Дорогáя семья́ (Dear family,)
Я чýвствую very inadequate right now. Я чýвствую значит “I feel.” That is why you are getting a 3rd letter in this envelope. Don’t post this letter until after next Sunday. I’m not really supposed to tell anyone this until after that, but I figure since you are not здес (here) than it will be alright to share this with you.
I just got called to be the new coordinating sister. I’m not exactly sure why or even what that all entails, but I really feel like they’ve got the wrong person. My companion, Сестра Wilson has been called as the new music coordinator. That didn’t surprise me at all, but MY calling did. What must they be thinking? No, I don’t know, but I do know that whatever they ARE thinking it will benefit me, and our branch. Now that I think about it more, they probably wouldn’t have called the other 2 сёстры because there is a lot of tension between them, but I know that’s not the only reason why the two of us were called.
Anyway, it feels crazy because I just became Senior Companion and now this. It will be good for I know that “the Lord God will help me” – 2 Npehi 7:7. It feels weird I think also partly because of something else they told me. I found out today that the Branch Presidency gets a letter from our teachers each week talking about us. It always makes me nervous when I found out people are talking about me when I’m not there, even if that something is good. Брат Shipp told me they said I am fantastic at the language, one of the best in our district. That made me feel good, but at the same time, it made me feel like I have even more to live up to. Which is probably good, but, (this is going to sound bad, but it is true) I like it when people have low expectations of me so I can surprise them by doing better than they expected. When people have high expectations of me, I have to do even better to surprise them. That’s a great responsibility for me. Anyway, now that you will all know how awful I am, I should probably not tell you that President Fillmore told me pretty much the same thing, except he said that since I was accelerated in the language, I should work on helping the others, even if that means that I don’t go as fast. That’s fine with me, I like helping people and especially since I love languages that is an easy thing for me to do.
Love,
Сестра Атвуд
P.S. I spoke AND sang in sacrament meeting today, weird, huh? I also met a Sister Atwood. She is from Nashville, Tennessee, but we wondered if we were related somehow.
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