daddy!! I MISS YOU!! so i had changes... when the
president called and said i would be sister leader in zona
punchana(stilll in iquitos) i cried!!!! we cried!! my daughter hna
arteaga was the best companion ever! i absolutely
enjoyed my companionship with her and hna child. it was sooooo sooooo
fun and the time blew by with her. now me and lana only have 10 weeks
left on the mish....... so here i am as sister leader with another comp
from Lima peru with 4 months on the mission.
she's not sister leader but its funny cause sometimes she thinks that
she's training me on the mission. haha she's very young so i cut her lots
of slack. wanna know what i've learned with this new calling???? that
when you pray for people you don't love everyday...
you learn to love them soooo much and worry about them.. i absolutely
LOVE the sisters in my zone. they are so amazing. they all have less
time than me on the mission. i'm one of the oldest in the zone! i think
there is like 1 elder who has more time the me.
the rest are youngins! weird eh! never thought i'd be old on the
mission!!!! i trained the zone on "the importance of our own conversion
on the mission." at the end i invited them all to do three things that
are very important that can help them be converted
to the work... three things that have helped me convert myself.
1. get rid of bad/negative thoughts. you control your mind. your
mind does not control you. do not think about the heat the excuses the
walking the poverty.. etc.
2. Decide to change. only you can decide that you want to
change...... we are here on the mission and we can either cry and be sad
and complain the whole mission or change into the people that the lord
wants us to become.
3. Apply the atonement in your life everyday starting NOW. accept
jesus christ as your redeemer. he suffered way more than we suffer here.
we are not alone. he walks with us every minute of the day.......
mision peru iquitos is a very hard mission....
but do it for jesus christ....
then i invited everyone to keep saying everyday " i will do it for
jesus christ" its true that we are not alone. i remember at the
beginning of my mission i cried and i complained and i thought to myself
that this mission was insane and HARD.. then one day,
i remember, i decided there was nothing i could do about it. i could
either complain, slack off, miss home, be high tempered, or i could
change! i could use the time to mold myself into the person god wants
me to be! and let me tell ya..... i have learned
SO MUCH!! AHH! i love the mission. i may not love living in hot weather
or a crappy house but i love the mission. i love god. i love the
atonement. i love the things i've learned. i feel stronger. your
testimony is really something you will rely on when temptations
come... before i gave my training in front of the zone i started with a
dream that i ALWAYS have. i've had it abut 20 times on my mission......
in my dream i'm at home... having fun, relaxing.... sometimes lana
is there and i'm sooo happy to have my sister with me... you're there
dad... mom is there... the whole family... i'm enjoying it and all of a
sudden i get a sick feeling and realize i'm NOT
on my mission and that i still have a few months left to go,. and i
wonder why i'm home and it boggles my mind. i get frustrated and look for
as phone and try to call the president.... i panic and i yell out that i
need to get back to the mission field... my
time to change and do the lord's will is not yet finished! and i always
tell dad in the dream to fly me back!
then i wake up...
and i am grateful that i am still on the mission and i have the
opportunity to finish the mission. that dream i've had about 30 times.
and it always motivates me to set goals to change. its good :)
well i love you lots! remember a personal conversion is constant... it never ends!! love you alll!!
oh and dad me and lana fly out on the 8th... i don't know the exact
time but i'm sure you will get the itinerary in about a week... i asked
the offices. but please let me know when you get it!!! so tell everyone
they can book off time for that day. and me
and lana have already talked about the food we want! hahha ARROZ
AGUADO! LOL. and pizza! anything! i don't mind onions now by the way...
weird eh??? i ain't picky no more... well not really.. i think.. and also
we already planned to do a slideshow! i have it
a little planned out... man do i ever have stories for you guys! awesome
stories!! we are definitely going to put together a mini fireside... its
going to be great.,.,