October 9, 2011

hey hey, mi familia! 

I just love you all. 

Thank you for your emails (tonkie rolie mashie) as my companion would say. So once again i decided that i love africa. i miss home, but i think home should come here. it is the best! the greatest blessing is my companions! i have had companions from madagascar, uganda, new zealand, and now kenya. I know none of them are from botswana, and one is not from africa but i sure do love them. the greatest things that i have been learning lately are:



1. the mission is the training center for life.


2. the world is like a fruit salad, each person brings their own fruit and when it is mixed together it is nice, but when there is the sweet dressing stuff poured on it, it is divine (the yellow personalities, such as myself ;), are like the dressing).


3. your sanity is based on how well you can adapt to different situations and circumstances.


4. obedience is the most important attribute of Christ. if you are obedient, you will grow in every attribute automatically, without even trying!


5. i am a child of god (it isn't just a primary song)


6. God wants all of his children to be happy, he doesn't give a hoot if you are black, white, purple, red, yellow, orange or blue. He just wants you to live his gospel and have joy.


7. serving will make a friend faster than anything else.


8. the five words that (if applied) will change you completely, smile, be kind, show gratitude.



at the beginning of this transfer, God threw a whole new ball of wax at the botswana missionaries, i can't really put my finger on what it was, things just became so complicated and hard. emergency transfers almost every week, missionaries without residency getting kicked out of bots by accidentaly crossing the border... illness (i was sick with a cold on wednesday), and many other trials. on the bright side, a lot of dinner appointments. 

thank you for your prayers, aunt tami, i needed those prayers a couple of weeks ago, the whole mission did, that was an inspired thing you did and i am happy you listened and obeyed that spiritual prompting. as a mission we are fine, just random crazy trials that have been coming. and where there are trials, no matter how small, there is a need to pray. thank you again.

 I love you all.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!! 

Stephanie, even you 

hyrum, even you i guess.

 


ha ha, love you all. serious



sister blum