Mother!
It
is great to read your email. I appreciate them more than you know.
I am
glad you got that picture! I looked pretty rough in it, but está bien. The lady
who sent it is in the ward in Ajo! She is super sweet, and has her own daughter
on a mission in Florida.
This
week has been a game changer, for sure.
Adjusting
to missionary life is a pretty hard thing, and I was definitely feeling the
effects of it. I was feeling pretty discouraged, and feeling like maybe I had
made a mistake coming out here. But then, we had a member of the 70 come and
speak to our mission on Friday. His name is Elder Pearson (he actually spoke in
General Conference a few sessions ago! His talk is called Stay by the Tree...
you should definitely listen to it!) (I remember this talk that was given in October 2015 General Conference!)
Elder
Pearson's training on Friday was tailored completely to me, it was crazy! He
explained that the first month is always the hardest, but don't take that one
month and multiply it by 18. He promised that this will be the best 18 months/2
years of our lives, IF we let it. The Lord wants to bless us so much, but
sometimes we get in the way of that.
During
a break in the training, the AP (assistant to the mission president) came up to me and gave me a slip of paper. The
paper said that Elder Pearson wanted to have a one-on-one personal interview
with me. I was 1 of 4 missionaries to be chosen from the whole mission.
In
my personal interview, Elder Pearson and I connected on a personal level. We
cried together, and he gave me some beautiful advice that I will forever hold
near to my heart. He reiterated some of the points from the training. He told
me that he knows that the reason he came here to the Tempe AZ Mission to speak
was because he needed to meet me. He said I reminded him of his daughter, and
that all he advice he gave to me was the advice he would give his own daughter. (yes, my heart was melting and my eyes were leaking!)
At
the end, he said that he felt impressed that I am very close with my dad, and
he said that if my dad were there, he would give me a hug. So, he gave me a
long hug, and kissed me on the top of my head, and promised that everything
would be okay, and the Lord is watching over me. It was an experience I will
never forget.
We
met a lady yesterday, and I taught her the Restoration, and extended the
invitation to be baptized, and she ACCEPTED! She even cried!! She is the first
person who has accepted the invitation right off the bat! I cant wait to see
how she progresses!
Thank
you for all of the prayers. They are definitely felt.
I
love you all!
Hermana
Valenta
We
were on exchanges with the Sister training leaders!
This
is this weird soup we ate. It is cow soup..... it had cow pieces in it,
and chunks of bone the size of my fist! It was... interesting haha!
Questions From Mom
I go to the doctor on
Nov. 22nd, in a town called Casa Grande and hopefully I'll get it off that
day!! And then I have to drive an hour to Casa Grande for physical therapy
probably once a week!
Do you have some place that you
can go to replace your stolen skirt and your jewelry? That is sooo lousy to
have your things stolen. :(
We have to drive an hour
to a Walmart, but that's about it haha.. but I'll look and see if they have
anything there
What do you typically do on your
P-Days?
We play sports with our
zone and district! Last week, we went bowling haha! Try doing that left handed!!
Do you have a lot of members
inviting you to dinner through the week?
Más o menos (more or less)... we have
about 3 nights each week where we have members signed up to feed us
Are you cooking anything fantastic
on your mission? :) Are you cooking at all? :)
Noooope... we don't have
any time to cook anything, and all the food we have is food that members made
for us, and drop off to us!
This week I was most blessed
by……………
The training by Elder Pearson!
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