This week has been such an emotional one. Tonight we spoke at a missionary fireside. It was so fun and the love we feel from and for the Jamaican people is amazing. It is hard to explain the extreme “highs” and “lows” that come with where we are and what we are doing. We (sister Flake and myself) had two people approach us asking for information about our church. After talking with them, they both want to be taught by the elders. Elder Walker’s death has softened hearts and made people want to know why this young Jamaican was serving for two years….what we are all about…. There are lots of rumors about the church here and this has brought it all to the front. Many think this is a “white man’s” church and they are surprised to see their own people serving as missionaries.
We took Elder Osberg (the elder who got glass in his eye) to the Ophthalmologist twice this week. He has no permanent damage. I communicated with his mother on FaceBook for which she was extremely grateful. I am so inspired by these young elders.
Another quote from the Schaefermeyer’s note:
Recall with us the story of the tapestry,
There was a little boy sitting at his mother's feet as she was sewing a tapestry. After a long while of him gazing up, he had this strange look on his face. His mother asked him, "Darling, What is the matter?"
His reply was, "Mommy, that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen!"
His mother turned her tapestry over, and He was right! It was ugly. There were knots, and strings and threads and they were all crossed in various ways and it WAS ugly!
His mother replied, "Oh sweetie, you are right, but you are looking at it all wrong!
You see, if you look at it from up here, it is beautiful!" With that she turned the tapestry over for him to see. It WAS beautiful. It was perfectly stitched. "The little boy replied with joy, "OH Mommy! It is PERFECT!" I couldn't see what you saw!
That is exactly how this life is for us. We see things from underneath; from our human perspective. The entire time, GOD is weaving the tapestry of our lives from up above, and He sees our lives from HIS perspective. He sees the right side of that tapestry.
God is weaving something beautiful with the fabric of our lives and we are each a unique thread in God’s beautiful tapestry. Some of us are long threads and some of us are shorter ones. Elder Walker had a shorter thread, but it was woven into just the right place. It was the right color, the right length and highlighted all the threads around his.
Just want you to know that we never feel afraid. We feel protected and led every day.
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