Missions are hard. But missions are worth it. There is no other thing you could do than serve a mission at this age. It's hard to describe the joy you get from serving. I could say a bunch of cliché things, but it doesn't do it justice. You'll never be able to experience the feelings you get on your mission anywhere else. Ever. It’s not the same. It is the absolute worst mistake of your life if you choose not to. It may be easy for me to say this because I'm on my mission right now and I have no idea what your life is like, but I've changed so much. I'm not the same person I was before. It changes you for the better and the people you serve for the better. What better joy can you have in your life then helping someone realize that they're a child of God. That they have a purpose. That you can literally change the quality of their life to something they cannot possibly imagine.
Since being on the mission I find that it is very hard, yet how am I so happy doing it? I realized that literally everything Christ has taught is true. I’m experiencing it firsthand. He is the light and life of the world. This is his gospel and when you put the natural man aside and follow him then you will literally never find any other peace, no other happiness than being his disciple, his representative, living his gospel 24/7. Its life changing. It's real and it's the perfect way to go about life. Even if we're having doubts or having the worst trials on the mission or life, remember that God knows all. He knows what we need to make us stronger. He knows what we can handle. Put your trust in him who has infinite love for every single one of us. Have patience that your suffering will not last forever, but move on with a smile, because a good attitude makes all the difference. Move on with faith and trust in him who is always there right next to your side.
I met an older woman while porting a few days ago and her name is Anne. She was a very sweet woman. Before meeting Anne, I had knocked on a door right next to her. The woman who answered lasted 3 seconds. She took one glance and said, “I'm Catholic and Christian, I don't need you, bye.” Slam. Knocked on Anne’s door and she has no family and believes in nothing. We had a really good 20-minute conversation about why she didn't believe. She had said that there was too much suffering in the world for her to believe that there is a God who would allow these things to happen. In the end we both agreed that trials are good because they strengthen us, and we would never be able to learn otherwise. Her point was, where does it end? There needs to be a stopping point. At that point you need to have faith and trust that God knows all and is aware of you and everything else in this world. He does not control our choices, but only encourages us to make good choices. She apologized 80 times for saying she didn't believe in God because she knows that we get a lot of people who don't. She said 30 times that she really admired our courage for going around talking about God when it's such a sensitive subject for people now days. She was even kinder by inviting us inside her home and giving us fruit and asking us if we wanted coffee or tea. We politely declined and said just water. We ended up talking for about 10 minutes about our families and ended up finishing by asking if we could stop by and talk a little bit more in depth about God's plan for us. She declined and with sad hearts we moved on our way. Move on to bigger and better things.
Other than my random thoughts and my story about Anne nothing else has happened. We had district p-day last Monday and it was a blast. We went to an Asian buffet which was delicious. We spent 4 hours at the beach doing drawings in the sand, throwing a frisbee back and forth and stunt tricks. We ended by playing a game called signs which was very entertaining. I love my district and I'm sad to see Elder Cheng, my DL, leave but Elder Parkinson is awesome too, can't complain.
Have an amazing week. I love you all very much.
Soeur Hunt
Our district at church
Our amazing district
District p-day at the Chinese buffet
P-day at the beach
Confetti to celebrate mission life
Somewhere in France. She didn't say where this time
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