Quote of the week: I am mad at God because He gave you white skin and mine is brown!
Okay first of all I will give you all the backstory to my quote of the week. So we're at J&E's house. We were teaching them about the 10 commandments and all of a sudden J says, "so were you normal children? Like did you fight with your siblings?" So random. So we explained that to him and then we showed them pictures of our families. I showed E the picture of Haley, Aly, and I. Then she said that. It's funny because all the white girls that come out here want brown skin.
R WAS BAPTIZED! Yay! So we were filling up the font and had to go to the other room and have correlation with the ward mission leader. After awhile we heard the water stop and ran in to see what was happening. It almost overflowed! Overflew? I don't know. Anyways it almost flooded the room. Also the water was freezing and green. Why was it green? I don't know. So we tried unplugging it. By the way I need to call the Prophet and tell him that there should be a tool to unplug the font without getting wet. Wait is there already? So it was stuck.... E, one of the Elders legitimately had to skinny dip IN THE FONT. I didn't know if I should laugh or not because it was so funny but I don't know if it was a really bad thing to do. We had no other option but still don't let my mission president know... Her baptism ended up being beautiful though. She was glowing! Especially the next day at her confirmation. Actually we missed that... We had to go bother her mom to come to church before sacrament meeting! Her mom is actually another investigator. So we went to her house to get her to come to sacrament meeting. She opened the door and was in her PJ's but I think she felt uncomfortable because we wouldn't leave until she said yes... Yeah I've turned into a complete creep but it's the only way to get things done around here. She came with us though! It's amazing to see the change in people. She already seems and looks more confident. A knowledge of God's love and the Atonement of Jesus Christ truly change us. That has been one of the biggest things I've realized this week. The gospel can change anyone. It doesn't matter who they were or what they did before. The gospel is for every single person. People we pass everyday could be waiting for the knowledge we have. It doesn't matter what they act or look like. (Watch the Mormon Message: "Earthly Father, Heavenly Father")
I just want to end with this quote from a talk I read this week called "The Fourth Missionary." (Find it and READ it!) "Just give it up. Surrender your will to Him. Unconditionally. Withhold nothing. Turn it all over to Him; all of your desires, wishes, dreams and hopes. Be true and faithful in your head and in your heart, not just in your behavior. Trust in Him. Trust Him who knows all things. trust Him who has all power. Trust Him whose love for you is perfect. Trust Him, who alone suffered, paid and atoned for your sins, and for your weaknesses as well. Trust Him that He will make of you, immeasurably more, than what you will ever, ever, in all eternity, make of yourself. He will create of you a masterpiece. You will create of you only a smudge. You will create an ordinary man. He will create a God."
Con amor, Hermana Jorgensen
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