From Last Week. Yup. She's doing great!!!

That's weird that you guys are going to be going back to school! time passes by so fast! Can you believe that today I have been on the mission for 11 months?! I don't feel like I have been away for so long. I absolutely love it here! I know without a doubt that I needed to be here. I am so grateful that the Lord knows me better than I know myself. When I think about it, I really didn't know anything about a mission before I left. I just knew that the Lord told me to go and that I had enough trust in Him to do so. And how grateful I am for that!!! I have learned so much this week, but something that you and Mom are going to be happy about, I wanted to share. You guys know I am stubborn. Heavenly Father has so much patience with me, because sometimes it takes a long time for me to get things. So I know you guys are probably going to be thinking when you read this, 'yeah Chalea! that's what we have been trying to tell you all this time!' but please just be happy that I finally got it.:) You guys know that I am someone who wants to be able to see the end from the beginning. Well that idea has gone to the trash.:) I have been trying to figure things out, but it isn't what I need to know right now. President Packer shared something that one of the prophets shared with him one time. Sometimes we have to walk to the edge of the light and take a few steps into the darkness and there we will find that the way is illuminated a few steps ahead of us. I just wasn't applying my faith. I KNOW that Heavenly Father will lead me to what is best for me. I keep praying for that and that even though I don't know the end yet, I know He does, and I keep praying that He will guide me to that end and that He will help me to keep on the path now so that I can be guided to where I need to be in the future. I am a lot more at peace and happier. Do I still get curious? yeah! but I am so much less stressed and I know without a doubt that if I am obedient and try my best, He will lead me to where I need to be. I thought you guys would be happy to hear that.:) Another thing I have been thinking about this week is about success. Our district is having a lot of success baptism wise, but not us...yet.:) and I wanted to know if the Lord was happy with us or what we were doing wrong. I had prayed about it and there were prayers in my heart. yesterday the Lord blessed me to see other ways that we are helping people and the progress that we are able to help bring about. We had 3 menos activos at church that we have been trying to work with, some of which we have been passing by to visit but haven't actually visited in like 3 weeks. Also we had 2 investigators at church. Our church attendance is usually in the 80s or 90s, but yesterday it was over 100!!! We also were blessed to find an investigator that has 15 brothers and sisters, one of which we talked with yesterday too, not counting her kids and her parents. The Lord blesses us according to His perfect knowledge and time. :) we just have to keep enduring in faith, being happy, being obedient, and  trying our best. I hope you like the report for the week. I love you Daddy!!!! anything I can do for you guys, you just let me know. Thank you for your love and your support!!! I love you so much and am so very thankful to have you in my life as my dad.

love,

Hermana Waite