Wow
it sounds like a busy week for everyone! I feel like everytime i read
one of your emails your having a party hahaha :) And i can not believe
that dad won an ipad! For some reason that makes me so happy hahaha
congrats dad! :) And happy spring break to everyone too! :)
This
week was another good week! Not as busy as other weeks ive had but
still pretty good :) We have a lot of new investigators that have a lot
of potential that I am really looking forward to teaching! This week
we were really working hard with Leyder. He had a baptismal date but it
fell through because he felt like he wasnt ready. His problem is, is
that hes afriad that his mom and sister wont support him and that
bothers him because his family is really important to him and he wants
them all to be on board with his decision. He knows its all true and
reads the book of mormon and prays and has such a strong testimony of
the gospel but its just his family thats holding him back. So yesterday
we had a really great lesson with him. We brought a recent convert
that was about his same age who was in the exact same situation. He
bore his testimony and the spirit was honestly so strong! The lesson
went perfectly and we thought for sure that he was going to say yes to
the baptismal challange but..... no. And honestly I had never felt so
heart broken in my life. Because I know that he knows its true! And
this is the only way that he will be eternally happy! And I know that
if he makes this decision he will be so much happier and his family will
recieve blessing from his decisions too. I just dont understand..... I
am really hoping he comes around. We decided that we are just going to
take things slower and give him some time to think and not pressure him
into it. I will definitly be praying super hard for him this week.
I
really cant believe how much happier I am here. Things are so much
better! I actually feel like Im helping people because now im actually
participating and doing things. Me and Hermana Pleitez really get along
great haha :) Yeah we are both pretty quite but we talk and laugh and
never have contention and its so great :) My spanish is far from
perfect still but it is definitly getting better which is good haha :)
So
today for pday our zone went and played soccer on the beach which was
way fun for me haha :) but after we were just walking on the beach in
La Cruz and on the beaches here there are just a ton of sea shells and
colorful rocks and tons of stuff like that and i was just remembering
Hope in lake powell everyday saying ´´shells! shells! where are my
shells?´´ and Hayden following her around helping her find more hahaha
:) They would go crazy here! It made me smile :)
Mom,
I am really happy I am on a mission too :) there are definitly time
where I miss you too but honestly this is the best decision I have ever
made in my life. It has already changed my life in more ways than i can
explain. My testimony has grown more here than it has in the last 19
years in my life. Before I came here I could say that I believed that
that book of mormon was true. I could say that I believed Heavenly
Father heard my prayers but honestly I didnt really know. But now I can
honestly say that I know that the book of mormon is true, and I KNOW
that Heavenly Father hears and answers every one of our prayers. That
alone has been a huge blessing for me. I know I will always be thankful
for these 18 months of my life. And I know that its going to pass by
fast too. I mean its already almost been 5 months! Crazy....
Thanks
for everything family. I miss and love you more than I can express. I
hope you all have such a good week! :) Read your scriptures, pray, be
happy :) (there, theres the missionary in me hahaha :)) I love you tons!
:)
Love,
Hermana Lauren Jane Mitchell
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