August 24, 2015

August 24, 2015

Is Caroline ok.  Because everytime she writes me she says crazy dramatic things like that she feels like nobody in the world understands her and feels isolated from the family, and she always give me her personal email adress, but then never resonpnds when I wirite her.  Maybe its just teenage angst, but she sounds depressed.  Haha, I guess we always knew lina was a little dramatic, but its kind of almost funny to read her secret letters.

Also Stephie wrote me.  He is so cute and so exited for the mission.

 . . . I will be joining you in 4 short months . . . . Sorry that I am bad a writing you . . .Love Stephen

How cute

Also.  Dont tell anyone. Not even dad and especially not Margie.  But please pray for Dominic.   After 5 years of media inactivity he is finally starting to reconsider the church, and if he should come back.  And I love him a lot (like a friend), and have been writing him off and on for awhile and just, pray.  Becuase I know that the prayer is powerful and that he will be a might servant of the Lord if he can just get a testimony.  And I think you know that too.  But I really dont think he has told anyone in the world this besides me. 

But sounds like the fam is doing great!  That makes me so happy.  And Katie and Trent are doing well too!  What great adventure they are about to start!

Love,

Hermana Jarman

This week we had a baptism of a little girl named Larisa.  And not like I want to say that we almost got beat out by a 9 year old, but she is a little bit i dont know, spoiled, and she almost didnt get baptized.  I mean, she loves going to church with her grandma, but she really did not want to get wet for any reason.  But in the end, everything went perfectly.  I think that an amazing skill that missionaries often learn is how to look into the face of complete insecurity of the future and say with a smile . . . It will all turn out just fine.  I just know.  Some may think it is crazy.  Others call it faith.  I think personally that it is a mix of the two.  But there she was with her grandma in a dress (other thing, I didnt think she owned a dress let alone would touch something so frilly and girly) but there she was with her less active mom, non member dad, and almost blind super super super faithful grandma.  And I did not think that defiant children could be changed by baptism. but ever since that day she has turned into this sweet little girl that loves us so much.  I dont know what happened, but the Lord works miracles.  I now have a stronger testimony of that. }

Also, this week I ate liver.  My comp cooked it for me with vegis.  And it was good.  I dont love it, mostly because I have taken too many anatomy classes to be able to look at it, and not know that it is certainly, definately a liver of a cow.  But it was a lot better than the time that I ate blood sausague.  Really, coagulated blood with spices was never meant for human consumption.

But I love you guys so much!

Mom and Dad - -- -  happy birthday mom

katie and trent - - -  I want to see fotos de CAlifornia!!!  Haha, the repeat calfornia trip, but this time you have your real weems.

Stevie . . Missions are cool.  You{ll see soon

Anna . . . remember when we made a promise that if we had our first kiss, we would tell the other family members.  Dimelo!!

Lina . . . wow!  Que churra eres! What grade are you in now!  High School

Spencie . . . you looked so happy to go to school!!

Love

HErmana Jarman

 Man, no time to write.  But her is my word vomit.  I will write you a much better email next week.

One of the things that I have learned most in my mission is that it doesnt matter what other people think.  Like, I know that this is middle school 101, but I even now, am not perfect at doing this.  I think I always didnt care what other people who wanted me to do drugs or bad things.  But I choses my friends, the people who I loved and thouht would lead me in good paths, and I cared what they thought.  Then I came on the mission, and I cared a litte bit what my leaders thouht, what my comps thought.  The people who had been designated to lead me and be my friends.  But as sure as I know that God is loving, I have come to know that my salvation has nothing to do whatsoever with comparing myself to others.  The fact that others find more joy in their life does not mean that our life can not be joyous, the fact that other people have more outwardly indicators of succes (baptisms in the mission in my case) did not take away from me my right to be happy with my 1 baptism.  Maybe the gospel makes other people want to explode and preach the gospel to everything that moves, and for us it just is a calm assurance that when we go to bed at night, we feel happy and at ´peace.  But that doesnt matter to god.  So I guess what I am trying to say, is that maybe in the first place your desicion to not be quite as active was based a little on others.  What the gospel does for others.  So this second time, do it for you.  Ask God for youself, and dont worry about the consequences.  If you had really thought about every single conseauence that going to West Point was going to have, you might have thought different.  But if I remember your expereience deciding, it was more like a felt good thing.  So dont worry about what other thought, will think, or what will happen with your life.

Start like a little 14 year old boy.  Figure out what exactly is your question.  Then start looking.  In the BOM, or if you dont believe in that, in the Bible (but not the books of men, they will never give you your answer).  Then pray to the God you believe in.

I promise you you will get an amswer if you ask in faith and with a sincere heart.  

Anyway, your great.

Hermana Jarman