How was Labor Day? I didn't even know it was Labor Day until Tuesday... The day after Labor Day. HA. I am in my own missionary world. How's everyone doing?? Utah? School? Life? Somebody/anybody feel free to send me a picture of the mountains in Utah. Those are truly lovely and missed by me Sister Dunford. Although I do LOVE the trees here. And the skyscraper buildings are legit too :) and the beaches are cool too.
Annnyways I made it through my FIRST cycle. Hahaha. 1 cycle down!! More to come. :) My first cycle has been amazing. And thank the heavens that my companion and I aren't getting transferred!! I LOVE this area. Sister Amorim and I have grown SO close. We are like best friends. I love her. We have had so much fun together and we've been working hard. She has just been assigned to be "solo" sister training leader!! Which is awesome!! We will go on lots of splits now! Lots! Like every week. Which will be so good for me. I will get to learn from lots of different sisters out here. I'm so excited for this new cycle.
Good week good week!! It was. Good week with hard days.
It was a HUMID HOT week here in Connecticut and New York. Not even worth trying to look somewhat decent hahaha. I would walk outside and just start to melt away. I can't even remember everything that we did!! The weeks sometimes blurr together!! Haha although I do remember one of the nights our fire alarm went off and there was a fire in our apartment building!! HAHa I was completely in my pajamas and ready for bed and next thing I know we are like AHH GET OUT!!! We had to wait outside for awhile and there were firemen inside doin stuff. So that was the funnest. I met a fireman that lived in UTAH and knows lots of Mormons. Mormons are so COOL. I love being a Mormon. Because I'm just the happiest.
I LOVE the Book of Mormon. It is amazing. I can't tell you how many
times I have read 1st Nephi and just thought "cool Nephi is legit and he is strong!!" but now that I am feasting and applying it to my life, it's like a whole new book!! While I was reading these chapters I was thinking real hard and comparing myself to Nephi (don't compare yourself to others I know...) haha but I was like man... I would love to say that I am JUST like Nephi, but I tend to lean more towards the Laman and Lemuel side of things. Say WHAaaa!! Laman and Lemuel!?!? (I've always thought they were SO bad!! How could I SISTER DUNFORD be like Laman and Lemuel??) Yeah. How would YOU act if your dad said "alright kids we are leaving and you cannot bring ANY of your possessions. I have been commanded by The Lord and so here we go!!" (Like sorry but I think I might complain a little bit..) sue me. .. So I thought HOW can I be more like Nephi!?! How can I be so quick to do whatever The Lord asks of me?? Without hesitating or without complaining? Nephi went through So many challenges. Challenges that I have never had to go through and here I am complaining because we don't have a car to get around!!!! When Nephi didn't have a bow or an arrow to get food, he didn't just sit and murmur to god. He made one out of wood and a stick!!! (1st Nephi 16: ) he made the best of what he had!! To be more like Nephi I need to be completely optimistic and make the most out of what I have. I need to humble myself and KNOW without a doubt in my mind that god knows best and that he won't command me to do anything unless he has prepared a way for me to do it. It is SO important that we are OBEDIENT to gods commandments because god KNOWS best. God is like the "ultimate" parent. He knows what's up. For realz. It's like when our parents "parent" us and they say "don't do this, don't do that, do this, do that!" It's because they love us. They REALLY do love us. Our parents are trying to make sure we are safe and they only want the best for us. I love my parents so much!!!! And I will straight up tell you that they are the best parents in this world. But even better than my parents.. God. Our very own Heavenly Father is the BEST parent EVER. So LISTEN to him and OBEY
him. And talk to him. And worship him. He is amazing. He loves you. I love him so much!! (Pet peeve of mine when people are like waaahh
waaahh why do I have to keep the word of wisdom or why do I have to go to church on Sundays or why do I have to keep the law of chastity, etc.? I'm like duh. God is our father and he KNOWS so much more than us. Common sense. So be quiet and obey him. HAHA no teasin I'm not that sassy. But really just trust god. Don't be difficult. Don't think that you are the exception to the rule. Obey for crying out loud. ;)
I am SO happy to be out here on my mission. It is hard. Straight up.
not just a walk In the park. But I love the person I am becoming. I
have grown so much in just ONE cycle I can't imagine the growth that
will come from serving 18 months. This church is TRUE. It's so awesome. I wish that everyone could just have the knowledge of this gospel and the faith in god. And that is why I am out here. I want others to come to Christ so that they can feel as happy as I do. I know it is the gospel that makes all the difference. It's real. Everyone NEEDS it. The whole world needs the truth. It's so great.
CTR.
Have an amazing week. Xoxo
Love,
SISTA DUNFORD
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