El Transfero

Aleena is being transferred and her companion will be going home, here is an excerpt of what she wrote to me about it, I loved what she had to say:  "My companion is going to go home. tomorrow:(  I'm sad. but I don't want you or anyone else to think anything less of her. She has sacrificed 6 months and she deserves to be loved and praised for what she gave and not rejected for what she didn't. I love her.

Dearest Familia and Other Admirers ha ha ;)

Is there anything better then Thanksgiving weekend in all its turkey, shopping, black Friday, family time, and pumpkin pie glory?!?!???!!! The answer to that is yes, but only for one reason, BECAUSE IT MEANS CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!! (Which you know, means I soon get to call my favorite family in the whole world!)  I’m so glad that every one of you had such a fun and filling weekend. I missed you. I did not cry, but I DID miss you. But don’t worry on Thursday night as my companion and I prayed over our little ham and cheese sandwich I thanked my Dear Heavenly Father for each of you! And lets not forget, I’m so thankful to be a missionary!!!:) Yay.

Well things are about to get real crazy here. Yesterday they let us know that my companion and I will be having changes. They’re going to put elders into our ward for the first time in years. So that’s sad.... I had hoped to be here for Christmas, but there are worse things and the Lord knows what he has planned for us. I will miss Hermana Turner, my house, my friends, my ward and everything that we’ve done here, but on to bigger and better!

Just a few thoughts from this week... on Thursday/Friday I was thinking about how wonderful my family is and how, although I loooooove being a missionary, I really missed them. I got me thinking about how/why I was on a mission. The clearest conclusion I could come to was that it was for  
             S
             a
             c
             r
              i
        S    f
        e    i
         r    c
L. O. V.  E.
i   b    i
s  e    c
t   d    e
e   i
n  e
    c
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Whew. Man I hope you guys can see that because it took me literally 7 minutes or more to make that. Basically I made up my own definition of Love. Listen, Obey, Serve and Sacrifice. My whole life I put myself on the top of the list, followed by family friends etc. etc. and Heavenly Father was usually somewhere at the end of my list. I rarely listened obeyed served or sacrificed for HIM. Being a missionary has given me the opportunity to do all those things for him and for others. It’s the best.

Other thought, in sacrament one of the talks was on Which Brother am I?..  He talked about the 4 sons of Lehi. He pointed out how sometimes were exactly like Laman and Lemuel, they had spiritual experiences, they had testimonies, they’d seen miracles and received blessings and yet, they still murmured. Why?? Are we to tired lazy bored busy etc.? Why can’t we all just be Nephi?? Or at least Sam, Jacob or joseph?? I just really liked the comparison, it helped me see how its not just about Having a testimony that’s important, but that we act conforming to what our testimony tells us to do, whether we want to or not.

Just want to say I love you all and am super grateful to have you all in my life:) you’re the best a girl could ask for. Thanks for everything guys! Lots of love and prayers from Costa Rica..


All my love,
Hermana Kugath