Sacrifice

I know I said I wasn't going to be posting on this blog while in New Zealand, but this post fits this personal blog more than my New Zealand blog. I hope you continue to check my updates on that blog, however, I need to write this here, if not for you, for me.


I have been blessed so much on this trip. So much doesn't even cover it. Abundantly, too, seems inadequate.

I came here to New Zealand for educational purposes. What I didn't realize was this trip is and has already taught me to be better. To be better in so many ways, but most specifically as a disciple of Jesus Christ.

John and Amy have taken me in and have made so many sacrifices for me. Sometimes I feel really bad, but whenver I say anything they brush it off. Like today, I was doing the dishes and washing off the bench, and Amy told me not to worry about it, and I replied, "Well, I need to make some sort of contribution while I'm here." And Amy replied as sincere as ever, "You being here is the contribution Tiffany."

I guess I'm thinking more about it today than normal, because our lesson today in Relief Society was sacrifice. I think of all the sacrifices John and Amy have done for me, and I'm overwhelmed.

So what I'm learning in New Zealand isn't the educational system (though I have learned about it) or the ESL Classroom. Instead I'm learning about the gosple and what people do to serve their fellow man and to serve God. I want to remember John and Amy forever. I want to remember their humble plea for me to stay with them. I want to remember the conversations we have. But mostly, mostly I want to remember the example they are setting for me, so that I may be better, and I can, in return, serve those around me, whereever I may end up. Serve them happily and humbly, because that's what John and Amy are doing for me on a daily basis while I'm staying here.