So that´s right, I am still here in Vargas and I am still with Hna. Vélez! Miracles do happen! Jaja we are breaking a record for the both of us, that is, one companion for 3 transfers! Wow I am soo happy with this!
So this past week we get to welcome the new missionaries as they come in, this transfer there were two new hermanas and they are both soo great! I love the spirit that the newbies bring it is that of excitement and energy and it is really refreshing, they taught me a valuable lesson this week. So for starters, our house, apartment complex has a security guard who always opens the door for us, and for how much time sisters have been living in there, we, as in all of us, had not talked with all of the security guards about the Church or anything, only "buenos días" "buenas tardes o noches" and small talk. When we don´t live in our sector is is really easy to forget the important principle of talking with everyone, let alone when you don´t live in the mission (that´s right, I don´t live in the mission boundaries). Well then comes the newbies and they start talking to one of the guards and the guard asks them where is the nearest chapel, turns out he wants to go to church. Turns out that he lives in one of the old sectors that I was in so I just so happened to have the address to the chapel. Boom baby! I owe it to the new missionaries and their energy and enthusiasm to talk with everyone, they reminded me of the importance of that.
So this past week we get to welcome the new missionaries as they come in, this transfer there were two new hermanas and they are both soo great! I love the spirit that the newbies bring it is that of excitement and energy and it is really refreshing, they taught me a valuable lesson this week. So for starters, our house, apartment complex has a security guard who always opens the door for us, and for how much time sisters have been living in there, we, as in all of us, had not talked with all of the security guards about the Church or anything, only "buenos días" "buenas tardes o noches" and small talk. When we don´t live in our sector is is really easy to forget the important principle of talking with everyone, let alone when you don´t live in the mission (that´s right, I don´t live in the mission boundaries). Well then comes the newbies and they start talking to one of the guards and the guard asks them where is the nearest chapel, turns out he wants to go to church. Turns out that he lives in one of the old sectors that I was in so I just so happened to have the address to the chapel. Boom baby! I owe it to the new missionaries and their energy and enthusiasm to talk with everyone, they reminded me of the importance of that.
So it took me two whole transfers (3 months) to realize that I am part of the new assignment, I am a "specialista de salud" not just Hna. Vélez, I hope she doesn´t see this, she has been going crazy trying to get me to understand this. jaja It really sunk in when Pres. Ghent introduced us to the new missionaries as "the health SpecialistS" with S. yeah, I´m a little slow, I know. jaja. So this week we where running around like crazy for the first part and it was fun, crazy fun. I don´t remember much of it to be honest.
But something that happened today is that I got the evil eye from a nun, usually they are very friendly and all smiles, and I smiled at her and what did I get, one of the coldest looks of my life. That´s right. Hmm que mas.... Oh I almost ate a chicken foot, but I looked at it too much and I just couldn´t do it. That is the only thing that I haven´t been able to eat here all the other things, even if I had to force it down, it went down, but this just wouldn´t go down. jaja
Spiritual thought for the week: Eter 12:6.
This scripture is very well known, but I just want to testify that I know that this is true. The first transfer here was a mega trial of my faith and also for Hna. Vélez, but we are now seeing the blessings, my testimony is being strengthened. Now I am grateful for the trials, I can look back on it and see how I was being molded and prepared. I just hope that when I am faced with other trials, I will be able to be grateful a lot sooner during the trial. I know that The Lord is watching out for my family a lot right now, with the move and job loss, and I am soo happy to know that they are growing from this as well. It makes me so happy to see these changes in my family not just in the people here in Ecuador. I know that my Father in Heaven loves me and because of that He tries me and tests me. It is all part of the Grand Plan. I love you all and hope that you are doing well in whatever circumstance you are in. Remember who you are. Always.
Les amo muchisimo!!!
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