HELLOOOOOOOO FAMILIAAAAAA
Not going to lie, This week was tough, but it had a lot of amazing things, too.(;
First and foremost, I'm still getting migraines out the wazoo. This week I got 6. I'm exhausted, frustrated, and a little bit salty that I have to be dealing with this, BUT, I am seeing the doctor this week and yesterday I got a blessing that completely calmed a lot of my frustrations and anxieties. Blessings are a real thing. I am always reminded of the reality of priesthood power when I receive a blessing. God speaks to us, and he spoke directly to me yesterday when I received my blessing.
The work is finally picking up from the Holiday season!! Jairo is well on his way to baptism and we have a couple really promising friends!! I'm really excited about a lady named Luz.(:
Luz showed up out of the blue at church like a transfer ago. She was participating in class and super energetic and quite literally a light in the room. We were so confused as to who she was and I honestly didn't even question whether or not she was a member (silly me). I was POSITIVE that she had been baptized. hahaha. Well, guess what. SHE STRAIGHT UP ISN'T. Over the past couple of weeks, we've gotten to know her a little bit better. She is always super busy, but we talk on the phone with her every once in a while and I'm always blown away at how faithful she is. well. We went by her house last week to see how she was doing and she was busy, but we were able to talk and plan on coming back going back on the weekend. Tuesday came around and while we were at the food bank I got 2 calls from Fire Trail (but I couldn't answer them because my companion and I were on opposite ends of the room helping people through the bank) When we left, we called them back and they were SUPER excited. They were like,
"YO this latina lady just let us right in when she opened the door and was talking spanish to us all fast and we had no idea what to do and then she realized that we didn't speak spanish, so we tried to call you to translate, but you didn't pick up so we called the Elders and they talked with her."And then we were like WHOA WHOA WHOA The Elder's are swooping someone in our area!? So then we talked to the Elders and they were like, "We're just going to go by to see if she has potential and if she's legit we'll send her info to you."
I was salty town. hahah. Anyway, Friday comes around, and we decided we should swing by to see how Luz is doing, so we swoop and she immediately lets us in and is super nice and tells us her life story and how she just knows that the church is true and the whole time I'm just thinking that God has literally sent Hermana Fuller and I an angel from heaven. I am telling you, this lady just reminded me of home. ANYWAY... we laugh, hear her story, leave her with a message and she goes, "Listen you are always welcome in my house, same with those other 3 muchachos who came by." and Hermana Fuller and I were like... WHAT!? We both instantly knew. Hahahah. Fire Trail had tracted into Luz and the Elder's had no idea that the referral they were going to check out for us was literally like our most promising potential. hahaha. Anyway. God works in mysterious ways.
That's my story for this week. But lately, I've been thinking a lot about faith. It's the most essential part of our spiritual well being. It's the first step of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but how do we find it? How do we find the faith to find friends, or receive answers to our prayers, or remission for our sins because unless we have the faith, God can't work with us (Ether 12:12). So it's something we need to cultivate first. I don't know how to do it quite yet, but I think there is something about walking in darkness that helps us realize that we cannot do it without His light and when we realize that we can't do it without Him, there is a complete necessity to believe in our Savior. And with that ounce of faith we give Him, he will make all the difference. Those are my thoughts right now. Sorry they aren't super developed I'm still tryina' figure this stuff out.
I love you all,
God loves you more,
Sofie
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