them. 

Then yesterday in church about 20 minutes into sacrament meeting, in walks this family of 4. I was so excited, I jumped out of my bench to go and shake their hands and kiss their cheeks. 

It was another reminder to me that we truly just can´t ever really comprehend the good we do each day as representatives of Christ, or as Christians in general. But the Lord knows exactly how to use us as His instruments. I´m so grateful for this opportunity to be His instrument. 

I don´t know what will happen to this beautiful family, but I honestly hope that they act on the spirit they felt yesterday in the church meetings.

To those of you who like me enough want to reunite with me at the airport:

It´s hard for me to describe what has happened to me these past 545 days. The only way I can do it is to have you all imagine a monk. Or better yet a nun. Picture me as a nun. I´ve been separated from a lot of worldly things for a while. And then one day they tell me, okay. Go back to being normal. Wait....what? How? What´s that??!! Picture Bella when Edward leaves her. Or Avatar. When he just stops shaving and gets so lost in the Blue world that the human world seems strange to him. 

I think I´ll need just a wee bit of space. But don´t worry. I´m just as eager to see ya´ll. Just allow me to get my groove back. (I´m sorry, but you´ve thrown off the emperor´s groove. ... sorrrrryyyy ) :) 

I love you all so much!

Most Sincerely,

The world´s most Christian Nun, Monk, Missionary -  Megan