Sick this week, but doing well

I started off the New Year in a memorable way this year. Sick. You know how in cartoons the sick person has a bright red nose like rudolf and is laying in bed surronded by used tissues? I´ve never been that person before, but I totally was this week. Also, never knew I was the type of person who got frustrated with being sick. I am. I was frustrated. But thats a good thing, right? I just wanted to be out working and helping people!

We had a really relaxed New Years this year, just spent some time with a few other missionaries because we weren´t allowed to work after 7 unless we had set citas. So those of us that didnt´have citas went to the chruch and played some basketball and frisbee, etc. It was fun.

In my studies today I was reading about Nefi when he´s about to build the boat. Its interesting, because he mentions that 8 years passed in the wilderness, without any mention of Laman and Lemuel murmuring. So I´m assuming that there wasn´t much going on, and if so, it was pretty low key. 

But as soon as the Lord commands Nefi to build a boat, his brothers gear back up into full on complaining. To the point where Nefi has to really reprimand them. 

What caught my eye this time was that it wasn´t until a big change came that L&L started complaining again. Until a true trial of their faith came along. It just showed me how easily we can glide along on someone else´s faith for a while, but not forever. That a moment always comes where we have to have our own faith. Its made me really grateful for parents that have helped me learn how to gain my own testimony and a Heavenly Father that gave me a mission experience to solidify and grow that testimony. I don´t know who I´d be without it, and I never want to find out.

I hope you all have a great New Years! I love you all so much.

Loves,

Hna Woolley

excerpt from my letter:

I´ve been sick this week so we had two days inside. One afternoon and then we worked a couple days and then i went back downhill yesterday. the elders gave me a blessing after church though and i slept a lot yesterday and all through the night and feel much better today. taking it slow though, i don´t want to be sick the whole last little bit. So yesterday i didn't´t fast, i´m going to next week. 

Trent is right, thats kind of why I decided to stay. I dont regret staying in any way. School and RM life will always be there, but the miracles I´ve seen and growning I´ve had out in this last month could have only happened here as a missionary. I´ll still see miracles afterwards too, but not this kind. :) And im adtually not trunky. i had stressful dreams about airports last night, but thats it. im usuallly pretty good. I like being here and this is what life is for me right now. I´ve really tried to learn to just love the stage of life i´m in and not be wishing to be somewhere else. to control my dreamer side some. because if not, i´ll always be lokoing forward to the next stage and not enjjoying where i am.