It was a pretty busy week.
So here's the news: After three weeks of learning about why Superman is actually pretty cool and laughing A LOT, and speaking much too much English, Hermana Van is going to San Cristobal. My new companion´s name is Hermana Coronado.
This week we worked on a project that the assistants gave us - making costumes for a Nativity that will be part of the mission Christmas activity. It was thoroughly enjoyable. We went fabric shopping with Sister George, then spent the better part of a day sewing in the mission home. I like sewing, because you see the process of making something, acheiving something. I never liked at home having to press and measure (mostly the pressing) because I felt like it was slow and boring, but I know now that those small steps are essential to a clean finished product.
For example, Hermana Cook (the tall blonde super adorable one on the end in the second picture) is MASTER violinist. She can listen to a song she has never heard before and begin playing it. That's the end result of 11 years of study, and practice, and she's still going to get better and better because she will continue to practice. Not once a week or just whenever, but consistently and diligently.
The Lord gives us so many opportunities to make ourselves better - every day we make decisions and can become a different, better person. He doesn't expect us to do it by ourselves, or even quickly, but He will help us get where He needs us to be, and become WHO He needs us to be.
Have a lovely week, and remember who you are. He created EVERYTHING, and asks us to call Him Father, of all the titles he could have chosen.
Love,
Hermana Juliana