Hey
errbody! So before anything, HAPPY MOTHER`S DAY YESTERDAY TO ALL MOMS. You guys
are the best. But especially my mom. She`s like, the best of the best. And
also, everybody go watch Alex Boye`s video called "Roar" (cover by
the song by Katy Perry). Those are some pretty rockin`mommy bloggers (one in
particular ;)).
So, as
you have all figured out now, I am now in ARTIGAS!!!!!
Leaving
Colonia was literally the hardest thing I`ve ever had to do. Seriously, of all
trials that the mission brings....that one`s the hardest. Veronica and her
kids, Carolina, the Elders and Brian and Angela showed up at the bus station to
say goodbye. Carolina and I hugged and cried for a good five minutes when it
was time to go. I had said goodbye to Brian and Angela first and her last, but
right before getting on the bus, I turned around to wave one last time to the
two of them....and Brian was leaned up against the wall, with tears streaming
down his face. Leaving them all was so, so hard, but they have the Lord and
they know that now. He`ll take good care of all of them, and we`ll be friends
for eternity. :)
And
now I`m in ARTIGAS! I´m with Hermana Sump. She is from Lehi, Utah and she
graduated in 2013, and she just barely finished her training. She is
great!
Artigas
is awesome too! Presidente Bueno and his family are the GREATEST EVER. Ever.
There are a lot of people to teach here, so we`ve always got something to do,
which is what I like. It makes planning for the days a lot less stressful. I`m
still getting to know things here, so I really don`t have a whole lot to say
haha sorry. Espinozita (the Elder I worked with in Colonia) is now my District
Leader! So that`s pretty awesome.
The
people here are really warm and open. The ward, although it is a WARD....gah so
many people were at church. It freaked me out a little bit to go from a branch.
But it still needs a lot of work and help. We have a goal to double church
attendance, so I`m excited to have a lot to do.
The
past few days in my study, I`ve been trying to figure out why I had to leave
Colonia. I really wanted more than anything to have another change there. But
then, I read in Jesus the Christ (I`m super sorry, I really don`t remember what
page or which chapter in Matthew it sites), where it talks about how Christ
leaves Caupernaum to teach in the neighboring cities. Everybody wants Him to
stay, but He says He has to go from city to city to preach His Gospel. Christ
knew the importance of EVERY person receiving the Gospel. It`s some other
people`s turn to help more people in Colonia, and it`s my time to always carry
the people there in my heart, but also recognize that there are people here in
Artigas who need the Gospel just as much. I was going back through my journal
from my first couple of weeks in Colonia, and I was really scared and had even
written "I hope the Lord makes this my home." And He did in ways I
never imagined. So I trust that Artigas will have the same effect on me, and I
am ready to get to work here!
I`ll
probably have more to say next week and after that. But until then,
I love
you, I love you, I love you!
Hermana
Dolan
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