| One of the only times Sister Carroll and I will ever sort of match! |
So gym has been fun, when I am not playing basketball with Sister Carroll,
I am boxing on a stack of hanging yoga mats. Sister Sant is a black belt, and
she taught me the Roundhouse kick the other day. That was pretty cool.
I am one of the official MTC special musical number accompanists, but so
far, I have only accompanied Sister Sant. But that's OK, because she is
FABULOUS! :)
We figured out that by the end of the six weeks, we will have spent an
ENTIRE WEEK's worth of hours in our classroom. That's a lot of hours, but it has
been really awesome.
Service was exciting on Monday. Sister Carroll and I got to vacuum all of
the edges on four different floors, which was exciting enough. But, we named the
hand-held vacuums. I was working with Harold, but then he started squealing and
smelling like fried electronics, so I returned him, to avoid death. :) Then I
got Rhonda, and she was pretty great, though she was a little bit of a slowpoke.
Sister Carroll was working with Toto, who only really worked if you kicked him
over. Imagine two sister missionaries at 6:30 in the morning, running and racing
up and down hallways with handheld vacuums and laughing hysterically and you
will about get the picture. :)
I have been learning more about this "time" idea, which has been really
beautiful. I realized that sometimes when we ask God for things, it is like we
are an animal stuck in a live-animal-trap. The animal could escape and find
something a lot more delicious to eat, but they are so focused on the morsel of
food that they won't let go, and basically capture themselves. Sometimes what we
want requires us to let go of what we think should happen. God asks us to have
faith before we see our miracles, because He cannot give blessings to people who
are not ready to receive them. If we ask for progress, but refuse to let go of
something in the past, it is like holding on to bait inside of a trap. We have
to sacrifice that bit of bait to receive what we are truly desiring. God, in His
mercy, does not give us what we don't have room for. But as soon as we show a
willingness to let go of what is holding us back, He fills us with strength to
let go, and blesses and nourishes us, both temporally and spiritually.
Anyway, God is so good.
May God bless and keep you all!
Sister Roderer
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