Re: You Know You´re a Missionary When...

Hello, and Talofa lava.. god bless you everyone.

Love, Elder Ete

On 9/2/13, Eliza Shumway <eliza.shumway@myldsmail.net> wrote:
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When you hit send before writing the message.

Haha sorry folks that´s not embarrassing at all. 

What I was going to write were a list of things that happen that make you know you´re a missionary. I think of more every day but here are some I wrote down. 

 

1. Instead of thinking up facebook status updates, you think of email subject lines and write them down to send out on P-day. 

2. As a sister you wear the same hair do for two weeks in a row or no hair-do at all. 

3. You give up on make up and call mascara "good enough"

4. Your comp laughs at you in the morning and tells you how you talked in your sleep about something from Preach My Gospel. (true story.)

5. You cry for your investigators because you don´t know how to help them or because you have to teach them about the Law of Chastity after having lived together for 8+ years and already have kids. 

and many more on channel four. 

I just wanted to take a second to apologize. This week I have realized how easily I have let things come out of my mouth or through my fingers that have really offended people. I really hope that if I offended you that you can forgive me and let Christ´s example of forgiving the people that killed Him rub off on you and forgive me for offending you. sorry that might be a guilt trip too heh heh but i really feel terrible for anyone I have offended and hope you will forgive me. 

I have realized how truly synical I am and realize that more and more every day. I really need to humble myself and let things just sink in and take and accept and apply them how they are. You really have to be humble to accept the gospel. The gospel is not for proud people. It can´t be. And the atonement of Jesus Christ can´t work on us if we are not humble. In our pride we don´t give up our sins, which means in the end we will end up having to pay for them ourselves when we could have given them all to Him,  who IN REALITY already paid for them. We have to be humble to accept that this is how it is. The Plan of Salvation IS real. We have to be humble to accept that yes, indeed, one day we WILL be judged for our actions. We WILL stand before our God, the Omnipotent and Creator of the Universe and the only Person in the middle pleading for mercy for us will be Jesus Christ. But if we do not ACCEPT HIM, Jesus Christ, He can do NOTHING for us and it will just be between each one of our pitiful selves and GOD. God LOVES us but there IS a law of JUSTICE that DEMANDS a punishment for every wrong done and we can not live with our Loving Heavenly Father if we have not been purified of those wrongs though the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I am growing to love more and more the verse in Ether, chapter 12 verse 27 that says "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." I am thankful that I was born into this church because if not, I probably would be too proud to have accepted it or even cared to learn about it because it is hard for me, even now, to accept everything as truly REAL but it TRULY IS. 

If anyone reads portuguese here´s my letter to our mission President, Pres Fluckiger. 

UAU essa semana passou rapida. O treinamento da Sis Kropf esta indo bem. Ela me ensina mais de que eu ensino ela, e somos ótimas amigas. Sou grata por as entrevistas que foram realizadas este semana passada e o treinamento também. Nossa dificuldade agora é ajudar as pessas a cumprirem os compromissos. Estou lendo o capítulo sobre isso no PME e já sei various coisas em que nos temos que melhorar. Também usando nosso tempo com sabedoria, estou grata por o treinamento no conferencia de zona e o foco que foi dada nesse capítulo essa mês passada. 
Sis Kropf sempre ora para receber orientação do espirito. Então cada vez que ela fala «eu sinto que devemos ir por aqui» nos achamos pessoas novas ou alguma coisa fixe acontece. Ontem ela falou que deveriamos passar a casa que uma moça tinha nos dado como a casa dela mas nos passamos e a casa estava vazia e para vender. Mas ainda ela falou que deveriamos passar. E claro que ninguem estava lá mas enquanto nos estavamos a voltar um homem português saiu da casa dele e perguntou se nos estavamos perdidas (aparentemente aparecia que estavamos rsrs) e depois ele disse em ingês «vocês são Mórmons dos Estados Unidos?» e queria um LDM e falou que podiamos passar um outro dia. Sou grata por a dignidade da Sis Kropf para sempre receber orientação do Espírito e a coragem ela tem para sempre agir com o que ela recebe. 

k well you´re all awesome. But remember we´re all miserable worms too. It´s fine though cuz for us MISERABLE worms GOD CREATED the UNIVERSE and His work and His glory is to bring about not just OUR immortality, but also our ETERNAL LIFE. 

this has been the message from your weird sister friend in portugal, sis Shumway. peace out. 

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You Know You´re a Missionary When...

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