Latest Spiritual Break Through

Here is the latest spiritual though (breakthrough) I've had.

I use to be so touched that the Savior knew how much we would
disappoint him and hurt him but that he was willing to love us anyway.
That really is amazing, but what is even more amazing is that he did
it SO THAT we could fail. SO THAT We could make mistakes. SO THAT we
could hurt others. SO THAT we could LEARN. Obviously, he doesn't
condone sin but he knew it was essential for us to receive all that
the father has. In PMG Ch6 it defines patience: "the capacity to
endure delay,
trouble, opposition, or suffering without becoming angry, frustrated,
or anxious. It is
the ability to do God’s will and accept His timing." Patience is so
connected to charity and long-suffering. The Savior is there when we
are broken and don't even know it; when we are breaking things around

us and don't know it. He is there with love for when we are ready to
recognize our faults and change. He waits with love. I used to think
patience entailed demonstrating how much you have to repress to be
"patient" with someone else. Patience is really doing it all
cheerfully. I'm hoping I can apply that in my life more. I invite you
to do that also.

 New Years in Carls Bad

Happy New Year!

Well, my companions and I woke up New Years Eve day and decided to leave our mission and see what Carlsbad was like! We only went 10 minutes into the mission boundaries...that can't hurt right?

Well, okay, you all know me better than that. : ) It did happen but not quite like that.

We had dinner with a member Friday night and it was a really strongly flavored Salad that made me really nauseated. I felt pretty sick and when we left I told my companions I wasn't feeling well but that I would be fine. They insisted we head back to the apartment for a few minutes until I felt better. Well, it was a darn good thing that we went in because 30 minutes later I was laying in my bed crying because my stomach hurt so bad! I then moved to the bathroom floor, which miraculously become the best place to lay to feel better when you're as sick as I was. Needless to say we stayed in for the rest of the night. We woke up Saturday morning and Sister Turner said she threw up a couple times in the night. Sister Ah Chookoon was coughing all night long. We texted Sister Clayton and she had Dr. Bennett (our mission doctor) call us. He asked us to come see him to make sure none of us had pneumonia. We got his address and it was in Del Mar....not in our mission. We tried calling Pres and Sister Clayton but no one answered, so we called our Assistants and they agreed we couldn't leave the mission w/o specific permission. Well, anyway, after a stressful game of phone tag, we got permission to leave.

Fortunately, I was feeling a ton better because I'm the designated driver (I'm the only American.) We got there and the diagnosis was that Sister Ah Chookoon has Bronchitis and Sister Turner has a stomach virus...she got greener and greener the longer we were in Del Mar. The Dr. basically sent us home to rest...so we did. Talk about an interesting New Years. We went to church the next day but came home and sister Ah Chookoon had the stomach virus....then Monday we tried again and came home halfway through the day because Sister Turner was nauseated again. Wow, what a whirlwind. Luckily, our investigators are mostly out of town until later this week and we only had to cancel 2 appointments but it has been so hard for us to stay in. Our spirits were ready but our flesh was week....and I'm sure heavenly father let me be the first one to be sick so that I could empathize.