well... i don't even know where to start... haha.
I think the biggest news of the week is that President has called me to be a trainer. I am the youngest trainer in my group... with only 4 changes. But as I was talking with Hermana King right after the little capacitation meeting we had, she told me that he had three people coming in and knew right off the bat that I would be one of the trainers. I still think he's crazy... haha. But he told me that he feels very strongly that I am prepared for this calling and that I am going to be a great blessing in the life of my new companion.
It was really hard for me to say goodbye to Hermana Fuentes. :( We only had five weeks together because this change was short. It was like ripping my heart in half and sending my sister to another country. Like she was leaving on another mission. haha. I cried more than she did I think because we had really gotten so close. It's been an adjustment for me to not have my sister here with me anymore, but I know that hermana freire and i will be that close in not too long, also.
So my nuevita is from madrid, spain! she actually has a best friend that is in brayden's ward, who went to his baptism this week and knows him. crazy how little the world is right? she is an incredible missionary. I don't feel like I am doing hardly anything at all, simply setting appointments and guiding her there. haha. The Lord has blessed me with an incredible companion, and I am so grateful that I have this chance to relearn everything over. I know it is going to help me a lot in my growth as a missionary, and I know that we are going to see lots of miracles together here in this sector.
Second crazy thing of the week is that I was able to go to a devotional with Elder Bednar. :) I sat on the 4th row, and the spirit was just incredibly strong. He had asked us to read 2 of his talks before we came to the devotional, and to have a specific question in mind when we came in. he asked people to comment on what they learned from the talks that they read, and then used their comments to teach us things that we can apply to our missionary work. One of my favorite things that he talked about was the grace of Jesus Christ, thanks to his atonement. That if we truly just put all of our faith in him that he can strengthen us and carry us through our trials, then we can do everything. we can do all hard things because he loves us and is there helping us the whole time. I went into the devotional really really stressed out and really worried, because I had received my companion the day before and had absolutely no idea what i was doing. But after the devotional, I just felt like all of my prayers had been answered there, and that I can do this. :)
I got to go to the temple because i am training too, and that experience was incredible as well. The temple here in Chile is bigger than guatemala, but still really little. I loved being able to be filled with the spirit that you can only find in the temple. It was like a breath of fresh, rejuvenating air. And sitting in the celestial room afterwards, thinking about what it is that I want to do to help my companion become a better missionary than I am, I received lots of inspiration and a confirmation that God truly does love me and trusts that i am capable of fulfilling all things here on this mission. I simply just need to spend all day long pouring my heart out in prayer, and be diligent and think about how many people there are here that need this gospel. We cannot rest, we cannot stop for one minute. We are the only missionaries in this area, and only we can do this work here.
And my last experience that I am going to have time to tell you about is that we had a baptism yesterday. :) I cannot even tell you how incredible it was, family. Seriously I just want to cry thinking about it. Michelle's family has been having so many problems for so many years. But for her to finally be able to do what she has been wanting to do for so long... ah. I was crying like the whole time. haha. her aunt gave the talk on the holy ghost, and as i watched her, I just realized how incredible it is that this 11 year old girl has so much courage and faith and has been fighting to be able to follow jesus christ ever since she was 8 years old. The spirit there was just so special. For her to be baptized means that her family has taken a huge step in their progression back to the church, and i know that thanks to this decision and faith of their wonderful daughter that hearts are being opened even more. :) She had to be put under 5 times, but on the fifth it finally worked. haha. another 8 year old boy was baptized with her, named Angel. :) one of the greatest moments of my mission. The ward was so supportive, and it was just amazing. .)
well, that's all the time i have, but i love you all so much! we have another baptism on saturday. andrea finally made her decision! so i will have that story and pictures from that baptism on monday next week. muah!
hermana spencer.
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