Sometimes I wish I would have been home more, however I know that while
being here I have learned how important the family is, which is they are
everything!! I have been thinking lately why out of all the places in
the world I was sent here to Nicaragua... and I have come to a
conclusion well the reason I think maybe they aren't exactly the reasons
probably... lol well first I think so because God wanted me to be
humble, Thinking back on my life I wasn't the most humble person... so to learn what it truly means to appreciate what you have and to
truly put everything into God's hands. The second reason is to learn
about patience... and I know everyone knows that I was everything but
patient before. lol However through all of the experiences I have had,
truly have changed me. Believing more that God is my father celestial
who loves me, even through all my mistakes and errors He loves me. His
love He has for every one of us is incomprehensible, and even though
sometimes I wonder why he lets us experience hard times I have learned a
greater lesson... That we are put through tests to strengthen our
faith, to make us believe in Him more, He loves us so much that he has
confidence in us to know that we will be able to overcome the trials
that we have. I am so very grateful for the Father in Heaven that I
have and for all the experiences that I have gone through in the
mission, both sad and joyful. I sometimes look at all the things that I
have seen and I can't help but start to cry. I have seen people be
healed, I have seen broken hearts be restored back together, I have seen
the pure love of Christ. The love that makes us strive to help others
and makes us love someone who we don't even know. As I was in church
this week I prayed to know what I needed to do so then we could have
more success. My answer was found in the little classroom of about 10
people. It was in the primary, the teacher Ligia asked me to help out
and to give a five min talk about how to be a good missionary. As I
entered I was a little unsure of what it meant to be a good missionary,
one that baptizes, one that keeps the rules... and as I went on I was a
little confused myself on what it truly means to be a good missionary..
because there are very good missionaries that don't even baptize very
much... And after I gave the talk I started to ponder in my mind on what
it truly means. As I was thinking there came to me a scripture that
says we need to become like little children to enter the kingdom of God.
As I started to look at that little classroom of 10 kids all full of
joy and love, as I looked back over to that classroom of 10 kids I
thought I saw 10 angels of God. I started to ponder in my mind again on
what it means to become like a kid... because sometimes they aren't the
cutest of things... lol however as I watched that group of 3 or 4 year
olds I saw something that was like a miracle. I saw two new kids
sitting alone in the corner of the room and as I started to approach
them and on the verge of asking them why they were alone there arrived
two of the little kids over talking with him. Telling him to join
in. And it hit me we may not need to act like kids however become like
them full of love, joy, happiness, and innocence!!! I love you so much
and I'm so very grateful for this grand experience that I was able to
have!!
Elder Trujillo!!
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