Dear people who care about my adventures in
Alabama,
September 30th- left the Utah bubble to
spend 6 weeks in Mexico learning Spanish
October 30th- Had a blast with my
District :)
November 30th- today. wait. what?
Essentially, we've just been finding
left and right. Hermana Acosta and I found a new neighborhood to tract in
and so we've been riding around a lot in there. Found several Spanish families
there that we want to go back and visit.
I've decided that I'd rather be in an
English area. I love being able to learn Spanish and be in a Rama (branch), but
for those missionaries who are in a Rama, we only keep investigators that speak
Spanish..... So all the elect people we find, like Howard, Caley (which I'll
explain in minute), etc, get handed off to other missionaries. No matter how
much I love them already. {=.(
Ok. I'm going to explain who Caley is
now. Last Monday, after e-mailing, we went to TJMaxx. Acosta and I were wandering around, looking at
sweaters and Christmas stuff, etc. As we went around a corner, I saw a girl
about our age that looked rather familiar, but I couldn't think of anywhere I'd
seen her before. I turned away and started looking at some sweaters. Acosta
came up next to me and said "That girl looks really familiar to me."
There were 4 or 5 other women nearby, and there were many more in the store,
but I responded, "Me too!" and without discussing beforehand who we
meant, we both walked back over to the cute young woman. We introduced
ourselves, started talking, and she agreed to meet with us after the
Thanksgiving holidays. She's going to call us later to tell us her
schedule. There's a theory that we
promised our spiritual siblings in the premortal life that we would meet them
on earth and share the Gospel with them. It seems that Caley is one of mine :)
It's exciting to think of the others that I'll find and teach in the future
that I also agreed and promised to find. We have a paper above our door in our
apartment that we see when we leave that says "Who did I Promise to find
Today?" It gives me great perspective to remember how important it is to
be diligent in this great work.
Confession time. I was having a rough
day on Wednesday, thinking about Sierra being home and the whole family being
together... and I was missing it.... So, Acosta took me out to lunch and then
we went and talked to some people. The quote "Forget yourself and
serve" is soooo true. It was only by going out and listening to others and
helping them that I was able to forget my worries and myself in general. I
always knew that, but in the moment I had forgotten. Grateful for the reminder
from a loving Heavenly Father that knows us and what we need perfectly.
Well. I think that's all the important
events from the week.
The Church is true,
The Book is blue,
and God loves you!
Steadfast and immovable.... scratch
that..... unable to keep still,
~Hermana Martin :)
(sorry, no pictures this week) :(
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