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| My Zone! |
Dear Friends and Family,
So this week was kind of stressful. The people that were going to get baptized this Saturday, we literally couldn’t find them and their cell phones were turned off. One guy ended up in the hospital and is still there. We went to visit him. I have decided that sick people make me really sad. I know that a smile can brighten someone’s day, so I continue to smile, but I just feel so helpless around sick people. I want to just cure them, but I can’t. Anyways, Pedro, who is sick in the hospital continues to have hope that he’ll be released and then can be baptized this next week.
Well, we finally found John after 4 days of trying to find him. He got a new cell phone and we talked with him and everything was going great. He was preparing a project on the Book of Mormon to give in his class because he loved it so much. He was baptized Saturday and it was so beautiful. He got up to share his testimony afterwards and was just so happy. He said that before he just felt so weighted down and that really through keeping the commandments, he just feels completely liberated.
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| The baptism of Yuri and John and 2 others in the stake! |
Then Yuri. Yuri is awesome. There isn’t much else I can say. He has been coming to church for years and tons of missionaries have taught him. He has said that he’ll be baptized a few times and then didn’t show for his baptism. So kind of crazy. Well, his best friend lives next to us. He asked us if we could get permission to teach him because Yuri lives in another sector but he really felt that after praying a lot that maybe Yuri needed Hermanas. The cool thing was being able to see a different perspective. Yuri was baptized Saturday, but not really because of anything I did or my companion. We helped resolve a small doubt that he had, but everything else was a result of a bunch of other missionaries. Sometimes our lives are the same way. We work so hard and never see the results and someone else comes and finishes the very last part and gets to see the results. I know I have planted a lot of seeds that hopefully someday someone else will benefit, but I have also been blessed to see the fruits of others and all of it together is what brings true joy. Someone today found a nickel and gave it to me. I was reminded of what it says, ‘’In God We Trust.’’ I thought a lot about it and it’s easy to trust in God when everything goes as we planned, but the hard part is trusting in Him when your plans don’t go the way You wanted and that He knows better than us. So my invitation this week is to try and trust more in God and enjoy life as it is right now!
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| Lunch with the family I live with. |
I love you all and appreciate your love and support.
Love,
Hermana Carly Lang
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| The Young Adults at the house where I live after I received news that I would be transfered. They were all sad and cried with me. |
OH….. and I have transfers. I don’t know where I am going until tomorrow night… so you have a week of suspense. I am super sad to leave the people here, but excited for what comes and am putting my trust in God who knows best! All I know is that I will be in colder weather for Christmas!!! Colder than Puerto Maldonado that is! Love you all and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
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