Hi hi!
Oh my dear family and friends.. What a week. I
am usually a really positive person, but I think I am getting close to
my breaking point. Ahh! But I am becoming more humbled, learning to be
more patient.. And we are getting through! Despite the little trials
that I am passing through.. There is always something to be happy about,
always something new to learn, and something to be thankful for. And as
usual, I love being a missionary here in El Salvador:)
Literal
miracles happened this week with Jose Rafeal! As we have been helping
him to prepare to be baptized, we have been faced with a really rough
smoking addiction. It has been hard, but I have never lost faith in him,
and he hasn't lost faith in himself. The hard thing about life is that
Satan is tricky, and that he knows what he is doing.. But as we have put
our trust in the Lord, Jose has strengthened his faith in a loving
Heavenly Father. Wednesday morning Jose smoked his last cigarette.. Jose tried to fight the
temptation to smoke all morning, but just before lunch came up a little
short. However, I had spent the night before praying my heart out that
there would be a solution. And smoking that morning gave him the worst
headache that he has ever had in his life, and that headache comes right
back every time he even thinks about smoking. Oh my goodness! Do we ever
realize how wild that is? A lifetime of smoking all taken away because
of the love of our Heavenly Father and the Atonement of our Savior. I
love being a missionary. I absolutely love it.
Our
cook told me that there is no danger in eating fish eyes, and that if I
didn't eat them this week she was going to be offended. Can someone
google if I am putting my life at risk, or if I just need to be more
humble? Thank you.
How thankful I am for this
Christmas Season and the opportunity to share the gospel of Jesus
Christ. How thankful I am for His birth, for the life that He lived, and
the example that He gave. How thankful I am for His selfless sacrifice
and the hope that it gives to me everyday. How thankful I am that He
lives, that He loves me, and that I have the chance to become a little
bit more like Him everyday. As the angels sang at the time of his birth, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will
Merry Christmas everyone!
All of my love,
Hermana Houston
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