Buenas Dias Familia y
Amigos! July
16, 2013
Este es
nuestra ultima semana! This is our last week! We fly out Monday
night...well technically Tuesday morning at 12:30 am. First we fly to
Michigan (weird!), have a three hour layover, and then Land in the most amazing
state of Alabama-after a night of no sleep- at 9:42 am! I am so
excited!
This week wasn't too
eventful, but in honor of our final P-day, last night we had "P-DAY SMACK
DOWN". Ya, it's a thing. It involved placing two mattresses side by
side in our tiny room. The object is to push the other sister off of the
mattress (King of the Hillish). It was an epic battle. We had a
bracket of 4 sisters, of which my companion and I tied for first because we ran
out of time. Dad, Derek, Landon, you would have been so proud of
me-I totally road the leg. Thank you for teaching to me
wrestling moves so that I could be prepared to dominate in P-day smack
down-chiste!
I also had my favorite
meal yesterday: a pb & banana sandwich with a glass of milk. It was
heavenly. I am so sick of cafeteria food. They have lots of options, but everything
has that same kind of bouncy texture. Food shouldn't bounce.
Missionaries are very easily pleased. We get excited over things like
rain, news from the outside world, and pb sandwiches. yay! Every day is a
good day when you are a missionary!
Anyhow :)
On another note,
Hermana Klein and I are singing tomorrow for the new missionaries’ orientation
devotional. Hermana Easter is accompanying us to "I Know that my Redeemer
Lives". It is a beautiful arrangement. I get goose bumps every
time we sing. It is a very next experience to be able to sing my testimony-that
I truly know that my Lord lives. I know he lives and through him, despite all
of my many, many imperfections and mistakes, I can become like him so that I
can live with my Heavenly Father again.
At times I am
overwhelmed with my inadequacies i want to be the best I can-the best daughter,
best sister, best friend, and especially the best missionary I can be. I am so
imperfect though. Saturday night I was really struggling with this.
I know that my Father in Heaven has a plan for me, but sometimes I still
wonder, what can I offer the Lord? I was doubting my worth, and felt really
disheartened.
The sisters in my room
reminded me that my doubts were not true.
In Alma, from the Book
of Mormon, 7:11-12 it says: "And he [Christ] shall go forth, suffering
pains and afflictions of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled
which saith he will take upon him the pains and sicknesses of his people.
And he will take upon death that he may loose the bands of death which bind his
people and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be
filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the
flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities"
All that I can offer
the Lord is a hard worker and a willing and obedient heart. But that is
all that he asks. While he was here on the earth, he established his
church and preformed his atonement. He set the way for us to
follow. No matter how much I try, I can't be as "best" as I
want too; I can't be perfect in this life. But Christ is, and he makes
all the difference. He has felt everything that I feel, so that he knows
how to help me. When I was struggling with these feelings, he worked
through the other sisters to comfort me. And then when I prayed, I was
blessed with feelings of comfort and peace. That doesn't just
happen. I know that my Redeemer lives.
In one week, I get to
share that wonderful love and knowledge of Christ's atonement with the people
in Alabama.
Well loved ones, I
hope you are all doing well! I send my love and prayers. Thank you
for all the letters and encouragement. (If you send any more letters,
probably want to start sending them to Alabama) Y'all are amazing!
Lots of love,
Hermana McClune
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