Thursday, May 31, 2018

the last one: 532 days later

5/28/18
Tudo bem?

So this past week has been kind of an emotional roller coaster. It seems like every time that a big change is about to happen, Satan tries really, really hard to make you doubt everything that you've been through. I was feeling a little bit like a failure last week,comparing myself to other missionaries and thinking that this year and a half hasn't come to anything. And then one day I decided that I was sick of feeling like nothing as a missionary. So I prayed and told Heavenly Father how I was feeling and opened up my Book of Mormon and read the first verse I saw: And now, my son, trust that shall have great joy in you, because of your steadiness and your faithfulness unto God; for as you have commenced in your youth to look to the Lord your God, even so hope that you will continue in keeping his commandments; for blessed is he that endureth to the end. 
And I felt an immense sense of love from Him. I was anything but the perfect missionary but He blessed me with so many miracles and I'm so grateful for being able to be a representative of Jesus Christ. I'm so grateful for every companion and area and member and investigator that I was able to meet. 

 A lot of people have been saying this past week. "Make your mission worth it when you come home." And so the important thing is not to forget everything that has happened here (like that one time a guys let his rabid dog lose on us, or that time that we bought a TON of açaí and the guys gave it to us for free, and all the other stuff) and be the person that I tried to teach about.

Maybe this is a little dramatic but I love love love Brasil so much and I'm super excited for when I come back one day ;) I'm so grateful for my mission and everything I have learned and the love I have felt from my Savior. I know that this is the true church of Christ and that He is our Redeemer and does everything He does because He loves us.

Thanks for all the love and prayers, until next week!
Tchau ♥

Todo meu amor,
Sister Morata


No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.