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Wednesday Dec 29 1999
Okay today is my 2nd P-day in the field. It's funny because my comp scheduled 2 appointments for our P-day today and we didn't have any appointments last night, so we had to do steet for about 10 hours of the day. And today we got to go to appts when we're supposed to be preparing. But it's all good, we had a very good experience. We met with a woman named Amelia who is from Peru and is a staunch, devoted Catholic.
We went in and read from the BoM and talked and taught a first w/ her. She was definitely feeling the Spirit and we talked a lot about baptism, but she said that it would just be too hard to leave the religion she grew up with and has been happy with all her life. We discussed a lot of stuff and started to resolve her concerns a little, but I think it may take a bit for her to make the decision that she knows she needs to make. She is a very nice lady and she will be in our prayers.
The Spirit was very strong with her and you could just see that it was touching her heart. But I think she needs to assimilate it and gain a stronger testimony. She'll be baptised though.
We also went grocery shopping and got stuff to make tacos and lasagna for this week. Mmmmmm....Then we came back and I took a nap for about 3 hours which I needed immensely.
I haven't been sleeping very well lately. I keep waking up like an hour or a half before the alarm goes off which is very annoying. So it felt good to get some REAL rest.
I was thinking about "Greenie Splits" some more and I think they were a lot like how the mission is gonna be: At first it seemed impossible, that we were much too inexperienced and weak to get it done, and also that it was gonna last forever. But we relied on the Lord and did our best and we enjoyed success and the time went by faster than we thought possible, and now looking back it seems so small, our perspective on this whole situation and experience changed.
I think that's how the mission will be, one day I'll look back and say: "Wow, where did that huge challenge go?" And I'll say "How different my view of a mission is now and also life." But still my perspective is limited and this mission seems like it will be for the rest of my life, and it's discouraging sometimes and I wish, just for a second, that I could be home doing some of the stuff that I want to do, but then I remember the sacrifices that so many have made, and the grand sacrifice of Christ, and how important every person in the world is and my attitude changes. Not to mention how wonderful the feeling is to be helping people, and seeing them come closer to Christ. It's all worth it, for sure.
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