Week #63: Hay oposicion en todas las cosas
Yooo everybody! Como estamos? It is getting nice and toasty here in Uruguay! in fact, we bout near died of the humidity and from sweating here this week. The rain has arrived and now it's cold again all of a sudden, gotta love the Uruguayo weather! This week was really crazy! We went to another city for a multi zone conference, which was awesome. Also an hermana in our zone had appendicitis...and we were in the hospital with her for a good amount of time. We also had stake conference and interviews with Pres. Dunford!! It was all so good...and the hermana who went to the hospital is now back at home and doing well!!(:
Right now we are teaching Maria and Vicente and they are what we call ESCOGIDOS. They have been to church a few times now and are so excited to be baptized on the 26th! Their daughter died, at 19 years old, in a car accident three years ago and they say they still don't understand exactly why she died then, but that they understand that for whatever the reason, it was God's will and it was her time to go. They couldn't believe it when we taught them that their daughter can still receive blessings from being baptized and having her work done in the temple. They are so excited now to get baptized to be able to get to Montevideo and do the work for their daughter!! When she passed away, Maria and Vicente went through a very rough time. They had wavered in their faith and weren't sure if God really existed...and they were filled with questions that they never found answers to. While no one wants to go through something like that, sometimes it's very necessary for us.
"For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things." -2 Nephi 2:11
This verse has grown on me a lot since being a missionary. I think I've come to understand this concept much better in this past year of my life, after having passed the many trials that all missionaries have to go through. If we never knew the deepest of sorrow, we could never appreciate and understand the greatest joy that God has in store for us. If we never knew what it felt like to be separated from Gods love and spirit, we could never know what it truly means to be connected with His endless love. I find it very necessary that we walk along paths of darkness from time to time, so that we may learn to find our way back to the light of Christ. We really must trust in God's plan for us and know that every single thing that happens to us in our lives is for our benefit and as an opportunity for us to get better and reach new heights. I know God loves me because He has blessed me with many trials and a whole lot of weaknesses, so that I may learn to rely on Him and learn from Him, so that I may become like Him one day.
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