This week has been CRAZY! But SO GOOD! Ever since I got to Nanaimo I've been going like 5,000 miles per hour!
I got into Nanaimo on Wednesday night, then Thursday
night we hopped back on the ferry to go to Richmond for MLC (mission
leadership conference). MLC was amazing!! I learned so much! One thing
I've been learning lately, is that Heavenly Father is in the details of
the details of the details of our lives. I know I've talked about that
before, but I never realized just how fully he wants to be involved in
our life. No matter what, He always wants us to be happy. Sometimes it
can feel like we experience "failures" in life. But Heavenly Father can
use those "failures" as stepping stones to success. HIS idea of success,
which is always much grander than what we have in mind. One of my
favorite quotes from general conference is "success is growing from failure to failure without any loss of enthusiasm." Heavenly Father is optimistic about the future and so should we!
This
week is going to be so crazy! We're going back to Langley (which means
ANOTHER ferry ride- not that I'm complaining, I love the ferry!) so we
can see Elder Bednar! I'm SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved his general
conference talk about being meek! That's a quality I want to develop in
myself!
I am so happy to be back on the island! I love it
hear so much and seeing the ocean everyday makes me so happy! I love the
ocean! It's so weird because sometimes I feel like I'm back at the
beginning of my mission. But I've been here for 9 months! Crazy!
Last
night Sister Yraguen and I had a little miracle! We were going to visit
a recent convert but took a wrong turn. So we decided to find the
reason and hopped out of our car to knock on the door of this one house.
We started talking to this awesome girl from the Philippines and made
an appointment to come see her again! It was amazing! Funny side note-
while we were talking to her I could hear one of my favorite movies
(Pride and Prejudice for those of you who don't know me as well :)
playing in the background. Right as we were talking about God and the
Book of Mormon was right when the climax of the movie was happening,
meaning we had some pretty dramatic and awesome music to accompany our
testimonies haha!
I'm so excited for this transfer! The
Nanaimo zone is awesome and I am blessed to be a part of it! I love
being a missionary so much and my mission is so special to me. There's
nothing else I'd rather be doing right now. I'm so grateful for my
mission. I have gained a testimony that we are the happiest when we are
working hard to serve God. Have a good week!
Sister Bloomfield
