Every morning at 7:59 we have a "mighty prayer" where we kneel and say
a personal prayer for the day normally for those we'll be teaching.
But the other day, I pretty much straight broke down before I even got
on my knees in my closet. And I kept saying, "I can't. I can't. I
can't." And a voice inside my head said, "yes you can. And now I'm
going to show you how." And He did, He showed me how.
There are many kinds of endurance, but this week I learned about two main kinds.
1. Regular endurance.
2. True endurance.
Regular endurance is WAITING.
True endurance is LEARNING.
Regular endurance is a passage of time.
True endurance is a passage of soul.
Regular endurance yields nothing but wasted time.
True endurance yields change within oneself.
No matter our attitude, we're still going to experience the same
experiences. But the outcome completely depends on us. We can choose
to gain something from it or we can choose to suffer it for nothing.
We've started teaching a hoarder, a gang member, and 2 strong southern
baptists. Sometimes we don't realize how hilarious of a situation were
in until we're sitting in it. Like in a hoarder house, or with someone
who could potentially kill us, or with two boys who pretty much just
want to tell us we're wrong. It's times like those that I remember
that I'm definitely a missionary.
But this week was really good. We taught some way cool lessons, did a
lot of service, and we worked out some problems between us. Heavenly
Father never puts us in something He doesn't prepare a way for us to
overcome. Sometimes it happens soon, sometimes it happens after the
longest 6 weeks of your life, but if you trust in Him and endure, it
happens.
We biked ALL day on Wednesday and let me tell you, Florida is hot. I
was legitly dripping in sweat, and I wore the wrong shirt because you
could totally see it all down my back. So embarrassing. Definitely
almost got hit by a car AGAIN (is 'hit me' written on me or
something?), rode over multiple lizards (I'll never get used to that
crunch), and sister day hit a pole. But all in all, it was a good
experience. I'm now 100% positive that I will never live in Florida
again, so that's good to know hah.
College starts this week, so we're going to go and hopefully find us
someone new (and not sketchy) to teach. I'm pretty stoked. Plus, I
just got my slack line and we're about to go do some creative
finding!!
Anyways, I love y'all and hope y'all have a great week!
Sister Trebotich
IM PRETTY MUCH GETTING A FERRET.
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