Week 68: At the End of the Day

Happy end of January!

Conferencia de las Hermanas was a blast (and Hermana Pooley is my favorite)

I remember being in school, and how January always felt like the longest month of the year. It just dragged on and on. But now I’m a missionary, and time doesn’t work the way it should anymore, and I’m still super confused how we got to this point, because that also means we’re almost halfway through this transfer? Time goes by way too fast once you reach … a considerable amount of time on your mission that I will not be referring to as the end.

Will I ever be able to keep still when someone says a photo is being taken? I’m guessing no, even though change is possible through the Atonement of Jesus Christ

We had Conferencia de las Hermanas this week, which means that we got to spend time with the Rodens, aka my Second Parents. I love them so much. President Roden and I had a good interview that made me cry, which isn’t that impressive of a feat, given how I cry when friends send me emails, but I digress. Then Hermana Roden and I got to talk about one of my newly curated favorite topics of conversation: missionary health! Oh, how dearly I treasure being the nurse, and how grateful I am that I don’t have to be an actual healthcare professional (#blessed).

My collage of pictures from church magazines is my pride and joy

This week also featured my district leader being the best during his checkup calls, some really promising investigators, and the best Noche de Hermanamiento that Barrio La Viña has ever seen!

Scenes from a balcony

I don’t want to act like I never get sad or frustrated ever, but something I’ve learned this transfer really is the importance of perspective and valuing the things that matter most. In Mosiah 24, it reads:

27 And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order.

Nooooooo 😭😭😭

I have never been a very organized person, and my mission hasn’t really changed that.  But what it has done is instill in me the importance of priorities. Knowing what they are for you, and making sure your actions reflect it. I’ve also come to learn that my priority in life is to be happy and to help others feel that, too. My actions are definitely not perfect, but I’m getting better! And, at the end of the day, that’s what really matters.

—Love all of you,

Hermana Newton