This week:
My shoe almost got eaten by mud! It was one of those you see
this on TV their shoes get stuck in the mud and they pull out their foot then
the shoe moments - almost. There's a pretty funny photo, but this computer
isn't accepting my memory card... sorry :/
We had exchanges with the sister training leaders, and the
sister I was with is from Ecuador!! (Manabi, to be exact) AND she served the
first few months of her mission in her home country waiting for her Visa - one
of her areas was Baños. We had a great time talking about Ecuadorian food and
places and words. It made me think of my Ecuador families - can you get them my
email somehow pretty please, or check my email account and find their emails so
I can write to them?
We experienced a miracle yesterday - we passed by an
investigator's house to walk with him to church, but he said for this and that
he wouldn't be able to come with us. We left slightly disappointed to go check
on another investigator. We arrived late to the chapel (that's a whole other story)
and when we walked in Abraham, the first investigator, was sitting in the back
row with a member and his son. It was awesome.
You should all read Preach My Gospel! I wish I had read more
of it before I came out to the field - there are days when I would like to read
it cover to cover because it has so much good advice and cool stuff, but I
don't have time to binge read. There's so much to do and so many people to see
to find the ones who are just waiting for us to ask them if they want to be
baptized so they can say Yes, this is what I´ve been looking for.
It's tough, in ways I wasn't expecting (Anthony, you warned
me but it's different experiencing it, we talked about that on the way to
Provo) but it's also oh so wonderful. I really can't imagine being anywhere
else.
I love what I'm doing, because I love my Savior and I love
seeing other people come to know Him and have their own personal experiences
with faith and testimony. Every single day is full of more moments than I can
possibly write in one email, let alone a whole week.
Share your testimonies - it doesn't have to be long, but the
phrase 'I know' is more powerful than we know. And if you have a half an hour,
45 minutes, accompany the missionaries. You'll learn a lot - I do, every
day.
I love you. To the moon and further and then back, and I am
infinitely grateful for the examples and support you have been for me.
This week:
My shoe almost got eaten by mud! It was one of those you see this on TV their shoes get stuck in the mud and they pull out their foot then the shoe moments - almost. There's a pretty funny photo, but this computer isn't accepting my memory card... sorry :/
We had exchanges with the sister training leaders, and the sister I was with is from Ecuador!! (Manabi, to be exact) AND she served the first few months of her mission in her home country waiting for her Visa - one of her areas was Baños. We had a great time talking about Ecuadorian food and places and words. It made me think of my Ecuador families - can you get them my email somehow pretty please, or check my email account and find their emails so I can write to them?
We experienced a miracle yesterday - we passed by an investigator's house to walk with him to church, but he said for this and that he wouldn't be able to come with us. We left slightly disappointed to go check on another investigator. We arrived late to the chapel (that's a whole other story) and when we walked in Abraham, the first investigator, was sitting in the back row with a member and his son. It was awesome.
You should all read Preach My Gospel! I wish I had read more of it before I came out to the field - there are days when I would like to read it cover to cover because it has so much good advice and cool stuff, but I don't have time to binge read. There's so much to do and so many people to see to find the ones who are just waiting for us to ask them if they want to be baptized so they can say Yes, this is what I´ve been looking for.
It's tough, in ways I wasn't expecting (Anthony, you warned me but it's different experiencing it, we talked about that on the way to Provo) but it's also oh so wonderful. I really can't imagine being anywhere else.
I love what I'm doing, because I love my Savior and I love seeing other people come to know Him and have their own personal experiences with faith and testimony. Every single day is full of more moments than I can possibly write in one email, let alone a whole week.
Share your testimonies - it doesn't have to be long, but the phrase 'I know' is more powerful than we know. And if you have a half an hour, 45 minutes, accompany the missionaries. You'll learn a lot - I do, every day.
I love you. To the moon and further and then back, and I am infinitely grateful for the examples and support you have been for me.