Hey Mom,
This week was
rough and yesterday it got even rougher. The work was going slow; Elder
Kozlowski and I have both felt some lack of personal growth and direction from
the spirit. Then yesterday night, about 8:00 we were singing in the stake choir
and Elder K received a phone call that we were both going to be
transferred. We needed to be at the
mission office this morning at 9AM. Lots of changes are happening in the
mission. I don’t really know what but I think a lot of people got sent home.
This mission is really messed up so we got emergency transferred. I am in
a trio in the same stake but Elder K went to someplace I have never heard
of. My new area is called José Americo
(something like that, I’m still learning). Last night we were up until 2AM,
cleaning our whole house, packing our bags and frantically trying to pass off
our investigators and update the area book. It was a rough. Now I am sleep deprived and with two
Brazilian companions Elder Cipili
and Atunes.
Cinthia who
was baptized is preparing to go to the temple already so that’s really cool. I am sad we had to leave all our investigators. We had a baptism lined up this week and don’t
know what’s gonna happen because we left so fast.
My
Portuguese is still so terrible. I just sit and listen and don’t understand
anything in conversations. I am always just in the background. This week for
fast Sunday I fasted to strengthen my confidence in the Lord, because I feel
like a fear-filled missionary. I am scared of failure, scared to talk to
people, scared to set goals because I don’t feel I can achieve them. Thank
you for your thoughts on overcoming fear and improving my prayer. I studied a
little about these things this week.
Please let McKenna
know I am proud of her.
Love you.
Elder Sork
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