Hey everyone!
Haha,
yeah yeah I know, my subject line is really lame...I apologize, I just can´t
think of anything to put haha so I took the old "Miss America" route
haha :)
Well, our numbers
weren´t all that great this week...because we had changes and also there was
like no one home when we went to their houses...so that was a little hard, but
other than that my first week with my new companion was really awesome! She
came so prepared spiritually! She has a great testimony and she loves learning
about the gospel and sharing her testimony and she is super excited to serve
and work hard so I am really excited to see the success that we are going to
have during these three months together :) My companion´s name is Hermana
Estrada (That´s right Hermana Estrada! Tengo una compañera con su mismo nombre!
Que genial, ¿verdad?) oh...well for everyone else, Emilee Estrada was one of my
teachers in the MTC so her name there was Hermana Estrada...and now my
daughter´s name is also Hermana Estrada so that´s pretty cool :) She is from Durango Mexico. All of my Latina companions have been from
the North.
Oh yeah, I also got
semi-bit by a dog on Saturday morning haha! We were walking towards the house
of an investigator and I knew that there were a bunch of dogs in this little
street (it´s like a little dirt road) but like, I´m not afraid of dogs and
nothing had ever happened to me before either but when we walked down the
street toward the house all the dogs came out from around the corner and they
were barking and all that, just like normal, but one of them was like a little
bit crazy and he scratched me with his tooth and either like ran into my leg
really powerfully or really did kind of bite me on the leg...because I have a
tooth scratch and a big ol bruise on my calf haha. It´s really lovely ;) It
actually wasn´t even that bad so don´t worry mom! The Relief Society
President´s little son gave me a sling shot so I am all set to defend myself
the next time ;) I just need to practice using it haha because...I always hit
myself on the hand or my fingers since I don´t know how to use it haha....
We found a new
investigator this week who can be baptized for April 11th!! We are super
excited! But we need to actually put the baptismal date with him and he
actually needs to accept it and come to church every Sunday, but it´s
definitely possible that he can be baptized this day so keep him in your
prayers! He is a 16 year old who is the son of less actives but he never got
baptized... His name is Porfirio :) We have a lot of hope and faith in this kid
:) Most of our work in the Pueblo is actually going to be with the less-actives
because we have a ton here....and the wards all want that the less-actives can
be re-activated...but we also really want to have baptisms and invite others to
make sacred covenants with God and to open their door to salvation...slowly we
will find out how we can accomplish all of this more productively :) But for
now we are still trying to figure out who the members are and where they live
haha. there are a LOT of names to learn haha :)
Well, I am learning a
ton here in the mission and also just in my first week training. It is amazing
how reviewing "the first 12 weeks" can bring new perspective...the
things that I learned this week are really simple but I think that sometimes we
overlook the simple things in search for something more complicated because we
second-guess the simple things. We think that it can´t possibly be an answer
because it is too simple...but the simple things and the simple answers are
actually the most helpful a lot of the time haha. I won´t go into all the
details of the simple things that I learned because they apply more to the life
of a full-time missionary haha but also, I have been reading more things about
the second coming of the Savior and I remembered how when I was younger this
topic kind of scared me and I remember thinking that it might happen in my
lifetime and that I didn´t want it to happen because I was scared...but now, I
don´t know, it´s weird because I am actually excited haha! It´s not something
scary anymore but something to look forward to and I think my attitude has
changed because now I am a lot more prepared than when I was younger and I
understand the gospel better now. I mean, I still have a lot to do and a lot to
improve on haha but I am glad that I am no longer scared or like dreading this
day, instead I can learn about it and think about it with joy and excitement :)
I am amazed at how close it really is! I was reading in true to the faith and
it like breaks down the signs that lead up to the second coming in bullet
points and I was looking over them and realized that we only have like two or
three of the bullet points left...right now we are in the process of preaching
the gospel in all parts of the world, and while we are doing this the world is
also becoming more and more evil...and there are individual cases of
apostasy....and this is one of the signs of the second coming of our Savior.
It´s really close! But it is a really interesting topic to learn about :) And
this morning I felt excited to teach my children to be fiel and prepared for
this time because for the righteous and prepared it will be a great day but for
the wicked it will be a terrible day...and I really just thought of the
importance of our life here on earth, because here, right now, is the time that
men should prepare to meet God. Right now is our chance to repent and to make
the changes that we need to in order to wax confidently in the presence of God.
Now is the time to obtain knowledge of spiritual and earthly things. Now is the
time to prepare oil for our lamps and to wait with excitement the coming of the
bridegroom so that we can enter the wedding with him and not get locked outside
of the doors. I don´t know, I am really excited and I love reading more about
this topic and I just want to invite you guys to think about the things that
you lack and to only focus on strengthening one of those things this week
(since I know we all lack a lot of things and I don´t want you to overwhelm
yourselves with your imperfection. Heavenly Father doesn´t want that either) I
just want to invite you to think of one thing that you lack this week and work
to perfect it. Repent of the things that have stained you during this week or
maybe during this month, and give them to the Savior, who can and will wash you
perfectly clean. And I want you to do this every week so that you can be
preparing yourselves weekly for the time that you will be standing in front of
God and the Savior. But I want that we can all stand with confidence in their
presence and not with embarrassment. Use the atonement of the Savior this week
to your full advantage. Think on a higher plain, have pure thoughts, then, as
the scriptures say, will your confidence wax strong in the presence of God.
I know that this
gospel is true and that it was restored by a living prophet Joseph Smith. I
know that the Lord speaks to his servants here on the earth and that they
receive inspired revelation to guide us in the paths of the Father. I know that
God had given us the map to return to live with him and that we can find his
path with ease as we pray and read the scriptures daily, as we have Family Home
Evenings and strive to strengthen our families and as we nourish our fatih and
testimonies. He loves us. He lives, as does his Son. I know that we are in the
only true church here on the earth and that there is no other church that has
the full and restored gospel here on the earth.
I hope that you all
have a great week and that you can keep preparing yourselves for the day in
which you will meet with the Father and the Son face to face. !¡¡Échale
ganitas!! Les amo mucho!!
Love always,
Hermana Walker
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