Hey family!
Well this week has been pretty good. Sister Murphy and I have
been working a ton with the less actives and part member families here and it
has been going pretty good. We have so many less actives and part member
families we could make 3 more wards just from ours, but no one comes to church (haha) however, we are working really hard to meet with all these people and see where
they are at. We also had the opportunity to go and do service this week for
Habitat for Humanity. We were supposed to help in building a house, but we got
rained out, so we ended up going to the ware house and helping out there for
like 3 hours so that was fun. We did a lot or organizing and cleaning,
etc. things like that. I also unfortunately got a sinus infection... ugh it is
miserable but I have still been able to work so that is good. I went to the
doctor this morning and got a prescription and so I am hoping that it will
help. I hate being sick as a missionary, there is so much to do and so
little time and you just feel like you can't let it slip away from you because
this is all you have. I really hate when I feel that I don't get as much done,
as I want to. Well I just have to tell you all again how grateful I am for the
gospel and how having a gospel-centered home really has blessed me so
much. During our service at for Habitat for Humanity this week there was
a woman there promoting classes that we can either take or that we can sign up
to give to teach things to less fortunate people such as " How to have a
healthy relationship with friends, family or special others, how to cook simple
healthy dinners, how to do laundry, how to maintain proper hygiene, how to
avoid sexually transmitted diseases, etc." I also heard many of the
volunteers complaining about their children's education and how they should not
be wasting time learning about history or complex mathematics, but how to cook
and sew and fix a car and fill out taxes, you know the "everyday
stuff" All I can say is that I was shocked.
All of these classes you could pay to go an learn basic things
that will help you to be a better person, or feel better or what not and all I
could think was, that there should be no need to have to pay to learn any of
these things. Most of everything that they were mentioning are things that a
person should learn in the home, basic skills that you practice growing up. I
am so grateful for the structure of the gospel and the importance of families
and learning in families. Most of, if not all of, my life skills, and how
to live day to day and function as a person has come from what I learned in the
home, or in the homes of friends. It is so sad to see these basic things that
people struggle with and the only honest answer that could help them is the
gospel. Centering our lives around Jesus Christ and his teachings and the
teachings of our living latter-day prophets protects us and helps us to be the people
we want to be, it gives us motivation to be better, be smarter, want to do
more, expand ourselves. I wish everyone would realize what a fool proof system
the gospel is. Jesus Christ is a foundation that will not fall, which means his
teachings are perfect and cannot fail. When we have complications in our
lives regarding the consequences of our own decisions it is because we have not
lived up to the teachings of Jesus Christ, not because His teaching were inadequate
for our particular circumstances. The gospel is so vital, that is why we
need to share it!
Well family I would write more but I am going to be talking to
you on Sunday! I cant wait and I am not positive when I will be calling, but
you all can plan on around 4ish Utah time and so that would be 5 Texas time!
Love you all!
Sister
Jamison
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