July 27, 2015
Nope. I havent gotten the shoes yet. But question . . did you send a bag or a wath. I dont actually know in the end what is in the package.
Man, I am really good right now, teeny bit nervous because I dont know where I will be and what I will be doing in a couple of days . . . becasue I think I have changes in two days. Haha, I always said I liked adventure but I realized here in the mish that I like adventure as long as I KNOW what the adventure will be.
But we went to the doctor and hna Guevara is getting her sleeping probs figured out. This makes me happy because althgough I never told her this . . . mainly I just want her to not be hard for her next comp. Because she is a doll, but when she is tired (from 7 am to 1 pm) she just goes to her bed and looks at you with her big . . . I am soo tired please dont make me get up eyes untill you gently say ok. you have to sit in your chair now. And if she doesnt have a very loving but also obedient comp . . . there are going to be rough times ahead for her. But now she has meds to sleep (very light but still she is laughingly frsutrated because I am very, have a problem, take a pill, fix the problem and she is not) so all is well. My work is done. But man, I love that girl. I really wouldnt mind staying with her for longer. She has helped me learn so much about faith. When I was frustrated, she helped me rethink my thoughts and decide to trust in the Lord. And slowly, I am learning about faith. She is already such a good missionary.
Love,
Hermana Jarman
This week I learned a great lesson on faith.
So We asked for permission of the mom of matias a week ago and his mom said no, but he did ask for forgiveness and that moment was so good and I was just thinkking what a miracle, she is totally totally going to say yes, but then she said she wanted to see the change in him first . . . but she doesnt want to trust him at all and thinks everything he does is wrong. We were so devestated. He was never going to be good enough for her.
Then we started passing by to share thorughout the week but matias disapered. we couldt find him and we couldnt find him and we just felt so sad.
On thursday our district leader called and asked about mattias and we told him that we didnt know where he was, what he was doing (because he has had some bad friends in the past and we worried that he had returned to them). And his mom wasnt answering her phone. And everything was so hard. Our district leader talked to us about how sometimes we dont realize why we are in an area. He has had some hard changes in his mish and talked about how sometimes we are just preparing a little bit more, and that these people all would get baptized one day. He said that he knows, we are in training, and that every good trainer wants to work SOO hard so that they can have baptisms in a mission where baptisms are very very important. and sometimes we push and push and run faster than the strength we have (becasue at the end of this particular day we were exhaousted spiritually, mentally, emocially, phisically). And he said, hermanas dont run faster than you have strength. My comp started to cry and I just felt such a peace. That god thought the same. That he loved me whether I was baptizing or not, and that I just had to wait a little more.
And then on Friday . . . we found him. And by this point I just felt like there was no way that we would be able to baptize him and changes are coming up. My comp said ¨Hermana Jarman. Fight your frsutration and just have faith. And then the miracles started happening. The mom who ¨wasnt home¨ turned the corner¨ We shared with her. She said that if mattias really wanted, she would give permission, we shared with mattias, then with the mom again. The mom said ¨Honestly, I did not believe he actually meant he was sorry and that he wanted to change. But then this week, he was better. He tells me that he plays basketball and that he goes to hang out and watch movies in the church with his friends, but I dont know. I dont know if I can trust him. We smiled and told him that yes, he now plays basketboll on the team of the bishops son. And that yes, he goes to hang out with the youth in the church sometimes. And it just dawned on me, he really had changed.
The next day was his baptism, and I just love this pic that I took when he was leaving the water. This is the joy of the gospel. And man, Matias has changed so much in the past 5 weeks that I have known him. Hes like my little brother. He was a sinner who wanted to change, and now he is a member of the church of jesus christ. How cool is that.
The other huge moment that happened this week is that we went to go visit maria marta. The bishop came with one of his couselors to look at how the ward could help her fix up her house because her black well (from the toilet) was full, and yada yada. They got there and soon realized the problem was so much bigger than they thought. The ward didnt have budget to help her with this because it was a huge problem. But they ended up talkiing and listening to her for 3 hours. About life, about everything. Talking about the gospel and how it helps us ,. . like home teachers. And the next time we visited her, she was so happy. She told us how the bishop talked to her and that she wanted to be obedient. So she wanted to pay her tithing. she gave us 20 mil because she hadnt paid tithing for her whole life. We explained her about how we only have to follow the law of the tithe starting from when we are baptized. She then looked at how much she had earned from her teeny shop outside her house. she had earned 10 mil in these past weeks. So the tithing is 1 mil. (the equivilant of 20 cents) And she said. But that is teeny. Thats not going to help anyone. But we explained that we just have to be obedient, thats it. So we filled out the from and took her tithing to the bishop. And the next time we went by for her she said. This week I earned 15 mil. So how much tithing do I have to pay with a huge smile on her face. I wanted to cry of joy. I have found my widow, and I have watched her have the joy of paying her mite. And I can testify like Jesus christ did, that she gave all that she had. And I have never been so proud of someone in my life.
And I think her grandson is going to get baptized (in part because he has seen the faithful example of his faithful, sweet grandmother)
Really this week tested my faith so much, but in the end, the miracle was just so sweet. I will always love and remeber villa anita.
Love,
Hermana Jarman
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