Hi Everyone,
This is the last pday of the transfer. I can't believe that six weeks have come and gone. Sora Cook and I will be staying together for the next 6 weeks here in Arad as well as the elders. I'm excited because we can continue to move forward with the goals and ideas we had set as a district.
This week has been good. We have made a lot of contact with less-active members. I have come to realize that a lot of these members have such difficult situations. For some they live over an hour away from the church, some can't afford the travel to the church, for some they have a desire to come back, but are afaid to make the first step, and for many their families do not support their membership in the church.
"Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Sister Hinkley
It seems like this has been the theme of my last transfer. We all struggle with the battles of life. We have to continually choose to do what is right and make the right decisions. As we struggle, we can make sure that we do not add to the burdens of someone elses life by being kind, loving, charitable, patient, etc.
We work with a lady named Mihaela. She was baptized in the 90s and for the more part of her teenage and early 20's she grew up in the church. She is now married with 3 kids. Her testimony is so strong. She has a desire to raise her children in the church and to go to the temple; however, her husband is against the church. It breaks my heart. She loves to meet with us and to hear from the members of the branch. It's the little things we do, phone calls, notes, visits, that help these members remain active in the gospel when their situation does not allow them to be active in the church.
How grateful I am for the things that I have learned while on my mission that I may have never or much later learned in life.
Va Iubesc,
Sora Remsberg
This is the last pday of the transfer. I can't believe that six weeks have come and gone. Sora Cook and I will be staying together for the next 6 weeks here in Arad as well as the elders. I'm excited because we can continue to move forward with the goals and ideas we had set as a district.
This week has been good. We have made a lot of contact with less-active members. I have come to realize that a lot of these members have such difficult situations. For some they live over an hour away from the church, some can't afford the travel to the church, for some they have a desire to come back, but are afaid to make the first step, and for many their families do not support their membership in the church.
"Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Sister Hinkley
It seems like this has been the theme of my last transfer. We all struggle with the battles of life. We have to continually choose to do what is right and make the right decisions. As we struggle, we can make sure that we do not add to the burdens of someone elses life by being kind, loving, charitable, patient, etc.
We work with a lady named Mihaela. She was baptized in the 90s and for the more part of her teenage and early 20's she grew up in the church. She is now married with 3 kids. Her testimony is so strong. She has a desire to raise her children in the church and to go to the temple; however, her husband is against the church. It breaks my heart. She loves to meet with us and to hear from the members of the branch. It's the little things we do, phone calls, notes, visits, that help these members remain active in the gospel when their situation does not allow them to be active in the church.
How grateful I am for the things that I have learned while on my mission that I may have never or much later learned in life.
Va Iubesc,
Sora Remsberg
