This is from a letter we received last week dated:
February 18, 2013
Mom
I’m not going to lie, living here is tough. Even though I have one of the nicest
apartments in Liberia, it’s all tough.
Nothing eve compares to something back home. Physically it’s fine, I can deal with
it. But it’s mentally hard. Everything here is mentally tough. It’s
mentally draining for me, I just have to look at the positives. I have to have a good attitude about
everything. It’s all about the attitude
out here.
One of the best things out here is teaching. Teaching is awesome. I’m teaching people and I’m learning as I
go. The Spirit is so strong out
here. It’s what is keeping me
going. I get home sick sometimes since
we have to be in by 7pm. We have a lot
of free time at night. That is when I
get home sick. I miss the family, I miss
my bed, I miss the good food, and I miss the rain. Surprising I know. It’s not that I miss the luxuries we have, I
just miss home. I miss feeling clean, I
haven’t felt clean since I got here. I
miss the small little things. I have to
have a good attitude out here or I won’t make it. I have to trust Heavenly Father that He’ll
take care of me. I know that if I do
that I’ll be just fine.
The work here is great.
Being a missionary here is awesome.
It’s really easy to talk to people here.
It’s really easy to talk to people here.
It’s hard to understand, so easy to start talking. Everything about being a missionary is
easy. It’s when you stop and aren’t
proselyting anymore, that’ when it’s hard.
Something that I’ve noticed since I got here is everyone is
super nice. Everyone greets everyone
with a “hello.” In the states no one
does that. That’s one thing I’ll bring
back with me. I’m going to greet
everyone with a “hello.”
Whenever we are out walking, the little kids always run up
to us and say “white man white man hello.”
It’s so cute. Every day I have a
smile on my face because of it.
Sometimes they ask me to take them to America. It breaks my heart to say no, or I can’t. Even though they don’t understand me, it
breaks my heart. I love the kids so
much!!! The kids make everything better.
Like I said in my email for my favorite scripture, Alma
37:36-37 is the best scripture for me right now. It teaches me to pray always, pray all the
time. Pray in my heart throughout the
day, and trust me, that’s what I am doing.
Also, I’m trying to obey every commandment or counsel or
assignment. I believe with exactness
like it says in Alma 57:21, you taught me to do my best in everything I did,
and to try to do the assignment perfectly.
That scripture helps me also.
Thank you for everything you’ve taught me. Thank you for everything you ever did for
me. Thank you for being a strong member
of the church. Thank you for making me
do all the church activities.
I love you so much. I
miss you so much. I couldn’t have asked
for a better mother, teacher or a best friend.
From the white African.
This is Africa!
Elder Park
These are the scriptures he referenced in the letter:
“Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word of
command with exactness; yea, and even
according to their faith it was done unto them;
and I did remember the words which they said unto me that their mothers
had taught them.” Alma 57: 21
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