First the answer to mom’s question of the week; The
first sound I hear when I wake up is the alarm, and I jump out of bed to go
turn it off! Then I can hear the sound of our fan...its super noisy! But we're
used to it now so I hardly even realize. Then, let's be honest, I usually I
hear an ambulance or police siren......it's the ghetto.
Okay so
this was one of the toughest weeks of my life! I'm doing so much better now,
but it was just a hard week- Emotionally more than anything, but in addition to
that, I got sick this week!
I love missionary work! I love
working hard! But this week my comp and I spent a few days home. At first when
she suggested we stay home and recover a bit I was totally against it. But
after a few appointments I realized that she was right and I needed to take a
break. I was exhausted! She gave me my medicine then put me back to bed! I
slept so much that day!!!!! Then we slowly eased back into the work as I got
better and we are back out on regular schedule now.
This goes to mom’s other question; how
have I seen the Lord's hand in this week? In the priesthood blessing I got! It
is amazing to see the immediate relief when we get a blessing. I know that the
Lord works through normal people to bless all of His children, and It is
especially neat to see a young elder bless you with the things that Heavenly
Father would tell you if He was here. and If you don't feel like you need a
blessing, prayer is a great help too!!!!!
My ward mission leader and his
lovely wife are fantastic! Brother and
sister Winward! They tell us that we are always welcome in their home and they
mean it!!!!!!! They make everything in life fun and they really support us in
the work. They check in on us every day and make sure we are doing well! hes a military medic. In this picture hes breaking in his new boots.
We got to go on an amazing hike this
week! We hiked through a muddy forest and got to a part where you have to climb
up a bunch of rocks, and then it gets to the waterfall!! It was so tall!!! And
the best part was that it started raining while we were hiking!! haha yay more
mud:) it was really fun!
We were visiting people in a nice apartment
complex that we go to a lot, and I remembered one of the girls that we had met
there a long time ago. We had started teaching her a while ago but because she
was a minor we would need to get parental permission before continuing on, and
we hadn't asked her parents yet. So we finally decided to go and visit her. We
asked her to introduce us to her family and she did. We got to pray with her
family and find out some of the struggles that they are going through right
now. They commented on how they really needed us to come that night. It was so
neat that Heavenly Father knew that they needed a visit that night, and He let
us know. The dad felt the spirit very strongly during our meeting and he wanted
us to teach both of his children (the girl we had taught before and her
brother).
The spirit will always guide us to
those who need us if we are prepared and if we listen!
Love you all!
-Sister Hodgson
