Afterwards we went to a member's home there who fed us. We are like
ravenous travelers who don't have a home. Yet, I never have to worry
about where my next meal is coming from - something always pops up!
At the woman's home we shared Because of Him and our recently made
Christ's Church video. If you haven't seen either one - ya need to go
look at it..now.
Because
of Him is one of the standard videos in the tour that we show so lets
just say I see it.....ehhh approximately 4-8 times a week. Each time
it's good, but it starts to become a habit of sound in the background.
This time since it was in the woman's home she held the iPad and so I
couldn't see the imagery, just heard the music. The blessing of seeing
it 15,00 times is that you don't need to see it to know what it looks
like, I can imagine every single clip in my head at each point of the
song. It transforms a bit differently in your mind when you imagine it
yourself, in a very real way. We've been so busy and honestly I've been
trying to push off thinking too closely about how the PVC has impacted
my life because I just....i just don't have feelings. This time when
watching Because of Him, I felt a washed over feeling that tingled to my
toes. I thought about all of the times I've watched this video and the
process of creating Christ's Church....the process of being apart of an
amazing discovery. There's no real word to describe the experience with
the Visitors' Center either. People always say 'oh wow what a great
learning experience' ,'oh wow i'm sure that'll look good on a resume',
'oh wow, how unique', 'oh wow, what a special experience'.
No. No, I don't think that accurately covers it. I think it
actually does it an injustice. Unique it is. Learning, without a doubt.
Special, yeah you can say that. But above all, it has been a SACRED
experience. A HOLY experience. If you let your mind wander to a fraction
of the experiences that have occurred, you would refer to it as Sacred.
As we traveled home from Central Falls following the woman's house,
shoot man, a couple tears came down my face! And I ain't a crier! I find
out where I go this Friday. It will be very hard to leave the PVC - I
feel ready - and I'm SO SO excited to sprint in proselyting again. I
watch the shortest clips about missionaries or working in ward councils
and I am soo missionary trunky. My poor next companion is going to have
to train a greenie again with more fire than all the newbies coming out
combined.
This morning we were able to go to the temple. What a holy place. I
learned new things, as always. And very exciting, I was able to do
sealings for the first time. Families can be together after death - and
what makes it possible is doing what's called 'sealings'. You go into a
room and act in behalf of a family who has passed on. They say a
specific and sacred prayer using the priesthood authority of God, this
is the sealing power that allows families to be together after this
life. Hermana and I were able to act in behalf of daughters.
To top it off we had a STELLAR primary activity with the PVC - a
visit from angel Moroni, sugar cookies, coloring, oh yeah you name it!
A holy week. Ponder, pray, watch those videos.
Its all real guys, It's all real.
Love,
Sister Bell
Sister Bell
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