August 19, 2014
Hey!!!! So I have some exciting news and some sad news....
So I have I HAVE
CHANGES!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup!!!!! The happy news is that I will
meet new friends and have the opportunity to meet new people!!!! Sad, because
I LOVE MY AREA SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I seriously feel like it is my area!!!!
But I know I have done what The Lord wanted me to do here and I am SO HAPPY
and EXCITED to go and do what the Lord would have me do in my next area!!!!! And
take all I have learned with me!!!!! I am a little sad because I wanted to
teach Vladimir and his family, but yeah, we never found them again really. They
always said he was working and the parents and others didn’t have a interest
to listen right now. I feel like at least I was meant to plant a seed with
them. At least they will always remember the love we showed to them. If
nothing else, at some point in the future I know they will be ready to move
forward!!! I know from that experience with them that The Lord truly LOVES US
and KNOWS US!!!! I testify to that!!!! I got to use at least a little sign
language in this area and I am so thankful and happy for that!!! I wish they
could have been baptized while I was here, but I know that it is not important
if I am here when they are baptized, just that at some point in the future
they are!!!!!
I have learned that a lot here on the Mission!!!! We can
stand goodbyes in life, and we can stand time apart and missing special
events, because this life is not all!!!!
I know with all my heart that there is the Celestial Kingdom and that if
we make and keep sacred covenants with the Lord we will live there ALL
together for Eternity!!! I know the Lord keeps ALL of His promises!!!!!!! We
are making friendships here that weave into the Eternities!!!!! As Pres. Uchtdorf
said in General Conference, we are not made up of beginnings and endings, but
Eternal beginnings, because we are meant to be Eternal!!!!!! Keep it up working
hard and living the Gospel with all your heart, because it is the ONLY thing
that brings happiness in this life and the eternities, because it is designed
to give us happiness unending!!!!!! Trust in your covenants with the Lord,
Serve Him with all your heart, might, mind and strength with all you
have!!!!!!!! I promise the promised blessings will come!!!! If not now, then
later and they are worth waiting for, I testify they are worth fighting
for!!!!!!!
We got to teach Dalila last night and it was the first
time we have found her in several weeks. It was a really cool lesson. she
will be baptized sometime here soon!!! Keep praying!!! Keep Hoping!!!! Josue
wanted me to promise that I would come back in 2016 when he is old enough to
go through the temple!!!!! SO CUTE!!!!!!
Well I will be sure to let you know next week where I am
and who I am with!!! I feel good about changes, but please still pray I will
adjust well. I haven’t had a whole ton of anxiety at all, not anything
compared to the beginning of my mission, but you know how it likes to just
creep up sometimes... I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK
YOU
FOR ALL OF THE PRAYERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
LOVE YOU ALL. I know I am here for y’all!!!! You are my eternal family and
friends!!!!!! I want a life forever with each one of you!!!!!!!! Work hard,
fight hard, live strong to the Gospel and I know the Lord will keep His promises!!!!!!!!!
We just have to do our part, which really is SO little!!!!!!!!!!! Trust in
the Lord!!!!!!!!! I am so thankful for all of the PILAS examples I have from
ALL OF Y’ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know how to live the Gospel, because y’all taught
me and you are still teaching me!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SO THANKFUL for the Spirit
to guide us each day!!!!!!!! Listen to the Spirit!!!!!!!!! Get rid of
anything in your life that would hinder the whisperings of the Spirit of the
Lord to tell you He loves you and all of us each day!!!!!!!!! I LOVE
Y'ALL!!!!!!!!! THANKS FOR ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Hermana Tarah Ray Sherrod
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