Another great week has passed here in
the State of Washington! Nothing like talking to people all day about
Jesus Christ. Some days it hot, but we have dropped below the 100's
again so it is pretty nice.
The fun thing about this week was that literally
everyday was different! We had a mini missionary 2 days this week and it
was really fun. Had very new experiences and learned a lot, plus i had
exchanges with Hma. Robison which was so fun.
Wednesday
was the first day that we had our mini missionary. Her name was Ashley
Moto. She was really energetic and excited to learn. Let's back up, a
mini missionary is something our mission does. For 2 days a young
man/woman goes with the missionaries and lives the same life from 8am-9pm.
We literally do everything together. Anyway since we had the
minimissionary, we also went with a member and went to 2 lessons at the
same time! I was in charge of teaching the lesson and it was a little
terrifying at first, but then i realized that i could do this!! It was a
really good experience for me and i am learning a lot the more i work
with different people.
Thursday
we also had fun adventures, once again it was us and our mini
missionary. She is one the Seminary counsel at the high school in Pasco,
so we spent some of the day working on finding the incoming Freshman of
the branch and getting them signed up. Oh seminary, learned so much
over 4 years about every book in the scriptures. That night Hma. Pierce
got permission to go to a baptism so it was me and the mini missionary.
Again i went with the mini missionary and a member to teach a lesson. I
seriously have learned so much over the last week. Hma. Pierce knows i
will work hard so she doesn't take it easy on me. Over all we have great
fun together. And Cynthia wasn't confused about what i taught and i
understood her. Those are two miracles all in themselves.
Friday
We had a cool experience with seeing the hand of the Lord in everything
we do. We were trying to find a member of the branch to take to a
lesson with us and we thought about it for like a week and finally asked
Hma. Salgado to go with us. When we got to the house of Eren and
Martin, we found out that Eren and Hma. Salgado knew each other! They
actually were really good friends in jr high and the last time they had
seen each other was at a Quinceanera about 12 years ago. It ended up
being really powerful and exactly who needed to be there. We are not
alone in anything we do. Sometimes we don't even see what happened until
after. it was eally cool.
I got to go on exchanges with Hma. Robion who was in
my MTC district. It was soo fun! Well, it was lots of hard work and
knocking on doors, but again i learned a lot and it was really nice to
spend time with her.
Today, we went and hiked the "mountain" that is here
in the tri-cities. it is probably about the size of the wind caves but
it is just dirt with dead grass. None the less it felt good to be
outside hiking, it gave me a small workout and it was fun. Plus i got to
hike the mountain in the area.
On the more spiritual side, Hma. pierce share
something really cool with me this week. It was in a talk by Bednar
about Nephi, when his brothers bind him up. He doesn't pray for God to
loosen the bands, but he prays for the strength to be able to do it. He
asks for the strength but is willing to do his part and put in the
effort. Nephi had so many bad things happen to him, as well as most
prophets. some of the strongest people have faced the worst adversity.
Like Joseph Smith in Liberty. We all have spiritual mountains or
wildernesses, but we can pray for strength to work through them. God
doesn't always deliver us, but sometimes gives us the strength we need
to work our way out with his help. And there is my spiritual soapbox of
the week.
Love you all and pray for you. Have a great week!
con Amor,
Hermana Ray
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