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| Sister Hansen bought me this cool head wrap from Haiti (ft. Elder Stewart and the festival) |
The crazy thing about
the festival is we found out about it only a few days before it happened. Our
mission president's wife, Sister Hansen, called us and asked us to take charge.
We figured we'd just be singing a few hymns. But when we called the lady in charge
of the festival she told us we had a 45 minute set to put together in a couple
days. So we ended up putting our appointments and plans on hold and focused on
creating a musical fireside to perform as a zone. Heavenly Father 100% carried
us through all of this. Me and my small/weak self could not possibly pull
together something like this unless I was on the Lord's errand. But because it
was His will and because we have some talented missionaries in the zone we
arranged 12 musical numbers (group numbers, solos, duets, and quartets) with
testimonies and spiritual thoughts in between. The spirit was powerful as these
missionaries sang. I know there were angels lifting us through it all.
We practiced patience
this week and learned to work hard and do our best and then place our worries
into His hands. On Saturday we were two minutes away from where we were
supposed to meet for a "peace march" that was part of the festival.
We left super early so we weren't worried when the bridge went up. But then the
bridge broke. We could do literally nothing about the situation so we prayed
hard and laughed and took some selfies. When we do our best we don't need to
worry about what we didn't accomplish. If things aren't going according to our
best plans, we need to remember that it's not about us. It will go according to His plan.
I love y'all! Have a
bless'd week <3
Love,
Sister Thomas
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| The lovely broken bridge (RIP) |
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| Backing down the bridge |
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| Sis and I laughing at the whole situation |
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| Schedule for the festival |
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