Another week come and gone!
This week was really busy but super adventurous. On Tuesday and Friday I had the opportunity to go on exchanges to two different parts of the mission and serve with a sister there.
This week was really busy but super adventurous. On Tuesday and Friday I had the opportunity to go on exchanges to two different parts of the mission and serve with a sister there.
On Tuesday I went to an English speaking area..my only words: props to the English speaking missionaries. I learned to much of how much more kind I need to be..even when others are so cruel back to you.
Friday I went to a Spanish area and absolutely loved it!! The people are starting to think I'm an actual native from Mexico..or they just think I'm from China. Lol. We served at a thrift store and I ended up finding a really cute vintage dress for 5$ and the best part of it all was while we were in line to check out I felt really prompted to talk to the guy behind me..HE ENDED UP BEING A MEMBER. He was baptized in Mexico in 1980's and hadn't been to church since! Talk about finding lost sheep! We went outside and it was POURING RAIN. As we were coming up with a plan on how to get to our car without getting drenched we saw a man leaning his back against the thrift store. We ran over to him and decided to talk to him as we waited for the storm to pass. He said he was from Mexico and the first place he lived was in SALT LAKE! He said how much he loved the salt lake temple but had never had time to talk to missionaries in Utah before. We committed him to take the lessons with us and he was so excited to finally know what the church is all about!! Talk about blessings in disguise!!
This week we also got to take a trip down to Manhattan and go to the temple! Absolutely amazing. Every time. Absolute peace.
Friday I went to a Spanish area and absolutely loved it!! The people are starting to think I'm an actual native from Mexico..or they just think I'm from China. Lol. We served at a thrift store and I ended up finding a really cute vintage dress for 5$ and the best part of it all was while we were in line to check out I felt really prompted to talk to the guy behind me..HE ENDED UP BEING A MEMBER. He was baptized in Mexico in 1980's and hadn't been to church since! Talk about finding lost sheep! We went outside and it was POURING RAIN. As we were coming up with a plan on how to get to our car without getting drenched we saw a man leaning his back against the thrift store. We ran over to him and decided to talk to him as we waited for the storm to pass. He said he was from Mexico and the first place he lived was in SALT LAKE! He said how much he loved the salt lake temple but had never had time to talk to missionaries in Utah before. We committed him to take the lessons with us and he was so excited to finally know what the church is all about!! Talk about blessings in disguise!!
This week we also got to take a trip down to Manhattan and go to the temple! Absolutely amazing. Every time. Absolute peace.
Well, I don't want to take to much of your time but just wanted to share a quick little message with you all. I was in a mission leader conference the other week and a sister shared a story I absolutely love!! I'm going to butcher it haha but bare with me. one day the Lord asks his servant to go out into the field and push this giant boulder and that he was to push it everyday all day with all his strength. So the young valiant servant went out and pushed this rock every single day and pushed it with all his might! After a year or so Satan appeared to the servant and asked him why he pushed the rock? I mean, after all the hard work he had put into pushing the rock ..it still hadn't moved. Satan began to stir up the young servant of the lord and finally after the servant was filled with anger and frustration he walked up to the Lord and asked " is this a joke?? WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME GO THROUGH THIS??! This makes absolute NO sense. I can't believe you would do this to me!!" Then the Lord quietly put his arm around his servant and said "I never asked you to move the rock, I simply asked you to push it..and because you have been obedient and worked with all your strength you have become so much stronger than you were before! Look at how much you have grown" BOOM!! Wow! I absolutely love that story. The Lord knows what he's put in front of us. He will never ask you to do something you can't do! He knows us, our weaknesses..our strengths. Literally everything. He has a plan for us all. I love this gospel with all my heart. I've never felt the way I feel now. To love another person is to see the face of God.
MISSIONARY WORK IS THE BEST. ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS.
I love you all! Have a great week! And never forget that you are a child of God.
Xoxo
Oh by the way...I hit 9 months this week( hence the giant 9 in the picture)...*barf*
I never want to stop being a missionary, I never will stop. but honestly, where does time go?
Pictures:
+ jerseyite missionaries at the temple
+ 9 month sky
+ selfie Sunday
+ Zone 4 for the win
And last but not least my cute companion and I💜
I love you all! Have a great week! And never forget that you are a child of God.
Xoxo
Oh by the way...I hit 9 months this week( hence the giant 9 in the picture)...*barf*
I never want to stop being a missionary, I never will stop. but honestly, where does time go?
Pictures:
+ jerseyite missionaries at the temple
+ 9 month sky
+ selfie Sunday
+ Zone 4 for the win
And last but not least my cute companion and I💜
