This letter might be a little longer than usual... Proceed with caution !
Okay so our week started off so fun! We went to Ensign peek for P.Day
with Diana and Melissa. We had a blast and then we came home and passed
out. We were so tired and my faced ended up being sunburned. Then on
Tuesday I had an interview with my mission President and I seriously
love that man! He reminds me so much of Grandpa. He teases all the
missionaries like Grandpa does and sometimes I just sit there and stare
because he totally says things Grandpa would say. It scared me. Tuesday
we found a new investigator and we gave him a pamphlet and said he loved
everything about it. He wants to talk with us about the church and
stuff! Wednesday and Thursday we had the best lessons the whole time me
and Hermana have been here. We are teaching this family who the mom on
the edge of inactivity and the dad is our investigator. She has 2 kids
from her previous marriage and then they got married and had a baby
together. They are almost exactly like our family! I always like holding
their baby... Even though the white handbook says not to... I need to
repent... Hahaha.. Anyways I love holding their baby because it reminds
me of Lillian. Their baby always reaches for me and loves playing with
me. KENDRA! Even here these babies love me!
Well, here is why I am telling so much about them... I love them so
much. So much. We had a lesson centered around baptism and invited the
dad to be baptized. He said no but he said the only reason why he said
no was because he doesn't know for himself if the church is true yet!
After he rejected us his wife shared her testimony and how one day she
knows they will get to the temple. He ended the lesson with the
prayer... Guys... It was the most sincere, humble, powerful prayer with
real intent. He prayed like he was talking to God. I started to tear up
while he was praying and then I cried afterwards when we were walking
home. I love that family so much and I know that he will be baptized one
day. We were skipping home even after we were rejected because when you
love the people that doesn't matter!
Friday and Saturday we had really good lessons but Sunday was the best.
Francisco Duarte came to church for the first time! And it was because
the member extended the invitation and told him he would be waiting for
him at church saving him a seat. We had amazing lessons with members
this week... Seriously so bomb...
So, today we were getting a ride from a Senior couple and they put on
the soundtrack for Frozen! I almost died I was so happy! Anyways, it
really had me thinking...
You know in the part where Ana gets to the castle of ice that Elsa
built. In the song they sing Ana is telling Elsa the whole time she is
singing that she is right there so she doesn't have to be alone and she
will do anything to help her feel like she is loved. BUT, the whole time
Elsa is so focused on what she can't do and who she thinks she isn't
that she doesn't see her sister stretching out her arms to help her. How
many times have we a Frozen our hearts and locked our selves away in a
castle and the Savior has come as Ana has for her sister? How many times
has he said "I'm right here" but we are so busy focusing on ourselves?
In the end of the movie what saves Ana from the curse of the Frozen
Heart is when Elsa focuses on some one else other than herself and she
finds she had more power than she thought.
We come to know our Savior by serving our brothers and sisters who need
our help. Our power comes from Him and the pure love He has for each and
everyone of us. In the Book of Mormon there is a scripture Mosiah 2:17
which says "When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are in
the service of your God." I love that! The zone leaders asked us what we
did different this week so they could give advice to other missionaries
who are struggling. We couldn't think of anything other than we got
lost in the love we had for the people we are serving and serving with.
So lost that I didn't know what day it was Friday hahaha. When we loose
ourselves in serving others we come to find ourselves.
I love this work and know it is of God. I know He lives, loves and knows
us each personally. I can not wait til the day I can see Him and give
Him a big ol' hug and say I did it like I will with my dad when I get
home in 14 months! My mission has changed me and I'm not even a third of
the way through! Sending my love and prayers your way!
Hermana Ritter
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