Herrroo!
Ugh so this week was a mixture of extreme stress and also
some good things.
A few things that brought on the dose of stress included
President Mullen coming out to work with us this week and see how we are
applying new concepts from General Conference that we are using in our mission.
YIKES! We taught Oscar and a family in our ward and from what I am aware of, we
did a good job and PASSED the test. Phewww....
Another stressful event! So long stroy short, our dinner
schedule got mixed up and during the middle of splits we got a call from an
exceedingly sorrowful member who made us this huge dinner and had been waiting
for us to come. WE HAD NO IDEA! Her name wasnt even on our calendar! After much
driving, calling, and rescheduling, we drove across our whole area, which is
about 15 miles, to her house in the boonies. On the way we made plans to grovel
and beg for forgiveness. SO part of that action was sacrificing our stomachs
and eating all she placed in front of us. As delicious as it was, I would have
been happy with just the little bowl of arroz con leche that she served us for dessert.
I thought I was going to POP! We ended up not making it to MCM and so that in
itself was also an issue. Lesson to be learned... Never mess up your dinner
calendar or you will hurt all night. Ouch.
Okay my heart literally broke when on exchanges we went by
to see Gloria. (our cancer investigator) We have been trying for weeks to
get in with her but she has been gone or very sick. She was home so we knocked
on the door and called her name to let her know we were there. The door was
literally open and we could see her kids hiding from us! After some awkward
silence, one of the kids said that her mom wasn't feeling well. I knew in that
moment that things werent going to work out at the present time and we couldn't
keep coming by. I was so sad... I literally held that little woman in my arms
while she cried last week! I hope it is nothing that we did wrong but I feel
like it is our fault. Seriously, I would have errupted in tears if I didnt have
the sweet strippling warrior with me on exchanges. Sometimes the work is really
hard. It isnt the labor, its the heart break..
Well I hope you all have a great week!
Stay Safe&God Speed.
Love, Hermana Tobler
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