This has been such a great week! I've gotten to this point on
my mission where everything just feels so normal that it feels weird to
think that people don't do this everyday! Haha sometimes I even worry
that I'm not working hard enough because doing all this stuff doesn't
feel abnormal anymore it just feels like regular life to be running from
place to place and talking to people from 10am to 9pm everyday. The
stress of just everyday mission life isn't stressful anymore because
it's just everyday life on the mission. I just love it so much and it's
weird to think I ever did anything else.
I am
so excited about the work! I've never been so motivated in my life to
just go out and work as hard as I possibly can! This week we met some
amazing people and had some amazing lessons! Lately we've found a lot of
people who like hiking haha. On Monday we went hiking with this super
awesome girl and ended up talking about the restoration with her! Then
on Thursday we were able to meet up and talk with her about the Book of
Mormon. It was cool to show her something that is so special to me.
On
Saturday we met up with someone from Ukraine and ended up going on an
impromptu hike that was really uphill and really in the sun in the
middle of the afternoon in our skirts. Haha it was so funny! It was fun
though and we were able to teach a semi decent lesson. It was a little
distracting because it was a really steep hike haha. Sometimes we do
things as missionaries that seem normal to us (like climb a mountain in a
dress and flats) but when you look at them out of context it's actually
pretty funny.
One thing I've learned the
most, is that the Savior is with us in every moment. He's there to share
in our joys and is there to walk with us in our sorrows. Even though
life is an opportunity and a blessing it's no secret we were sent here
to learn and grow. And that's not always comfortable. But I think that
all of us will find that as we pass through sorrow it's as we look back
that we see the joy. Because it truly is all around us. We just have to
look for it! President Wong was telling us at MLC that he wants to make a
wooden board with the word "sorrow" written on it and the word "joy"
written on the back. Then he will have people walk up to the board and
pass it only to look back and see the joy.
Have an incredible week!
Sister Bloomfield
