Hi family! To answer the question, yes, the letters get forwarded to us so I think it depends on how much mail is coming in on how long it takes for us to get it. If you would like, you can write me directly at my apartment in Atwater. Just don't make the address publicly known. It will change in a few weeks anyway probably but while I am here you are welcome to use it. The letters would get here faster that way. It's been a little rough the first few weeks with my companion. She has a bad habit of complaining and criticizing which she fully acknowledges. She said she will try and do better. I got the letters from Lila. Thank you for sending them! I love you all so much and hope you're all well! Take it easy until you get better Lila and Mom! Good job Natalie for being firm! I'm learning that too. Yesterday my companion was kind of digging in her heels because she didn't want to wax the car like we had been told to do that day. I told her if she won't do it with me she can sit in the car and watch me and I'd do it myself. She went along and did it so it turned out ok. Grandma told me awhile ago that she was planning on moving to Arizona in the spring and I was hoping it would be with us for a bit. That will be wonderful.
My companion and I were talking about spiritual gifts this morning. I have heard a lot of people, especially on my mission, who have recounted amazing spiritual experiences they have had. If you haven't had an experience like that it's easy to think that you're doing something wrong. My companion pointed out something. Try and look at it from Heavenly Father's point of view. We know He gives everyone spiritual gifts, and everyone is different in the gifts they have. This can be compared to talents. For example there are some people that can sing and some that can't. The ones that can't sing have other talents which are just as valuable as singing even though they might not be as obvious. Heavenly Father sees us in the same way. He knows all of our spiritual strengths (and weaknesses) and is happy when we seek to develop them in our own ways. And since His opinion is really the only one that matters, we should never feel discouraged when we don't seem to be having the obviously spiritual experiences that others seem to have. We all have spiritual experiences, just some are deeper and more personal than others. Not all are shared.
I know that Heavenly Father watches out for us. He sends us little messages through others that we are still loved and are doing ok. I was feeling a little down on Sunday. Then a little 2 year old girl named Addison came running up to me after sacrament meeting and gave me a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. She doesn't do that all the time. It was really sweet.
You only make one big decision in your life- to follow Christ or not. Everything else hinges on that. There is no doubt after that.
It's been kind of a dreary week weather-wise. Kind of like there's fog but higher up so it just seems like it's cloudy without all the beauty of the clouds. Just a plain gray sky that doesn't change until it gets dark. It starts to go down in temperature about 3.
I learned how to make Horchata, a Mexican rice drink. You soak rice in water overnight then blend it with water, a little milk, sugar, vanilla and a cinnamon stick. You can strain it to take out the little pieces of rice. It's pretty good. I like it.
Amy is still pretty busy so we're going to teach her slower. We moved her baptismal date to March 5. We got to teach her about the atonement last week. She's absorbing information a whole lot quicker now. When she realized what Christ did for her she smiled and said "Wow, that's neat!" We also had a church tour with a neighbor of a member. She really liked it. By the end she said this is like opening up a whole new chapter and she really wanted to think about this. Her attitude was like "wow! ok." kind of in awe. The Spirit was there for sure.
Everybody else is still pretty much the same, progressing slowly but surely. We find new people to teach all the time. Hope everyone is having a great week! Don't be afraid to be yourself!
Hermana Evans
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