My dear,
sweet, beautiful, kind, loving, sickly family ... Sounds like everybody is a
hot mess but I love you all just the same!!
So, it is
World Cup time!! Biggest temptation in
my life!! I would love to watch the
games! Ahh, but it is okay because we
bought Mexico shirts and they are too sweet! So we are writing in a different Internet cafe
this week and I can’t send pictures, but you guys have to see the pictures we
took in our Mexico jerseys! The World Cup is sweet! It's not like everything shuts down, but you can hear people yelling from within their houses! They get so pumped and I've got my jersey and will always be a Mexico fan!
Hermana
Buttars is halfway through her training! I am going to hit six months in the mission soon.
For real, where is the time going?! Hermana Buttars and I had some real bonding
time this week. She is an incredible
person. I love her to death and I never
want to change companions! I was also
thinking that it is totally possible that I only have six weeks left in this
area. I am not very good with changes,
so that could be interesting! HaHa! It
is so incredible to grow to have so much love for companions, members, people
in the street … The mission is the best!
So, I also
got sick this week! I didn’t vomit in a
taxi again, but whew, mama was struggling. Every time I ate something Tuesday, I got insane
cramping in my stomach. At about 6pm, I
started to get the chills and then we went to ward council and they got worse. We got home, I put on a sweatshirt, we
planned, and then Hermana Buttars asks me, “ Are you going to call la Hermana
Camarillo?” I have pride problems, and so
I told her I would wait till the morning to see if I still had a fever. Well, my fever was higher in the morning so we
called and to the doctor we went!! I got
my meds and now I am whole and recovered! But, maybe it is time to send those
probiotics!! Anyways, maybe it was just my body knew Mom and Rach were
down this week and I got sympathy sick!
When I was
sick, we had our Zone Conference with el Presidente and of course we went!! It was so great! We did this activity where I pretended to be
an investigator that we have and Hermana Buttars tried to figure out what my
doubt was through questions. It was an
amazing experience. I pretended to be
Antonio and it hit me that he has trouble believing in God and His love because
his wife is in a bed, he lost a daughter a couple of years ago, and two
grandkids in a car crash a few years before that. He just can’t see that Heavenly Father loves
us. Later at home, we did the same thing for Lupe and it hit me that she’s
scared to receive an answer because that means that she’ll have to change her
life. She’s scared to change because she
lives in a house of less active members. Who’s going to support her? Who’s going to help her live a new life?? It
is so important that we truly teach people, that we know their doubts and fears
and then apply the gospel to their lives to help them. Receiving revelation is so cool!
These past
two weeks have been a little bit harder for us. If I had peso for every time somebody told me
they were Catholic and were never going to change, I could buy Mexico’s soccer
team! Haha, but really! It would be so easy just to get discouraged,
but we have been really working on staying positive. Also, in Preach My Gospel it talks about
having faith in Moroni’s promise. We have to believe that if people read and
pray with sincere hearts, the Lord truly will answer them. I have been trying to put more faith in this
promise, to still encourage them to read the Book and Mormon and pray about it.
I know that the Lord sent us both here
to this area for a reason. I know that
there are people here looking for the gospel ... we just have to find
them!
This week I
pulled out an old favorite talk of mine ... “The First and Great Commandment” by
Jeffrey R. Holland. I felt a new fire
this morning, that I need to put absolutely everything I have into these 18
months and truly my whole life. What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus
Christ? Do we truly love Him? What do our actions say about this love? He needs us, everything single one of us,
missionaries or not. He needs us to love
Him and love His work. He needs us to
take care of His lambs because He can’t do it all. He needs our help, love, devotion, and
loyalty. I pray that I can be the
disciple that He needs me to be, despite my many, many faults and weaknesses! He’s counting on me and He’s counting on you
too!!
I love you all
too, too much. Be good and be disciples!
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