December 28, 2015
Well..... the black year is ending! 2015 has been
the BEST one yet haha... I love the mission so much.
This is going to be quick... not much time.
This is going to be quick... not much time.
So since Christmas it has been
kind of a somber week..... Christmas night we found out our bishop’s wife....
who was pregnant and expecting a baby girl on the 27 passed away before she was
born (the baby). It was really unexpected and hard because no one was working Christmas
day and they didn’t know the cause.
So this week we have helped
out with the funeral and talked to the members to try and help that poor family
out. I did a lot of piano playing which was good.
This week with the ward I
learned what we really are supposed to do as missionaries for the ward…. We can
only do so much, but we tried to make sure the ward knew what happened, then
just went to support them at the funeral and viewing. I realized how we are
just here to help these struggling members become stronger in their testimonies
and really build them up. So many times I complain about consejo, members
coming with us, etc. When really I feel I need to ask more “what can I do to
help?” They have a lot bigger problems than I feel like I ever will, and I know
I can do a lot more just to strengthen them and help them keep going. It was a
sad and kind of exhausting week with all of that. I cried more than once being
there, talking to the bishop and just realizing how fragile life is, but also
being reminded of eternal truths. I know that the spirit can really help us mourn
with those who mourn and try to comfort them with what we can.
I am so thankful that
families can be together forever and the eternal truths of the resurrection.
We only had one hour of
church before the funeral service, but we had some investigators come! The cool
thing is, the whole last week we contacted and had started to teach the bishop’s
sister, then his brother and his aunt and family… I know the Lord has a wise
purpose in all that He does. His brother showed up, looked in the window and
walked away, so I grabbed Hermana Wood and we flagged him down and told him to
come back, he said he was just there for the viewing, but ended up staying and
loving sacrament meeting.
The Lord has a plan for it
all, sometimes it’s kind of amazing to just sit back and trust as it all falls
into place.
Hope you all have a great
new years with new goals and know how much I love you all!
Hermana Clegg
