Well, I'm down to the final full week on my mission. Next week I'll be headed Frankfurt on Thursday and then flying out on Friday next week. It is so crazy how fast the times flies out here.
Well as for this week, we spent a lot of it inside because Sister Bray was pretty sick and couldn't even stand up for a lot of the week. So, I did lots of cleaning and studying and updating the area book. I think I got a little stir crazy from not being able to go anywhere, though (haha). Luckily she started to feel a little better in the end of the week and we were able to get a few appointments in.
Church yesterday was really great. There were a lot of people that showed up to church, so that makes me happy. Sister Bray and I switched off translating for Monia in church. I really admire her for coming every week to church even though she understands very very little German. She knows the importance of taking the sacrament. Last week her alarm didn't wake her up and she missed the sacrament and came flying in after we had finished and was beyond upset that she had missed it. So we went to the first counselor in the bishopric and he was able to bless the bread and water for her in a smaller room to allow her to take the sacrament. When we walked out she just started to cry and in her broken English said, "Now I stay good this week." She truly understands the importance of the sacrament.
I read something in the Book of Mormon this week that I really liked and thought I'd share it. It was in 2 Nephi chapter 20:24-27 ... "24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. 26 And the Lord of Hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as his rod was upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. 27 And it shall come to pass in that day that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing."
I thought it was interesting how God says to His people, "He shall smite thee with a rod." So yes, we will have trials, we might die, we might loose friends. However, it says, "... for yet a little while." So this will only be for a small time. Just like our lives. Time goes so fast here and it's even faster in God's eyes. But the last part is kinda cool, I think ... "The indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction." In my eyes I kinda see it as they who are evil and bad will get in very big trouble when the time comes to meet God. Kinda like a big time-out chair (haha). But anyways, I also heard a quote in relief society that really stuck and I think it can relate pretty well to this scripture: “If our lives and our faith are centered upon Jesus Christ and His restored gospel, nothing can ever go permanently wrong.” I have a testimony of that. Even through hard times, if we have God on our side, all will be well.
I hope you all have a fantastic week. I have to write a mission history before I leave here so I will post that as my final mission blog :) I love you all and I know God lives and loves you, too.
Have a great week!
Sister Jordan Brown
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