"Let not your heart be troubled"

I don't have much to write about this week because it has been rough.  Sister B and I were on a high for a couple of weeks because things were going so great.  And then this past week everything seemed to fall apart.  Poor Sister B is really struggling because weeks like this are especially hard on new missionaries.... especially new missionaries who are also learning a new language.

One principle that us missionaries are taught often is keeping faith even when things are difficult.  This past week it seemed that no matter how hard we prayed for success, we were tested hour after hour, day after day.  There were times when we thought, "Nothing we do is working right now.  Why even try?"  But we should always remember to put all our faith and trust in our Heavenly Father.  And remember that even when we pray for something and expect that things will go as planned, he knows what we need most for our personal growth.  In Isaiah 55:8-9, it says:

8  "For my thoughts are not your thoughts; neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord."

9  "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."

We are just going to trust in the Lord and keep trying!

Sister Park