Mountains
to Climb
Alright well it´s transfer week and I have some
news. Drum roll lease.....................I´m training again and I’m opening an
area! It´s a very small pueblo
and there´s a branch there of about 20 or so members. I couldn´t be any more excited to
go! The Lord has prepared me for this over the last 4 months. He had me open
Elche with my trainer and then he had me train. Now I’m just doing both at the
same time. I know exactly what I’m getting myself into so that´s nice. I
already know that it´s going to be incredibly hard but I´m so so so excited!
Time to get to work!
I had such a tender mercy this week. I got a call
from an unknown number a few days ago so I picked it up and guess who it was. Two of my favorite sisters from the MTC!!!!!! They got permission to call me and talk for a
few minutes because of all of the transfer changes. That was seriously the
BIGGEST tender mercy for me. It was absolutely incredibly to talk to those two
for those few short minutes. I honestly can´t describe how much it meant to me
to be able to hear their voices because I haven´t seen any of them for a few
months now. Man, I miss all of my MTC hermanas so much and getting to talk to two
of them was the greatest blessing to me. AH!
Alright well, this next transfer is going to be an
adventure.
If you feel like the mountain you´re about to climb
in your life is impossible don´t forget that you´re not alone. The lord will
always provide a way. I know that because he´s done it for me. A little less
than 3 months ago a 20 year old girl was dumped in a foreign country where she
barely barely barely communicate with anyone and was not only expected to take
care of herself but another girl. Not only was she expected to teach and train
another girl but she was expected to take care of an entire city. What the Lord
asked me to do was literally an impossible task. I had one HUGE mountain to
climb and it started out as a sheer cliff wall.
Looking back I know one thing
for sure, the Lord never ever abandoned me. He was there EVERY second of the
way. In those moments where I put forth every effort I could, when I did
everything that I possibly could and more but it still wasn´t good enough,
those were the moments that the Savior carried me. When giving it everything
that I possibly had still wasn´t good enough the savior stepped in and made up
for the rest. The lord provided a way for me to do an impossible task. I can
stand here and testify that the Lord will always provide a way for you to climb
that mountain because he did it for me. The lord will never ever abandon you
and he will always provide you a way to do what he has asked. When looking at
that steep mountain that you have to climb remember this: Fear not, only
believe. I love you all! Wish me luck as I start a new adventure.
Come What May and Love It!
Love, Hermana Israelsen
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