we got soaked in a monsoon of a rain storm walking around haha
Mariposas!
This week has been filled with a myriad of fun, exciting,
interesting things!
So we had zone P-day and we played
Quiddich! (I'm not sure if I spelt that right, sorry Harry Potter fans.) Haha
that was the funniest sport activity I've ever gotten the opportunity to
participate in. And you thought missionaries couldn't get any dorkier... we
spoke in english accents throughout the whole game as well. We even got the
Senior couple to come and play for a bit haha! It's actually really really fun.
I recommend it to anyone (:
We did a lot of fun service projects this week, we had a zone
service project at a place called second harvest where we packed thousands of
tortillas and tons of rice! we even got some new fashion accessories such as
hair nets and arm gloves (: we all wore bright yellow helping hands shirts so
we joked with the Senior couple missionaries that we all looked like minions
from despicable me haha
We also got to help out with "gifts of the heart".
Sister Jones from
our ward and other ward members came up with the idea of having a yearly free
giant garage sale which consisted of donated clothing, books, bikes, and
household items that those who had children going back to school or just those in
need could come and get items that they've really needed. We got to talk to
those who came in and find out a little about each of them and where they came
from. They shared many stories of how they had been desperate for clothing and
they just didn't know how they were going to afford it. One had come from being
devastated from the hurricane in Louisiana and had nothing, another her husband
was in the hospital after returning from the military and the bills where
becoming overwhelming, and this was an answer to her prayers. The way that we
can help our community out can be impactful. If we put our effort in and some
creativity, we can help others in need. The members in this ward who put this
together I have great respect for and I really look up to their example, they
are truly amazing people!!
While we were at the church helping out with this, Sister Jones
had brought with her a stick in a pink vase with 3 crystalist cocoons of soon
to be hatched monarch butterflies for the children to keep an eye on.
A sister
in our ward was explaining to us the migration pattern of these monarch
butterflies as we sat and watched the cocoons in anticipation. she told us that
generations of Monarch butterflies fly all the way from Canada to Mexico each
and every year. The butterflies from Canada fly to Minnesota, lay their eggs
and die. The next generation of butterflies hatch and fly down to the southern
states and do the same and the next generation make it to Mexico where they all
gather by the thousands and just cover the trees in a certain area of the
mountains where they stay throughout the winter until they lay their eggs and
they migrate back up into Canada. It's so amazing because they are not lead by
"older butterflies" back to where they are supposed to migrate, they
just know.
Nature is amazing. I feel like that is an analogy for us as
human beings as well. Truth of who we are is all around us. We are all
genetically coded to fly back to where we came from. That is, back our Heavenly
Father. We all go through dramatic transformations in life just as butterflies
do and we all take our journey through the unknown. But we all have a natural
pull to go in a certain direction. I wonder what would happen to a butterfly if
it didn't have this natural migration pattern and it just flew about with no
direction. I do know that we have our guides as human beings and it is all
around us. We have the Holy Ghost within us to keep us heading in the right
direction and our natural affinity to make it back home with those we love.
This world is so awesome!! I love it!
Despite all of the turmoil in our lives, we will always have our natural
affinity to be our guides to true happiness and if we listen to it, the results
are eternally satisfying.
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