Dear June,
You have been quite
a month.
I know that I have needed to update the blog sooner than I am but patience is a virtue, and a virtue never hurt you. Right? Right.
June has been the best month in a long, long time. Everything that I have been working so hard for had finally happened. So let's take a walk down memory lane together for a small moment.
It all started in January:
While thinking about what I wanted to do with the new year in store, I received a strong prompting that I would be going through the temple this year. For a girl my age, that only means one of two things:
A: Get married
B: Go on a mission.
I chose the first option.
So I spoke to my bishop, and the mission preparations began. Little did I know that I would have to way until the end of May to turn in my papers.
Again I say,
patience is a virtue
So through many, many bishop interviews, weekly visits to el templo, and other Sunday school answers to any question (i.e. praying, reading scriptures, going to church/institute, etc.) I reached the month of May. I turned my papers in on May 23rd.
Again, I played the waiting game.
One week went by...
Then on the second week, June 2nd, I received my call. Relief finally filled my soul that I now held the joyful end product of all my patience. Of course, I had to wait hours after receiving it to finally open my call, but when I did, I read that I will be serving in
Los Angeles, C.A Spanish speaking
Amazing feeling
When I opened my call.
Spirit testified it was right, so I said
"Let's do this, Lord!"
On June 18th, I had the amazing, life changing, beautiful, spiritual, opportunity to receive my endowments in the Lord's house.
What.
A.
Blessing.
I loved every moment of it. From the minute I walked into the doors, to many days after, I was filled with God's love and spirit with the decision I made that day. What a blessing it is to be part of the Church that has all the keys restored on the Earth today. Going to the temple always puts me in awe and humility when I realize how blessed I am to have this gospel in my life. Out of six BILLION people, I have been lucky enough to be born into the one true church. I am always blown away when I think about that. There is nothing that I would do to give that gift up.
So the waiting game continues for me. I have
2 months
and six days until I get to enter the MTC set apart as the Lord's servant.
Crazy excitement for me!!!
I have had to learn so much patience this year. Would I trade any of it for a different story? Of course not! I have been tried daily--some days more exhausting than others--but that is only a testament of what I am doing is the right thing to be doing.
I know it is not going to be easy.
In fact, I expect it not to be easy at all.
But I know that it will be worth it.
I am so grateful for all that I have. All the things that have happened to me have helped me be the person I need to be out there. It still amazes me that I will be going out there as a representative of the Lord proclaiming His word to His children. God wants me to be the person that I am.
Am I perfect?
Not at all.
But I know that through our Savior, Jesus Christ, that I can, and will, become perfect through him. If God only accepted perfect people in the kingdom of Heaven, it would be a very lonely place. Thank goodness that we have a most perfect plan to help us come to the Lord and to become like Him through repentance. Yes, I know that sometimes I do not fit the "mold" of what a missionary should be. In fact, I know that I will probably never fit that mold in some people's eyes. But that does not matter because I know how the Lord sees me and what He wants me to be. He knows I am trying my hardest to be a better person and I know that He loves me for who I am and who I will become. There is no greater joy or love on this earth than that that comes from a loving Heavenly Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. How grateful I am to have that knowledge.
God is real. His love is real. His plan is real.
Christ died for you and me. Through him we can receive all things.
The church is true.
I am just so excited to be able to have this upcoming experience in my life! Thank you all so much for all your love and support you give me. I have always needed it and I appreciate it so much. You are all such beautiful people. I love you all.
My Ode to June
So many rewards and promises have come from you.
Best month ever.
Love you all and hope all is well.
Cheers.
Ch.Wa.
