Companion: Hermana Gonzalez
This week was strangely long and probably one of the weeks that has stretched me the most so far on my mission, but I feel like I have come out of it a better person and more able to share the gospel with everyone!
This week, I had my first Zone Conference.
It was super good. I love listening to President and Sister Wilson. They
are both so inspired and I can feel the spirit so strongly when I
listen to them. I feel like every time that we speak, I want to be a
better missionary. During the Conference, we received a talk about
having the faith to reap. It talked about how we need to have more than
the faith to try and the faith to start doing something. We need to have
the faith that the lord will help us to accomplish all of our righteous
goals when it is something that we need in our lives. I really liked
the talk and it has helped me to improve.
One
of the other things that happened at the Zone Conference was that all of
the mission cars received the infamous TiWi units. They are little
devices that are attached to the windshield and monitor anything and
everything that we do when we are driving. We are not allowed to stop too fast or make sharp turns or speed. I am generally a super cautious
driver, so none of those things really affected me that much, but the
thought of the TiWi has made me even more of a granny driver. The day
after we had them installed, I found myself going 35 mph in a 55 mph
zone because I was so afraid of speeding. Nothing has happened so far,
so hopefully I will be able to go back to being my normal terrible
driving self soon.
Things are super busy here, but I know that the work that I am doing is super good. It is really strange because nothing that we do is extremely physically taxing, but every night that we get home, I am absolutely exhausted.
I
don't know if Hermana Gonzalez has a blog, but I don't think that she
does. Hermana Gonzalez says that she doesn't have a facebook, but she is
cool. Funny story. When we introduce ourselves and say where we are
from, she always says Mexico and when people ask what part, she says del
D. F. (said como el de efe). For about a week, I thought that she was
saying that she from de jefe. I thought that it was super weird that
Mexicans called their capital the boss, but I didn't question it until a
little bit ago. Then I realized that she was saying that she was from
the Districto Federal. We have been laughing about that for a couple of
days.
This week, we stopped at a
Starbucks because Hermana Gonzalez had to use the bathroom. It all went
well (we didn't buy any coffee!) and we went to walk out. When we were
on the way to our car, this lady stopped us. She asked us, "Are you
Mormons? Can you give my one of your Mormon books?" We told her that we
could definitely give her one of our books. After we gave her one, she
started talking to us about how she used to be homeless and how she just
recently got a house off of the streets. It was super nice. I just
realized how much the Lord directs his work. We got her information and
gave it to the English missionaries. I don't know how much she will
progress (I'm pretty sure she has schizophrenia. She kept talking to us
about voices that she hears and that she is a prophet.), but I am sure
that the missionaries can help her out, at least a little. I am
convinced that there are no coincidences!
The
Sister Training Leader came over to our area and did exchanges with us
this week. I went out with Hermana Cartwright. It was super fun. She is
super nice and supportive! While we were out, we were talking to this
lady who had already talked to the missionaries before. Her one problem
with the Book of Mormon was that it was not a part of the Bible. She
kept telling us that she couldn't believe in the Book of Mormon because
it was not in the same physical book as the Bible, it was always
separate. We kept trying to tell her that you can buy copies of the
scriptures with the Book of Mormon and the Bible included, but that we
didn't carry them because they are more expensive and heavier, but she
would not listen to us at all. We must have tried to explain at least 15
times, but we finally just invited her to read the Book of Mormon and
to pray about it.
Things are going well here.
We have investigators who are progressing and moving forward. I have
faith that the work will progress because the Lord wants it to. Nothing
can stop the work of the Lord! I love missionary work and I feel like it
has been helping me to become a better person each day.
It is kind of hard to believe that spring is just coming in some places
in the world. Here, it is starting to get REALLY hot. Every day it is
over 80 degrees. People are really nice though, and everyone always
gives us bottled water even if they don't really want to listen to what
we have to say. The trees had just lost their leaves when I came in
February and they grew back about two weeks later. This is a really strange place. This week, I saw someone watering a cactus.
Thank
you all for your support and your prayers. I can feel the difference
that it makes and I love being able to know that I am receiving support
and help from the home front. I pray for you all as well! Have a good
week!
Hermana Blau
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