Well…My Gut Was Right For Once
HOWDY YA'LL!!! How is everyone?! And just realized that we're already halfway thru September?? Don't know how that's possible, the weeks fly by in the mission
SO MUCH happened this week and SO many tender mercies!
First off, we had transfers this past week and woww a lot happened. We were supposed to find out on Tuesday so that we could move on Wednesday, idk what happened but we ended up finding out Thursday morning lol so basically for a solid two days I was on the edge of my seat wondering what's was gonna happen. I legitimacy felt so strong in my gut that I was leaving, so we woke up Thursday morning and immediately look and the phone but can't see anything bc of our puffy, sleepy eyes and we couldn't find where I was on the transfer board lol. Eventually hermana mendez from across the room goes "hermana Jones your going to Chillogallo" WOAHHHH ok not what I expected but here we are! Packed up all my stuff, said goodbye to my trio and made it here to Atahualpa, Chillogallo!!!!
-the family we were teaching in Él Inca, in my last lesson with them, we set a baptism date for the daughter and now I can't even see her be baptized. my heart broke a lot saying goodbye to that sweet family they'll always have a piece of my heart! (There's a pic in my photos)
-my first day here, we had two lessons with people that have dates set for baptism WHAT?! I have my first baptism this week and I could not be more excited let me tell ya.
-the hardest lessons for me to teach are the plan of salvation and the 10 commandments because the spanish vocab for these is a bit more difficult, and guess what i had to teach 4 times my first 2 days here...yup thats right plan of salvation and 10 commandments.
-we had a 2 hours lesson with a couple that literally asked every question possible (we ended up covering 10 different topics) and my brain hurt after the lesson trying to understand it all BUT, THEY CAME TO CHURCH WOOOO!!!
-the ward mission leader here is a neurosurgeon haha and he's actually so dope, he helps us in calls and lessons and he's so funny but sometimes he'll make a joke and he talks so fast so i'm just standing there like..
-my comp is Hermana Espinoza! She's from here in Ecuador(don't remember which part) but I'm already learning so much Spanish which is awesome! I also just learn a ton in the lessons bc every companion teaches different and I've learned different ways of teaching the lessons so now I have a VaRietY which is so fun
-got asked 5 minutes before sacrament started to introduce myself and share a thought- that was fun last minute lol but now actually it went super well I loved it!
-theres been a bunch of forest fires here in Ecuador and every time there's another one there's a tonnn of smoke and ash in the air and yesterday a member was so worried for our health that she gave us masks! brought me back to the covid days and I was not lovin it
OK I've been listening to a General Conference talk every day to prep for October I literally can't wait!!! But I've found so many good talks! I read one yesterday by Henry B. Eyring called "Finding Personal Peace". I loved how he talked abt the chapter in John(one of my favorites) and listed the 5 truths of the teachings from the Savior
1. The gift of peace is given after we have the faith to keep His commandments
2. The Holy Ghost will come and abide with us
3. The Savior promises that as we keep our covenants, we can feel the love of the Father and the Son for each other and for us
4. Keeping the Lord’s commandments requires more than obedience
5. It is clear that the Lord loved us enough to pay the price of our sins so that we can—through our faith in Him and our repentance, through the effects of His Atonement—have the gift of the peace that “passeth all understanding,” in this life and with Him eternally
I loved all of these points so much!!! I've been thinking a lot about why the Lord wanted me to change places in my mission and take me out of training with my original trainer and not the other hermana that already knows spanish, and that first day I found out was super hard because I was confused. I was confused why the Lord wants me to change and be uncomfortable again when I still am not completely comfortable with the language here and I have to be with a new companion and so on. But I thought for a while the night before I left Él Inca and really wondered why he's doing this. It humbled me a lot because obviously I don't know his plans for me, I don't know what people I need to teach, or what members I need to help, all I need to do is walk with the Savior each day and trust his guidance. My mission president was directly guided by the spirit and I know that without a doubt. I had to trust in the Lord a lot this week and "find my personal peace" through teaching others how to find their personal peace and helping then come closer to our Redeemer. I'm so grateful for Him and this opportunity I have to preach every day!
I challenge you all to read/listen to a talk every day and I promise you'll find your personal peace this week!!!
Love you all!
Hermana Jones
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