Hello Family and Friends,
This
has been such a good week! It's been stressful, but it's the best kind
of stress! It's just the type of stress where you have a lot of things
to do, but know it will all be ok because God is with you in every
moment.
I absolutely love Sister Guzman! She
is from Hondorus and is so much fun! She is teaching me Spanish and I
can now say "I'm trying to learn Spanish" in Spanish! It's the best! I'm
so excited for this transfer with her!
This
week we have seen so many miracles! I've been learning the true meaning
of turning everything to God. There have been so many times this week
that I spent on my knees pleading with God to bless this area and this
zone. As to my strength, I am weak. So so weak. But because of God I can
do all things.
This Sunday at the beginning
of church I sat in the pews a little sad because no one had come (as in
people we're teaching). During the sacrament I just prayed so hard and
decided I needed to turn everything to God. This is the Lord's work not
mine. Then, after sacrament one of the people we're teaching just
waltzed in with a bunch of the branch members who had all carpooled
together. I was so happy and surprised! Then I turned around and saw
that another member had brought her friend! Then we got a text from
someone else we were trying to get to church that said they were sitting
in the foyer! It was a miracle!!!! I have a testimony that if we rely
on God, all things are possible.
This week we
saw so many miracles! We worked so hard and met some of the most amazing
people. I'm so excited to watch their progression. It's the most
amazing thing in the world to just lose yourself in the service of God.
Lately
I've been thinking a lot about why I serve. I've realized that the
reason I serve, is because I love God. My efforts may amount to nothing,
but they still mean everything because I'm serving out of love for
Jesus Christ. My motto this week has been this quote from General
Conference "If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior
motives. Be kind anyway. What you spend years building, someone could
destroy overnight. Build anyway. The good you do today, people will
often forget tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough. Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God anyway."
(found in "for Him" by Joy D Jones)
Sister Bloomfield
