Hello Everyone!
So I got sick this week... the cold has been making it's way around and it hit me hard this week and I just kept getting sicker and sicker because I didn't stop for long enough for my body to heal itself until Saturday night we were at a members house and I just crashed I got a blessing from the ward mission leader and bishop and have since felt a lot better but the weekend was brutal.
That being said I feel like I don't remember much of this week because for most of it I was just feeling miserable!
But that being said I do remember how much the ward just rallied around me and helped lift me up sister Wu has been so patient with me and I just love her so much, and through it all I have felt an outpouring of love from our savior... even if He did have to tell me to just lay back down and SLEEP on Sunday morning. Sometimes I forget that it is okay to take care of myself sometimes. But don't worry there were a lot of people to remind me of that this week.
That's probably why I've been thinking so much about love. Because it's just been rained down on me this week like no other time thus far and I'm so grateful for it. So many people have called in this morning alone to see if I was doing better and I'm just so grateful for them. There is so much hope and love that just comes right out from the Gospel and I know that as week keep working and share that light and love and hope with everyone things are really going to work out all over the world and even just at home.
That being said I feel like I don't remember much of this week because for most of it I was just feeling miserable!
But that being said I do remember how much the ward just rallied around me and helped lift me up sister Wu has been so patient with me and I just love her so much, and through it all I have felt an outpouring of love from our savior... even if He did have to tell me to just lay back down and SLEEP on Sunday morning. Sometimes I forget that it is okay to take care of myself sometimes. But don't worry there were a lot of people to remind me of that this week.
That's probably why I've been thinking so much about love. Because it's just been rained down on me this week like no other time thus far and I'm so grateful for it. So many people have called in this morning alone to see if I was doing better and I'm just so grateful for them. There is so much hope and love that just comes right out from the Gospel and I know that as week keep working and share that light and love and hope with everyone things are really going to work out all over the world and even just at home.
So updates... Mr. Xin is actually Mr. Xing... My bad! Luckily the only people who noticed were sister Wu and Nathan our white ward mission leader who served here 8 years ago and then moved back to continue on the work and is crazy good at Chinese... He likes to say that he is Chinese at heart... It's been a lot of fun serving with him. Anyways Mr. Xing is probably the most golden person I've ever met we set a baptismal date... and now we've got to teach all the lessons in three weeks! HA! Okay we're going to meet with him a lot this week so we'll see how that goes!
Mr. Liu also came to church this week! It was great because fast and testimony meeting is always great! That and the little old Lady who sat next to me during sacrament basically dragged me up to the stand and said... "You bare your testimony or I won't" and I was like... "Okay" I was still super groggy and exhausted from being sick but I bore testimony about all the love I felt from the ward and apparently the spirit said something to them and everyone loved it... God makes up for those little moments when you really have no idea what to say. Anyways... Mr. Liu will progress... just slowly.
Also there is a new convert who just got baptized by the Elders two weeks ago who is literally one of the sweetest people ever. She got confirmed this week and I was just so happy for her!
Other things that happened this week. Our 8 year old investigator thought that me and Nathan were living together because we were both white instead of me and sister Wu because we're both female... That one was fun to laugh about. The look of pure horror on all of our faces when she mentioned it was probably fantastic.
Also there is a new convert by the name of Candice... She's going to China this week. We had just finished doing service at her house and she sits us both down and says she has gifts for us... She looks so proud as she looks at me and says... I remember the first time you met you said you liked this and so I got to you some.... I stared at her blankly... I had no idea what she was talking about.... I told her this and she said I needed to guess... I really had no idea and so she pulls out of her back a pair of socks. A pair that I had told her I liked the first time we met. She was so proud as she handed them over and the smile on my face was so big and the first thought in my mind (probably not the best thought to have when you've just finished a service project) was "Candice has given sister Skinner the Socks... Sister Skinner is FREE!" And I literally could not stop smiling for the rest of the day. I love those socks they're beautiful!
Also, it snowed yesterday... And today it's all going to melt... The weather here is ridiculous.
Anyways, I do love you all so much and I hope you know that God is looking out for us. Keep on going!
-Sister Skinner
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