My
dear friends,
It’s
official… Brookylouu is back and Sister Rodriguez is gone for a short time!
WHAT AN ADJUSTMENT THIS HAS BEEN. Can I really watch TV or am I being punk’d?!
Did that person really just call me Brooklyn?! Is that really my name?! You
mean I’m allowed to go to the bathroom without my companion standing outside
the door?! WHAT IS THIS?! A REALITY CHECK. That’s what it is.
I
once heard a quote that says, “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere,
and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself”…but I like to change
it to fit my circumstances a little more…
“Sometimes
you find yourself in the middle of Idaho, and sometimes in the middle of Idaho
you find yourself”. HA! You didn’t see that one coming, did you!?
Everyone
has told me that I am different or that I have changed. But the truth is, I
have found myself. I am far from the person I once was, but I am nowhere near to
the person that I am yet to become.
I’m
not quite sure where I’m going, or why Heavenly Father needed me home at this
very moment, but I do know that wherever it is that I am going…I am on my way…and
not just on my way, but on my way to greatness.
“In
thee, O Lord, do I put my trust.” –Psalm 31:1
Saying
goodbye to my new friends, especially LeAnna whom I got to be very close with and eventually see baptized, and the rest of my Idaho “family”
was HANDS DOWN one of the hardest things I have ever done… along with
all the change that I came home to. But Psalm 30:5 says it all.
“…weeping
may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
You
can’t read that and deny its truth! I hope that any of you who are reading this
will turn to that verse in times of weeping, sorrow, or pain. There is always
hope in the future, always a brand new day laying ahead, always a loving Heavenly
Father who wants nothing more than for us to be happy. Always, always, always. “The earth is FULL of the
goodness of the Lord” (Psalm 33:5) but we just need to recognize it.
Many
of you are wondering about when my surgery is taking place…here’s the latest update:
I
will be meeting with my surgeon on October 9th to schedule the
surgery, which will most likely be taking place in November! I will continue to
update everyone with that when I receive more information!
Thank
you EVERYONE for your support, your love, and concern. It definitely does not
go unnoticed, and I am forever grateful for all of you that have stood by me in
this journey that is not yet over…I repeat, IT IS NOT YET OVER. The best is yet
to come, and I am a firm believer of that.
“For
our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory” 2 Corinthians 4:17
ALL IS WELL, ALL IS
WELL.
