So this last week they called me, to ask when I wanted to go home...turns out as gringos we get to choose. So the thing is, that I had to choose between returning on April 8 as I have mentioned before or coming back May 17. The thing is that for various reasons that I feel and a few reasons that I don't understand, I want to come home the 17 of May. This is a month and a half later. I'm not sure how you all feel about that, but I feel like it's the right decision. Reasons being that this will be the only time that I will have to serve the Lord in this way, and that's one of the things I will absolutely miss about being here in Peru. Another reason is that I feel like because of personal weaknesses, I owe it to the Lord to give him more... because someday He will call me home and I want to tell him I took every chance I had to serve Him and I never let anything get in my way. Another thing is I won't have school or work. With a whole lot of faith, I know that God will provide. I don't know how, but I know He gave me a bunch of direction before, about where to work and He pulled me through college by guiding me to the plasma clinic. So I'm not worried. Also, this way I will be waiting less to get back to school....time that I wouldn't really be using too well if I were at home.
A brief word of consolation:
As for this week it's been a tuffy, but i'm feeling stronger and i'm gonna get back on it. we have had to count contacts to families and we got 13. it was amazing, but we haven't been able to teach them anything. that's the bad part, but the cool thing is that i always show a picture of us all, and it melts hearts. and i always joke about the guapos gringos.This week we painted a house blue...like a nice celestial blue, and it made Rosa really happy. We almost got them to go to church, but we didn't have time to go invite them and they were waiting. So, crap but thats cool... we keep up keeping up.
One thing I realized this week, is that I have had an awesome life, but I really haven't done stupid things and illegal things...nope. I was so chill. But that's one of the things that's weird, I've realized that people like me aren't normal...we are the weird ones jaja. Elder Palmer is from southern Utah and he was like..."Hey, the 26th come and gone, that means that I'm good to stay on the mission, because they cant press charges anymore jaja. I realized that the stress that comes from that just aint worth it, but we did swap some good stories about mudding. That was a good time.
I love you all and hope that you have a fantastic week and that you understand and respect the revelation that came as they called me to make such an important decision.
Que la fuerza les acompañe
mateo 19 29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
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