So back story
for the title, back home I'm known for taking really long hot showers.
Haha well on Monday and Tuesday it was super hot! So when we got home
those nights I had take an ice cold shower to cool down, never in my
life did I think I would be grateful for cold showers but now I know
differently! However since then it has been raining and gotten a little
colder again.
I have
learned a lot this week, and has been very humbling. I've been here in
Bitan for almost 5 months now. While I've loved every moment of it there
have been hard moments because none of our friends are really
progressing and it's been discouraging at times. However, I've been
reminded more than once this week that right now I may not be seeing any
results/differences but I also don't know what differences there will
be down the road from my time here. I think this is something we can
apply to any part of our life! We may not understand why we do something
or not do something right now, but because we've been promised that one
day we will be blessed we do/don't those things. It's all because of
our faith, there are two scriptures I absolutely love that I just
thought of that goes along with this. The first one is Ether 12:6 that
says it's not until after the trial of our faith that we receive a
witness, the second one is 2 Nephi 27:23 that states God is a God of
miracles and according to our faith her performs miracles. I know that
this is true. In the moment it can be hard and we don't completely
understand why but I know that if we have faith and trust Him then He
will perform miracles that we will never knew could happen.
I'm
very grateful today has been raining like crazy, because I don't think I
would have learned this valuable lesson other wise.
On
Wednesday we had the amazing opportunity to have mission conference!
Elder David F. Evans he is in the Asia Area Presidency. It was so
enlightening, we talked about what it meant to be a disciple of Christ.
And how it is giving and sacrificing everything for the Savior. It was
one of the moments when I relearned the valuable lesson of faith, there
will be times in our lives that the Lord will ask us to make a sacrifice
to help build his kingdom. I dearly hope that when he asks me that my
faith is strong enough to make the sacrifice.
This
life has great times and hard times, I'm coming to love both of those
times. I'm so grateful for the amazing people that I have in my life
that teach, and encourage me every step of the way. I'm a disciple of
Jesus Christ, called to serve the people in Taiwan. And I LOVE IT! I
would never trade this experience for anything!
I love you all!
Sister Porter
包姐妹
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