Spanish Is Hard, But God Loves Me

 Hello everyone! Hope yall are doing well! I'm alive. My comp and I are learning Spanish together, so it's a little stressful, but we have seen so many miracles already!! Heavenly Father is saying the things that we can't, through the spirit. 

Funny: We had to teach English connect to 4 guys outside the church in a circle and we were all laughing the whole time because we didn't know Spanish and they didn't know English. But, they clapped for us at the end, and 2 of them came to church!! That's probably also the miracle of the week! 

Keep doing things that bring the spirit into your lives! It is worth it! 

The Cat Really Does Always Come Back 🎶

 Hola todos! Esta semana fue muy buena! 

I finally got my Hermana tags!!

I am skipping straight to the embarrassing moments this week:

We were on the bus and I dropped some bread and it slid up like 4 aisles... that was awkward! 

Someone told me that I had cold hands when I shook their hand (in Spanish) and I thought they were complimenting me so I said thank you. 😂 My companion was laughing so hard! 

My companion and I have been wanting to make this funny music video, so we were practicing in the gym and we heard laughing and we looked over and the Elders were at the door!!!! We didn't hear them come in hahaha!!! 

We went to top golf and let's just say I missed the ball... more than a couple times. Hehe.

We helped the Elders set up for a baptism and we put a cute vase of flowers on the table in front of the door! It was adorable... until the man getting baptized bumped into the table and the glass broke all over! 

Valentine's day was so good!! We started out having breakfast with this member and she told us afterwards that the meat and soup that we ate were the food sac of a turkey's stomach. Sounds appetizing doesn't it? 🤢 It was pretty good though. Then we had district council and interviews with President.  It was so good. President Pingree is THE BEST!! He knew just what to say to help me. He even gave me a blessing for my Spanish. It actually improved a lot this week!! 

MAMÍ THE CAT (MY FAVORITE CAT) IS BACKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!! She's so cute and she's been missing for over 2 months!  I'm very happy!

You know who else has been missing for a while? That brings us to our miracle...

I was praying the other morning and it just hit me. "Visit Pilar" just came clear as day into my mind. I told my companion and we started trying to figure out when, then the thought came again, "visit Pilar now." So we left the house, and guess who was there??? PILAR!!!! She said that she had also been praying that morning and she asked for God to present himself so that she could know what she should do next in her life... then we knocked. It was a really cool experience for us all and the lesson I learned from it was to listen to spiritual promptings no matter how weird they seem!! If y'all are looking for an answer to something, get down on your knees and pray! It works :) 

Oh, by the way, we got transfer news. I am staying and getting a new companion that has been out for a couple transfers less than me, but hopefully her Spanish is a lot better than mine! She is not native. She seems awesome though!! Pray for us haha! 🙏  Have the most beautiful week!! 

Latins Party HARDDDDD/Coolest Miracle 🙏

 Hello everyone!! This week was actually pretty cool! We had a ward party for Valentine's Day and let me tell you, they party HARD!!! We had to leave at 9 when the dance started, but they went until 12 am and we got lots of videos from the members!! 

Funny things: We got a call during English connect from one of our friends and he said he brought a friend and they were waiting outside. We went to get them and there were 6 GUYS out there!!! It was so funny. 😂 We felt like we were part of the squad walking them into class! 

We painted a sign for English connect and it turned out pretty good! We're going to ignore the fact that I wrote out FREE in English... don't worry. We spray painted over it and changed it to gratis 😂 

For P-day today, we went to Dolphin Mall!!! It was HUGE!! So cool!! We walked into Bass Pro Shop and I said, "woah! This is like Cabelas!" Haha... turns out they are linked... There was country music playing and I about died of happiness!! 

Also, I got a Bass Pro hat, so now I'm part of the club... 😏

🚨Miracle🚨: This was kind of a big one for me. Everyone on this email list gets the inside scoop, so y'all know that I have definitely been struggling a bit. Missions are HARD and learning a language is hard!!! These past couple of weeks it felt really heavy and I was very anxious. I decided that I have been fighting this for too long by myself, so I decided to get down on my knees and ask for help instead of being stubborn. As I was praying, it just hit me that I needed to get a blessing and then there was this peace that I can't even describe and it literally brought tears to my eyes because I felt like I hadn't felt that way in so long. I decided to follow the prompting and it was the best decision I have ever made. The blessing was EXACTLY what I needed to hear. I know that it was Heavenly Father speaking directly to me. I felt that same peace from the night before and I just knew that everything would be okay. Ever since that blessing, my mind has been calm and I have seen so many blessings. The priesthood is real! I have a firm testimony of that, and I invite all of you that are struggling to get down on your knees. I promise that Heavenly Father will hear you and answer you. Some of the things said in that blessing I had been waiting for years to hear! He will answer you when you need it most. 

Sorry that was so long, but I felt like I should share it. I hope you all have an amazing week!! Love you!! ❤️  Happy Valentine's Day!! You matter and you are loved!! 

Email February 6, 2023

 Hello everyone! This week was full of ups and downs.

We had zone conference which was amazing until the roleplays... They were supposed to be in Spanish, but after a little mental breakdown and some cheerleading from my group, I ended up doing mine in English. 

I went on exchanges and that was fun!! We got fed lots of pizza and got the Elders Frosty's because they helped us out! A lady came in bawling and she just couldn't stop, so they gave her a blessing. It was so powerful! 

We did a service project where we helped bag food for homeless people and it was super fun!! 👌 

We played uno and made cookies with some less active members, so that was awesome! It was a miracle that other members were at the church and they fellowshipped them!

I tried to learn how to play the game 'Magic' today. It didn't end well. 😂 Elder games are hard!!! 

I learned a lot about staying in the fight even when it's hard this week. So I challenge all of you to not give up!! There is something better waiting at the end! 

Here's a baby lizard I saw at the church.