Semana 12

So my fate has been decided. I´m still gonna be here in Educacion but Hermana Escoto is being transferred. I´m writing early because we have to be at the church at 3  o'clock sharp for transfers. Unfortunately, that is literally all I know. I have no idea if I´ll be training or if I´ll get a normal companion, or if I will be the Senor or the Junior companion and whatnot. They just don´t tell you until you get there. SO, next week we will have more information on who I´m with and what on earth I´ll be doing. A mission is a crazy ride, but I´m loving it.

This week was interesting in the fact that I´m getting more and more comfortable with speaking in Spanish. Sometimes I even start thinking in Spanish which is a really good sign because if I can skip the whole translating process from what im hearing in Spanish to English and what I want to say from English to Spanish, life is gonna be a whole lot easier. So to help that I have put my faith in President Gordon B. Hinckley´s promise and am reading the entire Book of Mormon in Spanish, from cover to cover. He promised that if I do so I will be fluent in Spanish and thats the goal so let the marathon commence.

As a missionary I have a ton of responsibilities and part of my everyday work is to help all of the menos activos gain testimonies and return to the fold. In this aspect the fact that each of us has agency sometimes is really frustrating for me. I just want them all to feel the same way I feel about the Gospel and make ém go to church but that is not the way that it works at all. All I can do is try and bring the Holy Ghost into a lesson to touch their hearts and help them change but if they choose to accept it or not is not my choice at all. But I have also learned that as long as I do my part, the Lord will help with the rest. His timing is better than mine and so I just need to be patient.

I love you guys so much! Keep on working hard at home and I´ll keep on working hard here in Mexico! Have a great week!

Hermana Hyer