Monday, November 17, 2014

November 17, 2014

Hi peeps. I’m extremely jealous of the snow you guys are getting so please enjoy it a little extra for me! It’s actually pretty cold here. Nothing like Utah obviously but for here I get a little cold. Some days I’ll where a sweater and my raincoat and still be cold. But I’ve always been a baby with the cold so nothing’s changed :) Okay so first off Ben you are so cute for retyping mom’s essay. But you better be more careful with Deb. She’s used to being treated like a princess!
This week we had divisions! I learned soo much. It was my first time teaching with a gringa here. It was nice to be able to talk about the lesson after to fully understand. Hermana Tripp and I have like the same life. It’s seriously so freaky! But really it was good for me to have a full conversation in my native language with someone who knows exactly how I feel. It’s funny because when I’m really really tired at night I’ll just start talking in English and the Hermana’s will just be quiet for a minute and then start laughing. Bless my heart. 

selfie. i love my camera it's the best with the rain :) thank you dad!!

So this week was pretty good. Every companionship you have to learn how to adjust to so we are in the process of figuring that out. But it’s really good because she is teaching me to talk things out not just keep everything to myself. I get really antsy when we aren’t being exactly obedient because if I’m not exactly obedient I can’t have the spirit and if I don’t have the spirit I literally can’t talk. Plus being obedient is really fun!! 
Nancy´s wedding and baptism went really well. A member made her dress and a cake that turned out sooo beautiful!! I feel so honored to watch her make such great decisions that will bless her life forever. Her husband was soooo cute to her it melted my heart. She was just glowing on Sunday! I love this gospel so much! 
Baptism :)
This week we spent a lot of time planning for the wedding and baptism. It was pretty crazy. I wanted everything to be so perfect, the Hermanas just kept laughing at me because I spent like 5 minutes trying to put this balloon in the exact place. I’m the worst.

But really this week in my mission I learned A LOT. I’ll be honest lots of things went wrong but I don’t really care to talk about it because it’s not important anymore. The important thing is what I learned from it. I learned that when something bad happens we need to ask ourselves what’s the worst thing that could happen? If the worst thing possible is something we can live with or the Savior can help us with, we should move on without fear. We all are imperfect and it really is so great!! I realize that I was getting so caught up in every single rule as a missionary that I wasn’t taking the time to think about my companion. I didn’t know anything about her family or her decision to serve a mission. I still feel horrible for not taking the time to really get to know her. And now that I have, things are totally different.
One night this week I opened up my scriptures and read the scripture that says something along the lines of "condemn me not because of my imperfections but rather give thanks to our Heavenly Father that he has shown us our imperfections, that we may learn to be more wise than we have been." I’m very grateful to know my imperfections. But I also learned this week that I need to be nicer to myself. So yes lots of things to improve obviously haha. I love it here so so so much!! I’m running out of time so I better go but thank you for all your emails. I love you I love you I love you!!!!!!

Love always,
Hermana Fowler
P.S.  I can now do that thing Thomas always does with his hand. So yep I’m pretty much a tica now!!


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