Hey there! It's Monday again! Yay! I feel like in elementary
school, one week sounded like an eternity...but really it's only 7 short little
days. I guess the secret is staying busy...that's always when the time flies
right on by!
But anywayyyyy...this week. It was a good one. Things are
starting to progress a little more. Or maybe it's just me being overly
positive. But that's not necessarily a bad thing right?
I really am realizing how much I LOVE el Rosario! It really
is mission paradise. I LOVE the people. I LOVE the climate. I LOVE
well...almost everything.The only bummer is that there isn't a McDonald's here
(just in Managua), but I can deal with that. I really do love the ward here
soooo much! The people are amazing. I love them so much. They care for us so
well. We had a family home evening on Monday with everyone who lives in the
neighborhood called Francisco Gonzalez...there were about 7 members there. The
cool thing was that 5 out of 7 of the people there were people who had been
baptized this past year. It was awesome. We had a mini testimony meeting and I
almost cried when J (was baptized 2 months ago) spoke. He is SOOOOO
awesome. He'll be a stellar missionary someday. Anyway,I just realized how much
I loved everyone in my area this week. I am so scared to have cambios.
So things are starting to come out of the woodwork. The work
has been a little slow for the past few months. A lot of people who have
potential, but aren't willing to change or go to church. But A is doing
great! He has a few little struggles, but we are doing our best to help him.
We've been working with members trying to get references, which has been helping
a lot. But we'll see where everything goes! We work with lots of less actives
and recent converts, too. I love them. There really are so many great people
who have fallen away from the church! We've just gotta haul them back though!
Because they have so much potential!
This week, we had a capacitacion with zona carazo...and
president Russell! It was intense...all about how we have to be more bold when
we teach. They introduced some new tactics as far as teaching goes. We'll see
what happens in the next few weeks.
I feel like I've been progressing a lot as a missionary
lately. Spanish is solid (enough). It's easier to be friendly with everyone. I
can answer questions more easily. I'm really liking this new stage. I feel a
lot more confident. I'm also a lot tanner...haha. It is so hot. I've gotten
pretty burned this week...the bummer is that it'sonly my neck that gets
affected. Weird. But we're definitely in the dry season now! It's so dusty!
So I've been thinking a lot about the limitations we put up
for ourselves. We really are the biggest stumbling block to ourselves
sometimes. We have so much potential...and Heavenly Father knows it too. I bet
he's up there cheering us on when we knock down some barriers. President told
us a pretty good analogy the other day. If you think about a bumblebee, it has
a HUGE body, but little wings. By all natural bounds, it shouldn't be able to
fly...the wings shouldnt be able to life up a big body...yet no one has told
the bee otherwise, so it gets up and flies. That's how we should be. We need to
remember that our potential is limitless...so we've gotta lift ourselves up and
fly! Ok that sounded really cheesy...but oh well.
I know that we have so much potential. We're here to become
more like Christ every single day. It is so awesome. He loves us so much and
wants us to be as happy as possible. I am so grateful for that!
I hope you have an awesome week...and....HAPPY BIRTHDAY
KAREN! Dancing queeennnnnn young and sweet...ONLY 17! Have an awesome day!
Love you!
Hermana MacKay
No comments:
Post a Comment