This week... I have to not only buy pants... but start wearing them...
Presidente made it final... we need to start using pants to protect from the mosquitos that are giving everyone dengue....
Tomorrow Im going to have 11 months in the mission and this is how things change?! This is going to be SOOOO WEIRD!! Dont worry, Ill take lots of selfies... oh gosh...
This week was awesome!! So I just love my ward here, one of our investigadores made me a cake for my birthday, and then the YSA of the ward threw me a party.. and wow... 20 years old.. ew. hahaha I feel old...
Today I got a new companion
Hermana Herrera from Chile... she has 5 months in the mission.. and well shes practically a baby in the world of missionaries... and she asked me how many months I have... 11... wow.. yeah Im old now.. in years and months! ahhhh
But awesome... this week has been crazy.. So last night we were testifying in the streets to one kid that is 19 years old that hes a son of God and no matter what God loves him.. yeah... its sad to see the decisiones of people so young. And when we went to visit Vetiana, she was in the church of the Evangelistas... :( This week I could really understand what Joseph Smith experienced... Never before have I understand that part when he sad there were so many different churches and the pressure to join one was so high. because... yeah theres alot of churches but a lot of people dont even believe in God in the US.But here... wow... Joining a religion is so important here.. walking down the street, theres the priest of the Catholic Church waving smoke and singing with a giant crowd of people carrying a statue of Jesus Christ walking down the street, the churches are open and you can hear a million different religions singing and for once I understand.. how the pressure can be so intense to feel the need to be part of a religion. Everyone here is of one church or another.... and Im just so grateful for the restored truths. God brings light, understanding, and peace.. and if you dont understand whats being said, why youre there... then you need to really ask God what he wants for you. God will never lie. If you ask in faith, and you are willing to act, he will always show you the way. I love that when I enter our church, I feel at peace. I feel like God is smiling at me, and hes been leading the way there all along. Its a feeling different..... its the love God has for us, his children.
I love that we can bring that hope, that peace to people. I know that God loves us, he wants us to return to him, and he will show us the way. We've just got to be good at listening, and then following.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE BIRTHDAY WISHES!!! It was different to celebrate here, and a little ratchet, but I loved it!!
LOVE YOU ALL!!
Hermana B
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