My Hermanita Rubi
Hola hola!! Here is the summary of the week
in bullet points:
-There has been a lot of emphasis
lately about the importance of loving your companion. I think a lot of
companionships are having a hard time. You are with them 24/7 so it is so
important to get along. It is so true that you can learn something from every
companion.
- There is a group of Jehovah's
Witnesses Missionaries that we see everywhere. We are pals with them and always
talk. We will have to take a photo with them, the Mormons and the Witnesses.
- I have been thinking a lot lately
about, in general, whether we are slaves of our circumstances or if we have the
ability to overcome our circumstances. I have noticed that for the most part,
when the parent is a drunk on the corner, the child also becomes a drunk on the
corner. But we ran into a lady this week that proved otherwise, I really liked
her story. We were contacting in a really nice neighborhood and we met a woman
sitting on her porch and immediately told us to come in. She said she was
baptized in the church but after she moved houses she hasn’t attended the new
ward. Her story is pretty great. Her dad left the family when she was young and
her mom left not long after that. With time, she got involved with drugs and ended
up on the streets. She said she was always getting into fights and would eat
whatever she could find. She ended up having three kids of her own and she said
the worst thing she has done in her life is leave her kids. But she was able to
turn around her life. She came in contact with the church, got help with her
drug problem, got a job selling purses, and went back to her kids. She said she
used to blame her problems on other people and focused on what others had done
to her. The turning point for her was when she realized that she was in charge
of her fate. Now, she works really hard and has a beautiful family and home.
- The avocado season is in
its prime. The avocados here are green on the outside and HUGE.
- There is a man on our street that
is always drinking and every time we pass he laughs and (jokingly) tries
to get me take a sip.
- Hermana Thomas did the cinnamon
challenge for the first time last night. Very funny! (Eat a spoonful of cinnamon,
it’s impossible)
Hey! I GOT YOUR PACKAGE that you
sent with Cowley’s! Thank you so much; love all the treats. It was perfect, you
know me too well. Thank you thank you for sending new shoes!!! haha desperately
needed.I love you so much and thank you for all the updates. Grandpa Reed wrote
me! haha I was shocked.
" Faith to be faith, must
center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond
that for which there is confirming evidence. faith to be faith, must go into
the unkown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a
few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has
to be explained, if everything has to be certified, there is no need for faith.
Indeed, there is no room for it."
- Boyd K Packer
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