I dont have a ton to say this week, sadly..
Andres was confirmed yesterday! It was such a cool blessing and such a rewarding experience. Also yesterday, Jose Luis, blessed the sacrament for the first time. To see how far he has come is amazing. From meeting him and watching his testimony grow and being with him every step of the way. To watch someone grow in the gospel is an amazing experience.
On Friday we did divisions and I went to La Boca with Hermana Sanchez. It was awesome to take a break from Palermo, as much as I love it. And I slept the best that I have since I left home. It was so fun and I got back to Palermo super motivated and that day was awesome. And then the two days following that weew less than awesome. Our members bailed on us. We called literally every member in the ward to do visits with us but none said yes. We didn't reach our goals and felt awful. I think it's interesting, when you finally start to feel motivated and start to see success, that's when Satan starts working even harder. I'm a little tired of everything falling through to be honest. But oh well, hay que seguir adelante.
On Thursday we had a zone meeting. I think it was supposed to be about how to work with and achieve the vision of our mission, but they ended up calling us all to repentance. Our leaders were all like "if you get home at night and haven't reached your daily goals, you should feel really bad, and you need to repent" basically. (okay not basically, that's actually like word for word what they said) And at first I think everyone was kinda shocked. Because at least for my whole time in the mission, numbers have been important, but not everything. Numbers are a way to motivate us, but they don't define us as a missionary. But ellos bajaron la caña and made us all feel like sinners. Hahahahah jokes. Kinda. But once we got over the shock of how forward they were with us, and humbled ourselves a bit, and actually started to listen to what they were saying, it was actually way awesome, and I think can apply to everyone, not only missionaries. The need for repentance is incredible. Nobody is perfect. But the greatest thing is that God knows that! He know´s we´re not, and never will be perfect, at least here on the earth. And for that, He gave us His Son. Christ suffered for us so that we can repent! So that we can try a little harder each day. So that we can be a little better. Each night we´re given the opportunity to repent and try again the next day, and every Sunday as we take the sacrament, it's like a mini-baptism, and we get to start over. I've never come to really appreciate the sacrament until my mission. Or really understood it. But this week I´ve been studying repentence, and will continue to study it this week. And I challenge you all to find your favorite scripture on repentance and share it with me :)
The cool thing though is what when we promise to try our best, God promises to bless us. And He will fulfil those promises. My zone leader said this week "God has to fulfill His promises. Because if He didnt, He wouldnt be God." I just really liked that.
Love you all, hope you have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Prestwich
1. My compppp
2. I ate cow stomach this week.
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