Hi family! I love you so much! There was a lot I was thinking of telling you but I really forget. I don't have as much time on the computer this week. But I love your letters and hearing about everything that's going on. Your support means everything!
Hello everybody! This week it was kind of cold and rainy. Once we got caught in it on our bikes. That was fun.
We have a lot of investigators but none of them are really progressing. The thing I have found most frustrating on my mission isn't the flat our rejections. It's the people that just don't seem to care. I feel likeAlma in Alma 29 where he wishes he was an angel with a voice to shake the earth and cry repentance to every people. Then he says he sins in this wish. I never really understood why until now. If there were angels everywhere shaking the earth with their voices, it would take away our agency. People have the choice whether or not to accept the message. Alma points that out. God gives everyone the chance to hear the gospel and everyone has a chance to say yes or no. How do you say no to an angel?
We found a new investigator this week. She was studying for her citizenship test and we offered to help her. We also taught her about prayer and how if she asks Heavenly Father for help, he will help her. We asked her to say a closing prayer. We taught her how and she said she would try. I noticed that her two children became quiet when she started praying when they had been playing before. When she finished the prayer she had tears in her eyes. She said she had never done that before. We testified that it was the Holy Ghost that she felt and we know God loves her and wants to help her. She wants to have us back to help her and her family know more.
On the other end of the spectrum, we were visiting a house where a MEMBER lived. The house had its door and curtains open. As we approached we hear the door quickly close and someone hurriedly shuts the curtains. We ring the doorbell and the only answer we get is to hear the door lock. As we walked away we waved at the people who were peeking out of the curtains. Yesterday wasn't a good day for teaching. A lot of people were watching the super bowl.
I have been trying to focus when I study so I've tried to not snack during study time. One day in studies I was about to get something to eat and the scripture pops into my mind "lovest thou me more than these?" I couldn't eat anything after that without feeling guilty.
I have learned this week that the Lord gives you trials a lot of the times as answers to your prayers. You pray for help paying attention and the Lord gives you a member that won't stop talking. You ask for help being more efficient with your time. You receive a dinner appointment with six people who love telling stories. Your companion prays for help controlling eating and members start giving you more food. So yes, the Lord gives us trials as answers to our prayers because those are what help us learn. You just need to learn to recognize those answers for what they are. I think another one is if you pray for help with Spanish, your companion starts forgetting the little she knows. My companion was pretty good at understanding at least people but now she says it's harder for her to understand. That means it's mostly up to me. I do better at understanding Spanish when I completely rely on the Lord. That's what I’m learning to do. If I stress over what I know or don't know, I don't understand anything. When I simply do my best and leave the rest up to the Lord, I do a lot better. Still not perfect but getting there. Keep smiling everybody and look for the Lord in your life because he's there!
Hermana Evans
Hello everybody! This week it was kind of cold and rainy. Once we got caught in it on our bikes. That was fun.
We have a lot of investigators but none of them are really progressing. The thing I have found most frustrating on my mission isn't the flat our rejections. It's the people that just don't seem to care. I feel like
We found a new investigator this week. She was studying for her citizenship test and we offered to help her. We also taught her about prayer and how if she asks Heavenly Father for help, he will help her. We asked her to say a closing prayer. We taught her how and she said she would try. I noticed that her two children became quiet when she started praying when they had been playing before. When she finished the prayer she had tears in her eyes. She said she had never done that before. We testified that it was the Holy Ghost that she felt and we know God loves her and wants to help her. She wants to have us back to help her and her family know more.
On the other end of the spectrum, we were visiting a house where a MEMBER lived. The house had its door and curtains open. As we approached we hear the door quickly close and someone hurriedly shuts the curtains. We ring the doorbell and the only answer we get is to hear the door lock. As we walked away we waved at the people who were peeking out of the curtains. Yesterday wasn't a good day for teaching. A lot of people were watching the super bowl.
I have been trying to focus when I study so I've tried to not snack during study time. One day in studies I was about to get something to eat and the scripture pops into my mind "lovest thou me more than these?" I couldn't eat anything after that without feeling guilty.
I have learned this week that the Lord gives you trials a lot of the times as answers to your prayers. You pray for help paying attention and the Lord gives you a member that won't stop talking. You ask for help being more efficient with your time. You receive a dinner appointment with six people who love telling stories. Your companion prays for help controlling eating and members start giving you more food. So yes, the Lord gives us trials as answers to our prayers because those are what help us learn. You just need to learn to recognize those answers for what they are. I think another one is if you pray for help with Spanish, your companion starts forgetting the little she knows. My companion was pretty good at understanding at least people but now she says it's harder for her to understand. That means it's mostly up to me. I do better at understanding Spanish when I completely rely on the Lord. That's what I’m learning to do. If I stress over what I know or don't know, I don't understand anything. When I simply do my best and leave the rest up to the Lord, I do a lot better. Still not perfect but getting there. Keep smiling everybody and look for the Lord in your life because he's there!
Hermana Evans
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