There is NOTHING that I can't do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hola Amigos y Familia!!!
So this week I have been thinking a lot about an experience that I had a little bit before my mission when I was getting down on myself and one day with all the confidence in the world I said "There is nothing that I can't do!" After I said that mom said "Oh my gosh! I hope you always remember that!" I have done just that this week! I have remembered that this statement is SO true I really can do anything!
I have been freaking out a little lately because on April 1 we will be getting 14 sisters and 9 of them speak Spanish and there will only be 10 Spanish sisters so if you do the math that means that everyone will be training which is so crazy but I know that I can do it and that it will be an amazing learning experience! I am also excited that I will most likely train in Novato which will be great because MIRACLES ARE HAPPENING!
I have decided that I really like lists (well I decided that a long time ago but I love them for letters because it is way easy!)
Miracles for this week that helped me realize that there is NOTHING that I can't do!
1. Our investigator Faine Choc, who has been an investigator for over a year is getting baptized on April 14th. I am so happy for her! The spirit was so strong and just flooded the room when we asked her if she would prepare to be baptized on April 14th. It was amazing how strongly I felt Heavenly Father's love for her and His approval of her decision. I felt strongly that I needed to tell her that Heavenly Father approved of her decision and that the 14th is the day that He wants her to be baptized! It was over all really incredible!
2. I LOVE the people here so much and I enjoy talking to them and getting to know them! We had dinner with "my grandparents" here, the Barrahona's they are the sweetest things ever and I just feel so at home when I am with them. We also had a Activity for the Relief Society's Birthday and it was just so fun to be with the amazing sisters of the branch. It really felt like my amazing Kensington ward and that was really saying a lot! The miracle here is that I am starting to talk to people and not be super shy! Yayyyy!
3. We picked up a new investigator on Monday night and the story behind it all is really cool! So one of the members here in Novato told us and the elders that she had a neighbor that is having a rough time and she told her that she had friends who were missionaries that could give her a blessing. So all of us missionaries went over to her house on Monday and met this neighbor, Esmeralda. She has a lot of anxiety and also has ruptured disks in her back that cause her a lot of pain. The Elders were able to give her a blessing and after the blessing she was super quite and then she began to cry as she explained that she just felt so good and she just felt something that she had never felt before even when she went to her catholic church. So we all began teaching about the Holy Ghost and testifying about how much God loves her. One of the Elder's promised her that if she would listen to us that she would be able to continue to feel this feeling and receive blessings. She said please when can you come? So we saw her the next day and had a great lesson with her and she has so many questions and is so interested in learning.
4. The missionary department came to teach our mission this week and I was not able to go to the meeting because they just chose select sisters but Hermana McKay went and told me all about and the main theme of it was how we should own up to our power and authority as servants of the Lord. This is not really a miracle but it will produce miracles. We are still trying out all of the billions of strategies that they gave so I will wait to explain more about them until I understand them better.
5. I went to the temple this week! It was amazing We had the wonderful opportunity of attending the temple with three members of our branch who were going through the temple for the first time. It was such a sweet experience to do a session in Spanish and to feel the special spirit that is only found in the temple, the house of the Lord. It was amazing to go through the session in Spanish and realize that I understood everything and the Spirit just seemed stronger! It was really cool! I love the temple so much and am so thankful for the opportunity that we have to be able to go there and perform ordinance as well as learn more about the gospel. It was so great I just can't stop thinking about it!
Things are really wonderful here! Miracles are happening around every corner and I am just so thankful that I get to witness them! This week is going to be even more amazing! We are hoping to set two more baptismal dates which means two more people coming unto Christ and I get to hear form an apostle of the Lord. No big deal! This week is going to rock because there is nothing I can't do!
I love you all so much! I would love to hear from all of you (e-mail is super easy just a few sentences is all I ask)! Thank you for your support!
Love you MUCHO!
Hermana Hillary
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