Not much has happened this week. I´m trying to work hard and not think too much about going home. I gotta stay focused!
This week we had my last multi-zone conference and so I had to share my testimony with the president and all the missionaries. I´m trying to act as if this is like any other transfer and I just gotta keep working hard and focussing on the work of the Lord, but it´s kind of hard when I have experiences like that or my zone asks me how many days I´ve got left and my companion says 22! haha, I think they´re all more Trunky than I am (trunky is a mission term for a missionary that´s thinking about home a lot).
Anyway, This week not much has happened. In the zone conference I learned a lot of stuff that I wish I would have learned at the start of my mission instead of the end of my mission, but I guess that´s how life is, right? It´s better late than never.
There´s a kid in our ward who was getting ready to leave on his mission in december, but he found out that they accepted his visa to go work in the States, and now, instead of going on a mission, he´s gonna go live in the States. There´s also another kid in our ward who is a pretty good pianist, and isn´t serving a mission because he´s afraid that he´ll loose his talent.
I just can´t even express to them or anyone how incredibly mistaken they are to think that God would take away blessings for dedicating and sacrificing two years or 1 and a half years of serivce. I am so excited to see the doors that will open and the talents that will increase when I get home. I know that when we make any sacrifice, God gives back 100 fold. We can´t trust in the blessings of the world, that are few and short-term. God´s blessings are eternal, His guidance is perfect and sure. The way that He guides us are through keeping His commandments. If we keep His commandments, we will have the spirit with us and we will be able to make the choices and sacrifices necessary to have greater success and happiness in this life and in the life to come.
It´s not a commandment for girls to serve a mission, but that in itself is a greater way to receive greater blessings! For young men, it is a commandment to fulfill the covenants and priesthood duties that they have. Whether you struggle with paying your tithing, loving your enemy, or knowing whether or not you should serve a mission, look to God, and seek to keep His commandments, and He will strengthen you and bless you with success in all things.
I love you all so much and I hope that you have a great Thanksgiving! I just remembered it´s around that time, haha. I´m grateful to be serving a mission. I´m grateful for my wonderful friends and family. I´m grateful for the knowledge that I have of the gospel, and to know that we are all God´s children, eternal, dual beings of a perfect and glorified Heavenly Father.
Love you all! Work hard and have fun!
Hna. Hulse
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