Hello everyone!
On Tuesday we had our very last
meeting with President Douglas. He and Hermana Douglas are finishing their
mission on Wednesday, July 1st, and will be getting on a plane back to the
United States that same day. After 9 months of loving, trusting, and serving
with this exemplary family, it was an emotional few hours. To say the
least.
All of the missionaries that are
serving in Lima (about half of our mission) was at the Multizona with President
and Hermana Douglas. They taught, testified, and instructed us for the very
last time. Between the hundred-or-so missionaries and the Douglas's - I don't
think there was a dry eye in the room.
Individual pics with President Douglas, Hermana Douglas, and their son Chris! The other pic is of my comp |
ZONA CHORRILLOS!!!!!!! In the last Multizona with Pres Douglas!! |
This week my testimony was
strengthened of WHY I am here. A lot of times people talk about how much of a
sacrifice serving a mission is... how it is a sacrifice, but worth the price.
Honestly, I thought the same things for the first few months of my mission.
Because let's be honest - it is hard. Leaving home and family for 18 months is
not for the weak hearted. Walking 10-12 miles a day doesn't come quite naturally
for most. Not without some kind of a price.... there are emotional, physical,
temporal, social, and mental "sacrifices."
But let me be the first to tell you
that serving a mission is NOT a sacrifice.
It is NOT.
This is a full investment.
I owe so much to my Heavenly Father,
it is not even fair to use the word "sacrifice." How can I call it a
sacrifice when EVERYTHING I have, I already owe to Him? How can I think that I
am giving things up when I am more blessed now than I have ever been in my
whole life? How is that even possible?
I have said it before, and I will
say it again - This is not my mission. It is His.
I love you all. Thank you for your
specific prayers and devotion to supporting the missionaries around the world.
We feel your prayers. We feel your love. We need your help in this work.
The Church is true. I know it.
Hermana Sintay :)
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